Editorial Team & Contributors

Murat Yıldız is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bosphorus News. He is an investigative journalist, editor and producer focused on Türkiye, the Eastern Mediterranean, diplomacy, political economy, organized crime and cross-border networks. His reporting and media work has covered issues including human trafficking, illicit organ-trade networks, regional security and international affairs.

His previous work spans print, online and broadcast media. Selected reporting, editorial and production credits include The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, The Economist, Yomiuri Shimbun, VICE News, BuzzFeed News, Le Figaro, Al Jazeera, The National, HBO and TLC, among others. He holds a graduate degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with academic work focused on the Balkans and Cyprus.

Prof. Dr. Veysel Ulusoy is an economist, academic and columnist. He is the founder and director of ENAG, the Inflation Research Group, an independent inflation research initiative producing high-frequency inflation data on Türkiye. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Economics at Boston College, teaches economics through Harvard Division of Continuing Education, and writes as a columnist for Cumhuriyet, a long-established Turkish national daily with a prominent place in the country’s press history.

At Bosphorus News, Ulusoy chairs the editorial board, bringing academic expertise in economics, inflation, public data, institutional transparency and political economy to the publication’s editorial framework.

Spiros Sideris is a journalist, writer and geopolitical analyst focused on Greece, the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Independent Balkan News Agency, IBNA, an independent regional news agency covering Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean and a partner site of Bosphorus News.

At Bosphorus News, Sideris contributes regional analysis, editorial perspective and partner-site collaboration on Greece, the Balkans, Southeast Europe and Eastern Mediterranean affairs.

Taylan Büyükşahin is an economy journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of TC Lira, where he writes the Makro Bakış column. His journalism background includes work at Cumhuriyet, Referans, Dünya, Yeni Yüzyıl and Sözcü, with coverage across the Turkish economy, trade, energy, agriculture, business and the real sector.