A graduate of the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, Zeynep Büyükyağcıoğlu started working at Kennedy Ajans in 2020. Zeynep previously worked as a Refugee Protection and Resettlement Assistant at the UNHCR. She has eight years of experience in working with refugees. Zeynep holds an International Baccalaureate bilingual diploma, and has more than five years of experience in translating and editing academic and literary works.

 

Barış Kennedy is the General Manager of Kennedy Ajans. He has fifteen years of experience in the translation and editing of academic and literary works, commercial, legal and technical documents, media content and the reports of international organisations and non-government organisations. He is bilingual in English and Turkish. Educated in Turkey, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, he holds an MA in Philosophy from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

 

Bernard Kennedy has worked as a freelance journalist, consultant in Ankara for many years. He has contributed to innumerable international and national newspapers, magazines and websites and drafted consultancy reports, communications materials and other documents for international groups and UN agencies. A former English teacher and reporter/editor with Business Monitor International in London, he also has extensive experience in translation and proofreading. He graduated in European Studies from Hull University.

 

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