#zeynep.about

[justwannaflex]

(—) ★ spotted!! ZEYNEP YILMAZ on the cover of this week’s most recent tabloid! many say that the 25 year old looks like HAFSANUR SANCAKTUTAN, but i don’t really see it. while the ARTIST, JOURNALIST & POLITICAL ACTIVIST is known for being CARING my inside sources say that they have a tendency to be IMPULSIVE i swear, every time i think of them, i hear the song WHO'S AFRAID OF LITTLE OLD ME by TAYLOR SWIFT {she + her / cis female}

Headline

"Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Stats

name: zeynep yilmaz

age: 25

nicknames: Z

date of birth: 1998

place of birth: Istanbul (Turkey)

nationality : turkish

gender identity: cis woman (she/her)

sexuality: bi-curious

family : tba

occupation: journalist, activist & artist

career claim: banksy

net worth : not much lol

spoken languages : turkish, arabic & english

positive traits: caring, brave, curious, lively, creative, loyal

negative traits: impulsive, judgemental, short tempered, resentful, loud

characters/celebrities inspo: tba

zodiac sign : tba

Bio

Zeynep was born in Istanbul to university professor parents. She was raised in the most beautiful and lively city which was almost like another family member to her. Thanks to her parents she spent a lot of time around the brightest turkish minds. Her house was always buzzing with activity and visitors. Just like the city. Zeynep never knew quiet. She embodied everything hectic, passionate, lively and loud ever since she was a little girl.

She grew up around intellectuals, activists, artists and they all inspired her. She greatly admired her parents and their friends. They all encouraged the little girl to develop her voice and her artistic talents. They enthusiastically posed for portraits or debated with Zeynep about how unfair it was that she had to go to bed while everyone else was staying up. She had a beautiful childhood full of love and stimulation.

Inspired by her parents and their friends, she had a passion for politics and naturally she chose to study journalism. She wanted her voice to be heard, through a pen but also through paint. She started to graph at the age of 9 years old. Even before that, if you counted the walls of her family's house. What she could not say with her words, she would paint. Istanbul became her canvas. Whenever she would travel, she also made sure to leave a mark in any city she visited.

In 2017, at 19 years old, Zeynep moved to England to study journalism since there was no prospect for her in her own country. Since 2016, free press was basically dead in Turkey. She also had seen her own parents and many of their friends get arrested or flee the country. She knew she could not remain in Istanbul anymore. So with a student visa, she started a new life in England. She planned on one day running a turkish media based outside of the country so her voice and many others could still be heard.

She also kept graffing. After Istanbul, her works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the world. She started to get noticed and took the pseudonymous Banksy. She uses a blog to claim her works. She knows that she has to remain anonymous to retain her freedom of speech. Only her family and a selected few knows that Zeynep is Banksy.

She is enraged that her work is sold for millions sometimes and more often than not without her permission. She chose the streets and buildings as her canvas so her work would belong to the people. Yet greedy capitalists tear down walls to make a profit of her art. However whenever her trusted agency sells her work, Zeynep donates the money to fund NGOs, people and projects. She especially funds freedom of speech, the arts and war relief.

At 22 she graduated and started to work freelancing and published articles on a blog, until she gathered enough attention to get hired by BBC Turkish. While working for the British news channel, Zeynap kept her blog and was also pretty active on social medias. A few months ago, she received an offer from a billionaire who wanted to start a new media and offered her to cover Turkey and the middle east.

Now she lives in Los Angeles and tries to navigate that new world, so far away from home.

Career

Zeynep worked for BBC turkish from 2021 to 2023. She knows work for a brand new media : tba. She is also Banksy.

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