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Yavuz Baydar is a Turkish journalist, media ombudsman, and music and film critic.

Background
Yavuz Baydar's family has roots in West Thrace. After completing primary and high school in Eskişehir, in 1976 he enrolled in the Industrial Engineering program at Middle Eastern Technical University, but for political reasons left the program and emigrated to Sweden, where he graduated with a degree in cybernetics and informatics from Stockholm University.

Career
His journalism career began in 1980 when he became a reporter for Swedish Radio and Television, later becoming a newscaster, editor and producer. His first stint as a TV newscaster was in 1982 when he produced and narrated a weekly children's program for Swedish TV called "Spraka." For almost ten years following, he worked for Swedish television on their weekly Turkish news program.

Mesleki kulvarının gazetecilik olduğuna kanaat getirince, İskandinavya'nın en prestijli eğitim kurumlarından biri sayılan Stockholm Gazetecilik Yüksek Okulu'na (JH)girdi; buradan 1984'te mezun oldu. Mezuniyetinin hemen ardından, Cumhuriyet Gazetesi İsveç ve Finlandiya muhabirliğini de üstlendi. Burada siyasi gelişmeler yanı sıra, kültür haberciliğine de ağırlık verdi. Önde gelen film yönetmenleri, yazarlar ve müzisyenlerle mülakatlar yaptı, portreler hazırladı. Haftada birkaç kez Cumhuriyet Kültür sayfasına yazdığı müzik yazılarıyla jazz ve rock ile alt dallarının, modern akımların Türkiye'de tanınmasına yardımcı oldu.

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in the newspaper Günaydın in 1988, ... produced shows for Show Radio, Genç Radio and NTV Radio.

Since 1997 he is a columnist in the newspaper Posta and since 2005 he is the representative of the same paper in Ankara. He continued in producing radio and television shows and for three years he was the producer and presenter of the TV show Weekend of the TV channel Haberturk TV, which, upon the death of founder, Ufuk Güldemir, was sold to Ciner Media Group. Later, since February 2008, he is the weekend moderator of the morning shows of the channel Kanal 24. He used to be a commentator of the program "Haber-Yorum" on TRT Radio 1 between January 2010-July 2011, and a contributor and commentator for another TRT Radio 1 program "Gündem".

...in the whole world.