sona ertekin
Deep empathy, talented in creating a unique relevant language and tone, enjoys playful and daring works.
Culture, Arts, Literature, Music, Cinema, Fashion, Travelling, Food…
2003 M.A. Cinema-TV, Bilgi University, Istanbul
1999 B.A. American Culture and Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara
1995 Lise Diploması, Atılım College, Ankara
1999 B.A. American Culture and Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara
1995 Lise Diploması, Atılım College, Ankara
freelance works 2008-2010
writer-copywriter
Yeni Aktüel Dergisi - Letters From Sona Travel Article Series
Cambodia, Nepal, Laos, Malaysia, India, Thailand …
web content
BeOne Project Corporate website
translation
Contemporary Istanbul / ICE Magazine
CZGG Films (Paris)
State Planning Organisation - COMCEC Conference
COMCEC Bussiness Forum 5-9 October 2009, Istanbul
26th COMCEC Meeting of the Follow-up Committee 10-12 May 2010, Antalya
26th Session of COMCEC 5-7 November, Istanbul
transcreation
World Writers / H&M Magazine, H&M Life and H&M Web Campaigns
books
Eds.: Sona Ertekin and Ömer Madra
Aralık 2010, Açık Radyo Books & Metis Books
Eds.: Müge Gürsoy Sökmen, Başak Ertür
Translation: Doğan Şahiner, Sona Ertekin
January 2010, Metis Books
Bülent Diken & Carsten Bagge Laustsen
Translation: Sona Ertekin
June 2010, Metis Books
Tom Robbins
Translation: Sona Ertekin
In progress, Ayrıntı Books
magazines
2010 Yeni Aktüel
2008/9 Karga Mecmua
2007 Trancer’s Guide to The Galaxy (Berlin)
2005 V.S. Magazine
2005 Basatap
2005 2’de 1
2004/6 Etkin Sanat Magazine
1996 Cumhuriyet, Cumhuriyet Mag, Yeni Yüzyıl
pre-freelance 1996-2008
2008 August – December
IKSV, Corporate Identity and Publications, Editor
açık radyo years
I’ve stepped into Açık Radyo as a volunteering radio host when I was just 18 and started working full time by the year 2004. I took on many different tasks and served as the general copywriter of the radio as well. I have left my full time mission in the radio in 2008; yet I am happy and proud to volunteer as an external copywriter and editor for the radio ever since.
1996
Programme assistant
Producer and Host: “The Doors Week”
Producer and Host: “The Doors Week”
2000-2002
Producer and Host: “Altribe: The Tribe That Dance to the Digital Prophecy”
The History of Electronic Music
February-April 2004
Press Relations
2004-2006
Producer and Host: “Open Magazine”
Culture and Art Oriented Drive Time Show, Weekdays 18:00-20:00
Producer and Host: “Happysouls Techno Farm”
Entertainment Guide, Fridays 19:40
2005
Project Development & Coordinator: Open Space
Radio Programme Contest for University Students 2006-2010
Editor, Open Book
student years
I was proud to have my articles published in Turkey’s major newspaper and magazines such as Cumhuriyet, Yeni Yüzyıl and Cumhuriyet Dergi in my freshman year at the university. During my student years I worked in various environments that I could develop myself whenever I had the chance. Before enrolling in the M.A. programme of Istanbul Bilgi University in 2000 I took a gap year.
2002 November-December
Project Development & Copywriter, Non-Art Cultural Action, Soap System
Godet Club, Soap System
2002 June-October
Junior Copywriter, Link-McCann Erickson
Junior Copywriter, Link-McCann Erickson
2001, October-November
Journalist, Aktüel
Journalist, Aktüel
2001, May-October
Cinema Page Web Editor, Ideefixe (EBİ)
Cinema Page Web Editor, Ideefixe (EBİ)
2000, June-September
Assistant of director, Strateji-Mori (part-time)
2000 June-September
Assistant of director, Ankara Jazz Society (part-time)
2000 Nisan-Mayıs
Organization Team, Flying Broom Women’s Film Festival
1999 Aralık
Consecutive translator, Ottoman Postal History Exhibition and Symposium, Turban
1999 Kasım
Consecutive translator, British Education Fair, British Council
1996-1999
Culture, art and music articles published in newspapers
Cumhuriyet, Yeni Yüzyıl ve Cumhuriyet Dergi.
conferences
2004, 25-28 June
Crossroads 2004 Cultural Studies Conference
Master Thesis Presentation: "Through the Liquid Glass"
Illinois, US
Illinois, US
2004, 09-11 August
Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction
Master Thesis Presentation: "Through the Liquid Glass"
Prague, Czech Republic
Master Thesis Presentation: "Through the Liquid Glass"
Prague, Czech Republic
workshops
2010, 23 October
Muhteviyat Interview Workshop, Tutorial Team
scholarships
Istanbul Bilgi Univeristy, Cinema-TV M.A. Programme First Place Scholarship
New York, New School University, Sociology of the Media Ph.D. Programme Partial Tuition Scholarship
Istanbul Bilgi Univeristy, Cinema-TV M.A. Programme First Place Scholarship
New York, New School University, Sociology of the Media Ph.D. Programme Partial Tuition Scholarship
languages
Turkish, English
Turkish, English
volunteer work
English Teacher, Tibet Hope Center, Dharamsala – India (May 2008)
English Teacher, Tibet Hope Center, Dharamsala – India (May 2008)
interests
Travelling, literature, music, Dj’ing, raves, fire juggling, yoga, modern dance, Tibetan massage, mountaineering, rock climbing, jogging, inline skating, scuba diving.
memberships
Ankara Caz Association, Hacettepe Mountaineering Club, Çatı Modern Dance Studio, Ganden Yiga Chozin Buddhist Center (Nepal), Lotus Diving (Thailand), Mind Funk Records (Netherlands), Muhteviyat Writers Collective.
Ankara Caz Association, Hacettepe Mountaineering Club, Çatı Modern Dance Studio, Ganden Yiga Chozin Buddhist Center (Nepal), Lotus Diving (Thailand), Mind Funk Records (Netherlands), Muhteviyat Writers Collective.
