Dr. Esra Karahindiba is a senior international journalist and commentator focusing on foreign policy and international relations. She is renowned for her exclusive interviews with top international officials on recent regional and global issues, which are published at Harici.com.tr, the unique foreign news platform of Türkiye. Before her career in media, she worked for the Turkish Government as an adviser, including the public institutions of the Prime Ministry, Directorate of Communications and the Ministry of National Defense. Dr. Karahindiba has been awarded a PhD degree by the University of Istanbul, Journalism Department with her dissertation titled “CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SYRIA OPERATIONS BY TURKISH ARMED FORCES IN USA AND UK MAGAZINES: EUPHRATES SHIELD, OLIVE BRANCH AND PEACE SPRING”. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Trade and Monetary Management from Marmara University in Istanbul. Early in her career, Dr. Karahindiba also completed the “Broadcast Journalism” certificate programme in the New York Film Academy. Pursuing global affairs since 2008, her objective comments have taken place in Afghan, American, Arab, Azerbaijani, Iranian, Russian and European media besides Turkish outlets. Dr Karahindiba is also the Coordinator of International Cooperation at the Global Journalism Council, which is the only media organization in Türkiye with a media diplomacy mission with representatives in 74 countries.