Cholpon Orozobekova

)[citation needed] She graduated at the Faculty of Journalism at the Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn.

She established and officially registered an independent Kyrgyz-language newspaper entitled "De Facto" in 2006 (its co-owner is her husband, Jengishbek Edigeev).

[2] Her pieces have been published by Institute for War and Peace Reporting, The Diplomat, Journal of Turkish Weekly and the Jamestown Foundation.

She worked as director of non-governmental centre “Media-Ordo” in Kyrgyzstan from 2002 to 2007, which implemented projects for professional development of journalists.

Cholpon also has experience in project management within international organizations based in Geneva, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and non-governmental organizations Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, or HURIDOCS and Foundation “Au Coeur des Grottes”.

Dr. Roza Otunbayeva , then Foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan, at the Azattyk Media studio in Bishkek (sitting on the left), together with journalists Cholpon Orozobekova, Aziza Turdueva, Kubat Otorbaev, Kanat Subakojoev, and studio manager Maksat Toroev (sitting). 07 June 2006.
Kyrgyz journalists Jangyl Jusupjan (right), Cholpon Orozobekova and Dr. Tynchtykbek Chorotegin together with a film actor Aziz Beishenaliev (second on the right) at the RFE/RL headquarters in Prague. 11 August 2006.
Jengishbek Edigeev, a Kyrgyz journalist. 27.5.2013.