Tijen Karaş

Tijen Karaş (born 28 January 1975, Ankara) is a Turkish broadcaster and news anchor, working for state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). In July 2016, she became widely known during the attempted coup d'état, after she was forced to read out a declaration written by the soldiers who had taken over the TRT building in Ankara.

Life Tijen Karaş was born 28 January 1975 in Yenimahalle in Ankara, Turkey. She is the middle of three daughters. Karaş is a graduate of Hacettepe University specializing in sociology. After a break in her career due to heart problems, Karaş resumed her broadcasting career on 6 January 2020, presenting the programme Dünya Gündemi. Karaş also gives seminars in Turkey and internationally on communication and body language.