Vedat Yenerer
Vedat Yenerer (born 2 January 1965) is a Turkish journalist and writer. As a war correspondent he has visited over 75 countries, and he has published a number of non-fiction books. Since 2008 he has been a defendant in the Ergenekon trials. Career. Yenerer worked at "Cumhuriyet" for five years (1987 - 1992), before moving into television. He was at Show TV (1992-1993 and 1996-1997), Star TV (1993-1994), and "32. Gün" (1995 -1996). From 1999 to 2002 he was at Kanal D, and then at Habertürk TV (2002 - 2003). At Show TV he won an  award in 1997 for "Human Drama in Hakkari", and he has won various other journalism awards. He has reported from many conflict zones, including Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Eritrea, Georgia, Sudan, Somalia, and Kashmir. He taught a course in international journalism at Istanbul University (2005 - 2006), and was a columnist at "Yeniçağ" from 2004 to 2008. In this period he also presented a news show on Karadeniz TV (2006 - 2007). Sweden-based Nordic Monitor news website identified him as a neo-nationalist figure who promotes racist and anti-immigrant views as the chief advisor to Turkey ’s nationalist, right-wing opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener. The Monitor also published court-authorized wiretap transcripts dated January 22, 2008 that revealed how Yenerer was collecting sex tapes to allegedly blackmail others.