Personal

Ahmet Hakan Coskun was born in the year 1967 in Yozgat. He spent his childhood in Amasya, Balikesir, and Canakkale. He graduated from the Uludag University’s Faculty of Theology. He was very much interested in studying literature and writing stories. While studying in college, Coskun wrote stories on many topics and several of his stories were published in the local magazines.

Career

Ahmet Hakan Coskun began his career as reporter in the year 1993, when he joined TGRT as correspondent. He was part of the Echo team of the news show at the channel. He later joined Channel 7 and worked as anchor and reporter for a few years. He worked there from 1995 to 2003. He was later moved to anchor the main news and also did starboard and other key programs for Channel 7 like the ‘Scaffolding Sancak’ show. He later resigned from Channel 7 and joined CNN Turk where he anchors the show ‘Neutral Zone’.

Books

Ahmet Hakan Coskun is also a well-known author. He has written and published many books which include City 81 Famous Food, Nationalism Ahmet Zucchini Why?, A Turkish genius Oktay Sinanoglu, Deniz Baykal, the CHP and the Anatolian Left and many others.

He is also a columnist and started first with New Dawn where his work was well received. He later wrote for other publications which include Sabah and a few others. He also continues with his Hurriyet writings. His writings mostly involve the socio-political situation of his country and focus on independent Istanbul. In June 2013, Ahmet Hakan Coskun was admitted to the American Hospital Sisli. According to reports, he was affected by food poisoning and is undergoing treatment for it.