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Seref Isler

Asia–Pacific (APAC), Singapore
As seen in: CNBC, CNA (Channel NewsAsia), WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL)
Covers:  Current affairs, hostile environment, international politics, UK politics, Australian politics, Turkey, Turkish current affairs, Asian current affairs, television, radio, online, business
News producer. Ex-CNBC, BBC, SBS, RadyoBilkent. Insomniac nomad. Loves food, tattoos, dogs and metal music 🇬🇧🇹🇷

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Seref Isler’s Biography

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Since 1998, broadcasting has been my life.

I have produced the news for radio, television, online and social media for numerous international outlets in UK, Australia, Singapore and Turkey.

As a senior journalist for [BBC World News] (http://news.bbc.co.uk) I led a group of 5 journalists as they produce segments, graphics and guests which I then placed in a television bulletin and output every hour.

For [CNBC] (http://www.cnbc.com) in Singapore, I worked with a team that produced 3-hours of …

Seref Isler’s Journalist Portfolio

CNBC interview on global cost of internet outages

CNBC interview on global cost of internet outages

Internet blackouts have cost over $4 billion in 2020 globally according to top10vpn.com. I produced the segme…

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BBC World News Palu earthquake coverage

BBC World News Palu earthquake coverage

Our broadcast from Palu on 4 October 2019. We show the shopping mall that had partially collapsed. I was the …

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Lighter: Singapore otters photobomb UK couple's marriage proposal

Lighter: Singapore otters photobomb UK couple's marriage proposal

Singapore's famous urban otters have delighted two British otter fans by photobombing their marriage proposal.

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Turkey coup attempt: a news producer's point of view

Turkey coup attempt: a news producer's point of view

I narrate my radio piece on what it was like to be a producer in the midst of the coup attempt in Turkey. I g…

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My Singapore

My Singapore

A creative piece I made on my time in Singapore in 2018. The country is beautiful. The food is amazing. And t…

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Articles

High intensity, grit: How women’s football is growing more popular in Singapore

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By Grace Shin Verified, Seref Isler
| CNA (Channel NewsAsia) Verified
SINGAPORE: Lionesses head coach Karim Bencherifa has a busy year ahead. The Moroccan, who took over as head coach of the Singapore women’s national football team on a two-year contract late last year, has high hopes for his players. The team will travel to Indonesia to play in the ASEAN Women’s Championships – officially known as the MSIG Serenity Cup 2025 – before heading to Bangkok for the 2025 Southeast Asia Games. “For the past two years, we’ve been working with a group of young footballers.
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Turkey wants to be neutral in the Ukraine war. But a treaty from 1936 has it on a tightrope Original

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By Seref Isler
| CNBC Verified
Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty Images There's a Turkish saying, "Did your ships sink in the Black Sea?" The expression is asked when a person is lost in thought, trying to resolve a seemingly unsolvable problem. As it turns out, that's the very body of water that has Turkey on a geopolitical tightrope since Russia invaded Ukraine and began military operations from those waters — because Turkey controls access to the Black Sea.
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Want to understand Turkey's brutal inflation? Look at the price of plums Original

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By Seref Isler
| CNBC Verified
Shoppers stroll the aisles of a bazaar in Konya, Turkey. The country is experiencing brutal inflation, with food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rising 70.3% year-over-year for March. Diego Cupolo | Nurphoto | Getty Images For Turks, the humble green plum ("erik" in Turkish) represents the start of spring. An intensely sour fruit, it's available just once a year around April, when the plum tree bears fruit and they're plucked before ripening.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Radyo Bilkent, 1999 Turkey earthquake when I had to break it on-air during a music broadcast.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, when there was a power-cut just before air at Turkish Radio and Television.

How is social media changing news?

It helps reach younger and wider audiences. But it also runs the risk of over-simplifying and click-baiting pieces that should be longer.
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