Other names Mehmet Yankee Years active 1993-Present | Name Mehmet Yonel Role Musical Artist | |
Full Name Mehmet Yanki Yonel Born June 15, 1976 (age 48) ( 1976-06-15 ) Istanbul, Turkey Occupation Radio personality, Voiceover Education Marmara University, Golden Gate University Profiles | ||
Mehmet Yankı Yönel (born June 15, 1976) in Istanbul, is a Turkish radio host, TV presenter and voice actor. And moreover, he has also been producing jingles and sweepers for radios and commercials for a long time. He has been hosting his own shows on various radios which are streaming Turkish and foreign music since 1996. He came on board as the voiceover of Jelli Radios which are owned by Karnaval Media Group and define itself as Turkey's first social radio. Currently, he continues to perform his works at his production firm, named as My Production. Best known for his internationally syndicated radio show Jelli Show (User Controlled Radio) and he still working on Metro FM and Super FM in Istanbul.
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Early life
Mehmet Yankı Yönel was born on July, 1976 in Istanbul, Turkey. After primary and secondary education, he graduated from the Department of Ceramics, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in 2000; and then, he earned a bachelor's degree in Radio-TV Production, Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He began his career as a radio host on Number One FM and Energy FM, owned by Number One Group.
Biography
In 1993, he stepped into his career on Number One FM when radio broadcasting was launched recently in Turkey. Among the most successful male voices in Turkey, he received various prizes. Yonel performed morning shows on Energy FM where he played evergreen classics from 70s to the present and made the most listened radio shows while he also came to the fore with the show on Number One FM where he played hits and pop songs. After leaving Number One FM, he continued to be on air in such radio stations as Radio Cool, Radio 2019, Hot Station, Metro FM and Super FM. Between 200-2002, he hosted morning shows on Metro FM which owned by Cem Uzan, and then left. However, he returned to the radio station in 2009 which began to be managed by Karnaval Media Group and he supplemented his work under the name of "drive time" on weekdays between 17:00 and 20:00. He still hosted audience-participation programs on weekdays between 20:00-24:00 on Super FM.
TV Shows & Voiceover
In 1995, he performed dubbing for films, TV series and cartoons within Senkron TV. While maintaining to dubbing works, Mehmet carried out various voiceover performances for the news, magazine, music and entertainment programs on national channels. He was one of the co-founders of Technology TV, which begin its broadcasting life with the motto "Turkey's Technology TV". On weekdays between 20:00-23:00, he hosted his live show named "Spesiyal" from Technology TV which aimed to adapt a popular concept in Germany, GIGA Television, to Turkey. Live raids that he broadcast from the game, World of Warcraft and live calls were one of the most favourite parts of the program. While hosting his shows in Technology TV, Yonel went on commercial voice-over projects in Turkey.
Further interests
Outside his radio career, Mehmet Yankı has become a businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder of My Produksiyon and Power Medya, he is also the co-founder of MRN – Magaza Radyo Network (Store Radios Network) in Turkey.