Amberin Zaman is a Turkish journalist and a chief correspondent for Al-Monitor based in London covers major stories on the MENA .[1] Having started as a journalist in the early 1990s in Turkey, Zaman contributes to various newspapers throughout the world. Her reporting focuses on geopolitical trends, conflicts, diplomacy and human rights. She studied political science at Franklin College in Lugano Switzerland, speaks fluent English, French, Turkish and Bengali.[2]