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SALIH MEMECAN President of the Media Association Cartoonist at Sabah Newspaper Salih Memecan acquired his BA and MA in architecture from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) and received his doctorate in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania as a Fulbright scholar. As a cartoonist for the Sabah daily, Memecan draws the cartoon strips Bizimcity and Sizinkiler. Bizimcity's animated version appears on ATV prime-time news programs. Memecan's cartoons are published in various magazines and newspapers abroad. He has had more than 50 books of cartoons published. As the chairman of the board of directors of the Media Association, Memecan directs the association's long-term plans and represents the association at the highest level. ERGUN BABAHAN Columnist at Star Newspaper - Today's Zaman Commentator at 24 TV Mr. Ergun Babahan received his BA in Law from Istanbul University Law Faculty in1981. After completing his internship in Izmir Bar association, he worked as a freelance lawyer. In 1984 he joined Yeni Asır newspaper as a political news reporter and became the assistant managing editor until 1987. In 1987, Babahan, joined Söz newspaper as the founding staff and started working there as a managing editor. Later on, he worked in Hürriyet newspaper as a news editor for a year. In 1988, he received a scholarship from John Knight Professional Journalism Program in Stanford University. Upon completing the program he started working in Sabah newspaper as an assistant managing editor. However, this only lasted a year, due to the other scholarship that Babahan received from Ford Foundation at University of Maryland at College Park and attended "A Seminar on American Foreign Policy Process". Relocating to Turkey in 1991, he continued his work in Sabah newspaper as a managing editor and became the managing editor in chief until he joined Yeni Binyil newspaper in 2000 as the founder editor in chief. In 2002, he became the Ankara Bureau Chief of Aksam newspaper. In August of the same year he re-joined to Sabah newspaper as editor in chief and columnist. Since 2010 he works at Star newspaper and Today's Zaman as a columnist and also as a political commentator at 24 TV. DENİZ ERGÜREL Secretary General of the Media Association Blogger, Freelance Journalist Deniz Ergürel received his BA in communication from the Ege University of Turkey in 1999.He worked as an assistant program director at TV8 and as a producer in NTV between 1999 and 2001. In 2001, Ergürel moved to Mexico to work for a Turkish company as a sales manager in order to develop his professional work experience and his language skills. Between 2001 and 2008 he lived in Mexico, Brasil and USA. In 2008, Ergürel relocated to Turkey and served as an administrative director at a Turkish renewable energy company focused on solar energy. In 2010, he joined the Media Association as the founding Secretary General. His duties include the administration of the association, new project development and international relations. Mr. Ergürel speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently. Since 2011 he works as a freelance journalist on new technologies and social media. His personal interests include digital journalism, photography and new media business models. AYDOGAN VATANDAS Investigative Journalist Cihan News Agency US Representative Aydogan Vatandas is an investigative journalist and the author of 11 books, many of which have become bestsellers in Turkey. He is the media representative of Turkish Cihan News Agency in NY since 2006 and correspondent and Op-Ed contributer for Today's Zaman. He also contributes with The Record of New Jersey. He holds an M.A in Media Studies from The New School in NY.