The GlobalPost Team
Nichole Sobecki - GlobalPost Correspondent in Turkey
Nichole Sobecki will write and photograph Turkey for GlobalPost. A recent graduate of Tufts University in Massachusetts, Sobecki took six months away from her studies to work as a correspondent for the Daily Star, Lebanon’s English language newspaper based in Beirut. During that time she covered an uprising at Nahr al-Bared refugee camp where Islamic militants fought a violent and lengthy battle against the Lebanese Army. Sobecki shot and edited "The Luckiest Man: Gun Violence in Urban America," a documentary, and "Shooting for Peace," which explores several grassroots initiatives to reach people affected by AIDS, unsanitary water conditions, and civil war in Uganda. More recently, she traveled to Pakistan where she photographed the aftermath of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Raised in Pleasantville, NY, Sobecki is based in Istanbul, Europe’s most populous city and Turkey’s cultural and financial center.