Amberin Zaman is a Turkish journalist and a chief correspondent for Al-Monitor based in Paris covers major stories on the MENA .

She studied political science at Franklin College in Lugano Switzerland, speaks fluent English, French, Turkish and Bengali.

[5] Prior to joining Al-Monitor as a full time reporter in 2018, Zaman was The Economist’s Turkey correspondent for 16 years.

She was also a regular contributor to The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and Voice of America and penned weekly columns in the Turkish language media.

[11] In 2014, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, called Amberin Zaman "A militant in the guise of a journalist, a shameless woman... Know your place!

[12] A public apology campaign had started with numerous human rights groups and journalist associations throughout the world.

[13] The Equality Monitoring Women's Group of Turkey collected 130 signatures demanding that Erdogan apologize for his language.