Süleyman Ergüçlü

   1954 yılının Ağustos ayında, Yenicami mahallesinde, yaşlı Lefkoşa’nın kucağına doğdu... Çocukluğu buralarda, Selimiye civarında ve Mahmut Paşa mahallesinde geçti... 1958’de, 4 yaşındayken, Lefkoşa Türk Lisesi öğrencilerinin İngiliz Koloni yönetimi polisleri ile çatışması sırasında, öğrencileri dağıtmak için atılan göz yaşartıcı gaz ile tanıştı...

   1963’te, 9 yaşındayken, 47 yaşında olan babası Kara Yusuf’u kaybetti... Birkaç ay sonra da 21 Aralık olaylarını yaşadı... Korktu... Çok korktu... 9 – 10 yaşlarında, şehitliğe dönüştürülen Tekke Bahçesinde, şehitlerin gömülmesine yardım etti...

   Yokluklar içinde, abluka altında olan yaşlı Lefkoşa’da hayat devam ederken, 15 yaşında eline silah alıp Mücahit oldu... Öğrenci Mücahit... Gündüz okulda, gece mevzide... 1974’te, 20 yaşında askerlik görevini yaparken savaşı yaşamak zorunda kaldı... Büyük korkular yaşadı... Savaşta roketatar (bazuka) kullandı... Başarılıydı da!!!

   Savaş sonrasında gazeteci oldu... Türkiye’de, Anamur’da Kıbrıs’ın Sesi Radyosu’nda görev aldı... Sonra Kıbrıs’a döndü... Önce Bayrak Radyosu, daha sonra Bayrak Televizyonunda görev aldı... 1986’da BRT’den ayrıldı ve çeşitli gazete ve ajanslarda çalıştı... Ülkenin ilk internet gazetesi "Kimgazet"i yayınladı...

   1989’da, Kıbrıs Gazetesi’ni kuran ekibin içinde yer aldı ve ilk Yazı İşleri Müdürü oldu... Çeşitli dönemlerde Kıbrıs Medya Grubu'ndan ayrılarak başka medya kuruluşlarında çalıştı... BRTK Yönetim Kurulu Başkanlığı, Kıbrıs Türk Gazeteciler Birliği Başkanlığı yaptı......

   Bu arada, ülkedeki Bankalar krizi sırasında, batan bankalardan birinin Yönetim Kurulu Başkanıydı... Bu krizi takip eden Annan Planı döneminde, Kıbrıs Medya Grubu’nun Genel Yayın Yönetmeniydi ve süreçte, barış yönünde taraf oldu...

Haziran 2016'da Kıbrıs Medya Grubu Genel Yayın Yönetmenliğinden emekli oldu...

   Bir Kıbrıs sevdalısıdır... Lefkoşa’nın, Kıbrıs’ın kokusunu duymadan yaşayamaz...

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Süleyman Ergüçlü

Date & place of birth	25/8/1954           Nicosia, Cyprus
Education	1973                   Nicosia Turkish Lycee                         Nicosia, Cyprus 1971-1973              The School of Computer Technology         London, England 1966-1971           The English College                            Nicosia, Cyprus
Languages	Fluent in English and native language Turkish
Professional experience	2016 - Retired 2013 -  2016                        Kıbrıs Media Group Editor in Chief 2011 -  2013                        Unemployed 2008 -  2010                 Near East University                Nicosia, North Cyprus Lecturer (Internet Journalism) 2001 -  2008                Kibris Media Group                  Nicosia, North Cyprus Editor in Chief § Kibris Media Group is made up of Kibris Newspaper (largest circulation (10,000 per day)Turkish language daily of North Cyprus), Cyprus Today (the only English language weekly of North Cyprus), Kibris FM and Kibris TV. As editor-in-chief, I am responsible from all the editorial and programme content of the publications and broadcasts. 1999 – 2001                 ASNA Holding                      Nicosia, North Cyprus Coordinator § ASNA Holding is the main body which runs a variety of businesses in North Cyprus. These businesses range from financial services to media. I was responsible for the coordination between the companies. 1998 – 1999           Halkin Sesi newspaper              Nicosia, North Cyprus Editor in Chief § Halkin Sesi is the oldest Turkish language daily of North Cyprus. During my service in Halkin Sesi I upgraded the technology of the paper and employed a fully computerized system in the production of the paper. 1996 – 1998 Cyprus Communications Centre    Nicosia, North Cyprus Editor, Publisher and Webmaster § Cyprus Communications Centre (www.cypruscenter.com) is an independent news agency which I founded and which produced and published the first daily Turkish language internet newspaper (Kimgazet) in North Cyprus. I personally designed the website and edited all the contents. The agency also produced a daily Turkish Cypriot Press Digest in English. I later transferred it to someone else. 1996 – 1998               Reuters News Agency           Nicosia, North Cyprus Stringer § As Reuters stringer I covered news events in North Cyprus. 1993 – 1996               Kibris Media Group               Nicosia, North Cyprus Deputy Editor in Chief § As the Deputy Editor in Chief of the group I was responsible from the editorial content of the Turkish language daily Kibris and the English language weekly Cyprus Today. 1991 – 1993           Public Information Office          Nicosia, North Cyprus Translator, Editor § I translated and edited news stories and articles to be used by the office in its bulletins which were published in both Turkish and English. 1988 – 1991               Kibris Media Group               Nicosia, North Cyprus Editor § I was the editor of the Turkish Cypriot daily, Kibris. I took part in the team which founded, prepared and published Kibris in 1989. 1986 – 1988        North Cyprus News Agency        Nicosia, North Cyprus Editor § NCNA was an independent news agency which produced news bulletins in Turkish and English languages. I was responsible from all the contents of the bulletins. 1978 – 1986               Bayrak Radio & TV                Nicosia, North Cyprus Head of TV News § I worked as reporter, news editor and broadcaster in both Turkish and English language services of Bayrak Radio & TV, which is the official broadcasting authority of North Cyprus. I produced and presented a weekly programme in Turkish, on TV, called Notes from the Parliament for three years. I also produced and presented, a daily programme on radio in Turkish, which covered the Turkish Cypriot Press. I was promoted to the position of Head of TV News in 1983 and was responsible from all the news content of the TV programmes. 1974 – 1978                   Voice of Cyprus                            Anamur, Turkey Translator, Editor and Broadcaster § Turkish Cypriot radio broadcasting to Cyprus from Anamur, southern Turkey. I worked as editor and broadcaster in the Turkish language department and as translator, editor and broadcaster in the English language department.
Additional professional activities	2000 –  2001           Industrial Bank of Kibris          Nicosia, North Cyprus Chairman of the Board of Directors 1986 – 2001                Bayrak Radio & TV               Nicosia, North Cyprus Chairman of the Board of Directors § I was a member of the board of directors of Bayrak Radio & TV, representing the Journalists’ Union on the board. I was elected as the chairman of the board in 1999. I resigned from the board in 2001 when I was appointed as the Editor in Chief of Kibris Media Group. 1981 – 1996                Journalists’ Union                Nicosia, North Cyprus Mem ber of the Executive Committee § I served as secretary general and for a short time as president of the Union. 2001–2003                 Journalists’ Union                 Nicosia, North Cyprus President of the Journalists' Union
Computer skills	Knowledge of; · MS Windows · MS Word · MS Excel · MS PowerPoint · Adobe Photoshop · MS FrontPage · Quark Xpress · FTP software · Web publishing software · MS Internet Explorer · MS Outlook Express

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