Ahu Özyurt is the senior editor and international correspondent for CNN Turk in Istanbul. She was CNN Turk and <em>Milliyet</em> newspaper's Washington correspondent from 2007-2009. From Tehran to Istanbul she has covered the Middle East for the last two decades. Özyurt holds a Master's Degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism

Body of Politics

[caption id="attachment_55243578" align="alignnone" width="594"] Thousands of Turkish women stage a protest in Istanbul on June 3, 2012 after Turkish…

Abandoned Underground

[caption id="attachment_55249973" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man kisses his son, who was rescued from Soma coal mine after an explosion inside…

Partners for Peace

[caption id="attachment_55249615" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurds dance and wave the People’s Democracy Party banner during Nowruz celebrations…

Turkey’s Uncertain Vote

[caption id="attachment_55249072" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan greets the crowd during a local election…

Ankara’s Attuned Syria Policy

[caption id="attachment_55248606" align="alignnone" width="619"] Displaced Syrians wait to cross the Orontes river into Turkey on February 5, 2014. …

Trial by Fire

[caption id="attachment_55247941" align="alignnone" width="620"] Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan looks on at the Istana…

Gezi and Kiev’s Euromaidan

[caption id="attachment_55247398" align="alignnone" width="620"] Protests continue in the snow in Kiev on December 9, 2013. (Onur Coban/Anadolu…

The Sultans of Soap

[caption id="attachment_55246321" align="alignnone" width="620"] Actors in the popular Turkish soap opera "Nour," Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (L) and Songül Öden…

Snubbing the Kurds

[caption id="attachment_55245932" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish high school students pose on October 1, 2013 in the predominantly Kurdish…