Born in Istanbul in 1971, Ali Çimen studied English language and literature at Istanbul University and graduated in 1995. He launched his career in journalism in 1993. He worked for the international Turkish dailies Zaman and Todayszaman from 1993 to 2009, serving as reporter, redactor, chief of foreign news desk in İstanbul and as an international correspondent in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and London. He has interviewed many political and social celebrities including Bill Clinton, Shakira, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Greg Olsen, Mordechai Vanunu, William S. Cohen, Robert Ballard and Brad Pitt. Now working for Euronews, the international news channel, in France, Ali Çimen also writes articles for numerous periodicals and magazines. He speaks English, German, Dutch, French as well as his native Turkish.