Born and raised in İstanbul, Niyal Akmanalp studied Political Sciences at ITIA and completed her higher education at istanbul University and Boğaziçi University, started her career as a journalist. After working as a foreign news correspondent for 4 years in well-known media organizations, she worked as a copywriter, creative director and vice president of the agency for nearly 30 years in Türkiye’s leading national (Concept) and international (McCann Erickson / J. W. Thompson / Ogilvy & Mather / Saatch & Saatchi etc.) advertising agencies. Niyal Akmanalp has more than fifty national and international advertising/creativity awards, and she is fluent in English.