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Can Hasasu was born in 1977 in the city of Kerkuk.
He is a journalist specialized in the Middle East and conflict zones. He has been following the events in Iraq and Syria since 2003. Hasasu is an experienced journalist who started to his career at the first privet Turkish news channel NTV. He worked for leading Turkish and international media outlets including Dogan News Agency (DHA), CNN Turk, Kanal D, Star TV, Voice of America, Al Jazeera Turk, Al Jazeera English and TRT World.He is the founder general manager of Kerkuk based satellite TV channel: Turkmeneli.
Between January 2020 and March 2022, Hasasu was Output Manager and the Managing Director of TRT Arabi.
Can Hasasu is a graduate of Istanbul University, Journalism department, speaks Turkish, English, Arabic and Kurdish.
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“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr.-