Beyaz

Originally from Artvin Beyazıt Öztürk was born on March 12 1969 in Bolu as the second son of a civil servant family On his fathers side he is of Georgian descent He graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Ceramics Öztürk who was also a licensed basketball player began engaging in radio broadcasting while continuing his university education At a time when the number of private television channels and radio stations was rapidly increasing he started working at Eskişehir radios together with his roommate However because he could not pronounce the letter r his desire to become a presenter was rejected and he was limited to preparing programs Nevertheless by bending the rules Öztürk managed to get his voice heard by listeners and gained appreciation with his unique and humorous style Later he continued presenting programs at Genç Radyo founded by his roommate and together with his friends launched a satirical magazine with political content called Gına He used the nickname Beyaz for the first time under the cartoons he drew for this magazine During his time in Eskişehir Öztürk held two sculpture two ceramic and one cartoon exhibition Upon receiving an offer from Klas FM in Istanbul he entered the radio profession professionally He produced various television programs on Number One TV and Kanal 6 His real fame came through Beyaz Show on Kanal D and Star TV