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Biography
Ali Cimen is a Turkish journalist currently working in France.
Career
Born in Istanbul in 1971, Ali Çimen studied English language and literature at Istanbul University and graduated in 1995.
He worked for the international Turkish dailies Zaman (newspaper)and Today's Zamanfrom 1993 to 2009, serving as reporter, editor, chief of the foreign news desk in İstanbul and as an international correspondent in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and London. He currently works for Euronewsin France.
He has interviewed many political and social celebrities including Bill Clinton, Shakira, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Greg Olsen, Mordechai Vanunu, William S. Cohen, Robert Ballard and Brad Pitt.
He has written numerous booksranging from popular history to secret services and space exploration.