Under reconsruction

For the following reports, I worked with VOA correspondent Henry Ridgwell as a fixer and translator in Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan.

October 2015 (Turkish 1 November elections)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEZN7uj0WCg

https://www.voanews.com/a/bitter-campaign-heats-up-ahead-of-turkish-snap-election/3028259.html

https://www.voanews.com/a/in-eastern-turkey-kurdish-village-eyiba-riven-with-tension/3023819.html

September 2015 working with Ms. Ayesha Tanzeem on Several stories about Syrian refugees in Turkey

http://www.voanews.com/content/migrants-see-no-future-in-turkey-want-to-head-to-europe/2975018.html

https://www.voanews.com/a/2975026.html

https://www.voanews.com/a/some-turks-unhappy-with-syrian-migrants/2980205.html

http://www.voanews.com/media/video/why-migrants-stay-in-and-which-leave-turkey/2980393.html

2014, Iraqi Kurdistan

Religious Minorities Find Sanctuary in Kurdistan

https://www.voanews.com/a/religious-minorities-find-sanctuary-in-kurdistan/2407848.html

Kurds Have New Hopes Amid Mideast Changes

http://www.voanews.com/content/kurds-have-new-hopes-amid-mideast-changes/1544853.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUiblqmLbDU

Iraq's Kurdish Region Sees Economic Boom

http://www.voanews.com/content/iraq-kurdish-region-sees-economic-boom/1544905.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM6eAeU9WoQ

Syrian Crisis Drives Kurdish Push for Independence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2nr7WmJlpc

December 2011, stories from Syrian border

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acFkteC-yTk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihhzqGbZUV8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQzqskMwg1A

June 2011, report from Syrian border

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhKSgOPw8Qg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qhD2t7dx

February 2023 earthquake in Turkey

Report for VOA from Diyarbakir (filming interviews and translation)

Report for VOA from Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep (filming interviews and translation)

Work I did for VOA

For the following VOA reports, I independently conducted field reporting, filmed all footage, carried out interviews, and translated interview content into English. The footage and translations were then provided to VOA correspondent Henry Ridgwell in London, who completed the final editing and production.

Working for Voice of America, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2012

Working for Voice of America on the Turkish–Syrian border, 2012

Memet Aksakal

Freelance Journalist, Fixer, and Researcher