Özlem Sarıkaya Yurt
Özlem Sarıkaya Yurt (21 March 1983 – 17 May 2022) was a Turkish news anchor.[1][2]
Yurt was born on 21 March 1983 in Istanbul.[3] She graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication. She started her career on Habertürk TV channel in 2006. She then switched to NTV news channel in 2010 and presented morning, weekend and night news bulletins until her death in 2022.[4]
She won the "Best Morning Generation Presenter" award twice, by the European Journalists Association in 2009 and at the Red Turk Media Awards in 2017.[5][6]
Yurt, who was married to Yiğit Yurt and had a son named Tibet Yurt, died on 17 May 2022 in Istanbul, at the age of 39, due to breast cancer which she was diagnosed with in 2018.[7] She was buried in Büyükçekmece Cemetery after the ceremony held at Ataköy 5th Section Mosque on 18 May.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "NTV Özlem Sarıkaya Yurt'un Ölümü İle Sarsıldı! Neden Öldü?". Tempo Online. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ↑ "NTV'nin acı günü: Özlem'i kaybettik". NTV. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ↑ "NTV ve CNN Türk arasında spiker krizi!… Bardağı taşıran son damla Özlem Sarıkaya oldu". Medyabey-Özel. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ↑ "Haber spikeri Özlem Sarıkaya Yurt vefat etti". Haber Yıldızı. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ↑ "NTV Announcer Özlem Sarıkaya, who passed away at the age of 39, Who is Yurt, where is it from and why did she die?". RaillyNews. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ↑ "KırmızıTürk Medya Ödülleri İzmir Özlem Sarıkaya En İyi Kadın Haber Spikeri Hafta İçi Sabah". YouTube. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ↑ "Meme kanseriyle mücadele eden NTV spikeri Özlem Sarıkaya Yurt 39 yaşında yaşamını yitirdi". SonDakika.com. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ↑ "Türk basınının acı kaybı... Özlem Sarıkaya Yurt'a son veda! Annesinin sözleri yürek yaktı". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Türkçe). Istanbul. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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