Melis Alphan

Following her graduation from the American Collegiate Institute in İzmir, she studied Fashion at the London College of Fashion from where she earned a BSc. Following she studied for a while at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She wrote articles on women rights, fashion amongst other issues and with time she became one of the few female journalists to write a column in a Turkish newspaper. In 2018 she was a member of the jury for the Metin Göktepe journalism award. In 2019 she published the book I Will – Inspiring Life Stories. == Legal prosecution ==

In November 2020 an investigation into a post on her Instagram account about the Kurdish new year celebrations in Diyarbakır in 2015 was initiated. The photograph in question included a flag of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, with which the Turkish government at the time was holding peace negotiations. The prosecution demanded a prison sentence for up to 7 years and 6 months. She was acquitted on May 21, 2021. == Award ==

• 2013, Traditional Turkey Journalism Awards in the category "Best Interview" == References ==