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As a seasoned editorial professional, I offer my skills and services to global companies and publishers. I have created content and managed editorial teams as a contractor for renowned brands such as Turkish Airlines in Turkey, Startups of London and Debite in the UK, Science and Stuff in the US, and Ventures Lab in Bulgaria.

Sofia, Bg

I create between 50,000 and 100,000 words of content monthly, generating organic traffic and revenue for the company.

Sofia, Bg

At Ventures Lab, a major iGaming company, I made significant contributions as a Freelance Editorial Consultant. My focus on affiliate marketing and brand websites led to the creation and execution of data-driven content plans. I managed editorial teams of varying sizes, consistently delivering high-quality content ranging from 250,000 to 1,000,000 words monthly, depending on the project’s needs.

İstanbul, Beyoğlu, Tr

Adsbot, based in Istanbul, Turkey, offers a marketing tool that helps automate and optimise digital advertising processes. Our collaboration started before I moved to London and started Latmus Limited. I assembled and managed an editorial team to produce articles for the company blog, providing valuable knowledge for digital marketing professionals. The organic traffic of the company blog increased from 100s to 1000s within a year, according to SEMrush data.

I proofread, formatted, and published science and tech news articles for Science and Stuff, a USA-based digital science and tech news publisher. I also provided feedback and training to the writing team to increase the editorial process’s efficiency. Unfortunately, the employer cancelled the project due to financial difficulties.

Debite, a Fintech company from London, provides business financing to startups and SMEs. I assembled and managed an editorial team to produce content for the company blog. Some articles, such as Top SaaS Tools for Small Businesses, Best Business Bank Accounts, and Best Business Credit Cards, appear in Google SERP features in the UK and US, according to SEMrush data.

London, Greater London, Gb

At Startups of London, a digital publisher focusing on early-stage startups, I led the editorial operation and initiated contact with startup founders for the publication’s podcast. My tenure saw a 2.5x increase in organic website traffic, and many of our articles ranked in the top 10 in Google SERPs for 74 mid to high-volume search terms. The website links also appeared on SERP features for over a thousand search terms, according to Semrush data.

İstanbul, Tr

ERKA IT, a Turkish Airlines contractor based in Istanbul, Turkey, responsible for creating and running turkishairlinesholidays.com, hired me to assemble and manage an editorial team to provide website copy and blog articles. My team and I created over 100,000 words of content monthly in Turkish and English. The Best Holiday Destinations in Türkiye ranks in the top 10 in the Google SERPs for over 30 mid to high-volume search terms and generates approximately 1,200 organic traffic in the UK, according to SEMrush data. Other high-performing articles and pages include but are not limited to, Türkiye's Calmest Holiday Towns, City Breaks, and Honeymoon Hotels Vacation Packages.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Interesting Engineering (IE) is an Istanbul-based science and technology publisher with a global audience. IE’s traffic primarily depended on Facebook when the social network's popularity declined. Thanks to my editorial lead, the website traffic increased from 4 million to 8 million monthly, hitting over 1.6 million organic search traffic in April 2020, an all-time high even as of July 2024, according to SEMrush data. My team and I achieved these numbers by establishing and executing successful publishing strategies and creating new traffic streams from news feeds like Google News, Flipboard, Apple News, and News360.

İstanbul, Sarıyer, Tr

I was one of the founding members of the company. I created B2C content and content strategies for Maltepe Council (one of Istanbul’s largest boroughs), and B2B content and content strategies for Kara Consultancy (a BI consulting firm).

Ankara, Ankara, Tr

I analysed and fact-checked suspicious content across the web. Two of my analyses ranked among the top three most read and shared content of the month upon publication.

Istanbul, Maslak, Tr

Mynet is one of Turkey’s largest internet portals, and Bu Çok İyiymiş was Mynet’s newly established youth platform. I created long and short-form video scripts for original Mynet video productions, curated content for social media (primarily focused on Facebook videos), and managed social media channels. The Facebook page followers increased by 50% in 7 months.

Istanbul, Maslak, Tr

I created short-form video scripts for trending and viral news and edited the videos. My job included but was not limited to researching local and global news feeds and sources, collaborating with different vertical editors (such as finance, politics, sports, etc.), and writing short summaries of popular news articles for short-form captioned videos for Mynet News. I created the first video to hit the 1 million view threshold.

Istanbul, Maslak, Tr

I created investigative and evergreen news pieces for Mynet News. I managed a team of freelance writers and journalists, ensuring they provided high-quality content within deadlines, generating approximately 5 million page views monthly. Also, I hosted and produced video content that included interviews with Turkey's best journalists.

Istanbul, Maslak, Tr

Mynet Trend was a viral content service. I used tools and feeds like Newswhip Spike and Buzzsumo to discover viral content and adapt it to Mynet Trend audience. The page views of the service increased from 6.5 million to 13.5 million monthly within a year under my editorial leadership.

Istanbul, Tr

Infomag Publishing, a contractor for Turkish Airlines, published five Turkish Airlines in-flight magazines—Skylife, Skylife Business, AnadoluJet Magazine, Planet, and CurioCity. I was an Infomag Publishing employee responsible for culture and arts content in Skylife, Skylife Business, and AnadoluJet Magazines. I also created and curated content for Planet, the in-flight entertainment system magazine, and CurioCity, a children’s in-flight magazine.

Ba, Visual Arts And Communication Design

High School, Turkish And Maths

Ma, Arts And Design