Barış Esen, who graduated from Istanbul University, Department of International Relations, completed his master's degree at Galatasaray University, Department of Regional and Strategic Studies.He received his doctorate degree from Istanbul University, Department of Political Science and International Relations.He started his journalism and television career at CNN Türk Foreign News Service in 2004.He worked as a reporter, editor and presenter at SKY Türk news channel from 2005 to the beginning of 2010.He has been working as a presenter-editor at Bloomberg HT, where he was a founding member since 2010.He presents the Global Markets and Economic Outlook programs on television and the Voice of Peace programs on radio.He is also a faculty member at Beykent University.