I am a native of Turkey, and have been living and working in the U.S. since 2004. During the pandemic, I relocated to Turkey and have been working off-site since 2020. I am primarily a composer and a sound designer with an M.M. and M.F.A. respectively. I have been mostly designing for film/video and theatre. I enjoy working on experimental projects very much. Also in the past couple of years, due to the nature of the gigs I've been getting, my work moved towards foley design for film, podcasts, and radio plays which I realized I enjoyed very much. I also have an education in acting and while working in foley, I realized it comes in handy in understanding and conveying the action especially in media without a visual component. I am looking to connect with international professionals and collaborate/work on exciting projects.
This website is a growing directory of people of color who work in audio around the world. You’ll find editors, hosts, writers, producers, sound designers, engineers, project managers, musicians, reporters, and content strategists with varied experience from within the industry and in related fields.
It’s both a place for employers to find POC candidates, and a place where POC can find each other for meetups, collaborations, advice and so on, which means that not everyone you’ll see on here is actively looking for a job.
To our POC family: we see you and we stand with you. Let’s continue to support each other.
If you’re an employer, we need to talk.
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While recruiting diverse candidates is a great first step, it’s not going to be enough if we want the industry to look and sound meaningfully different in the future. Let us be clear: this isn’t about numbers alone. This is about getting the respect that people of color—and people of different faiths, abilities, ages, socioeconomic statuses, educational backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientation—deserve. So before you get started, here are the Terms of Service:
I will pay employees a living wage.
I will consider the ways in which my workspace might be hostile to people of color and find concrete ways to support their contributions and wellbeing.
I will continually reflect on how my networks, taste, curiosity, comfort and values are shaped by my race, class, gender, where I grew up, the media I consume, and the fact that we live in a white supremacist culture. This takes time. It will require vulnerability, and a commitment to ongoing learning.
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