Osman Pashayev

Osman Pashayev (Crimean Tatar: Osman Paşayev, Ukrainian: Осман Пашаєв, Russian: Осман Пашаев, born 23 January 1977 in Angren) is Ukrainian TV-journalist, reporter and blogger.

Biography

Pashayev was born in Uzbekistan in Crimean Tatar family. His grandparents were deported from Crimea by Stalin regime in 1944. Since 1980 he lived in Ukrainian Henichesk and since 1989 moved to Crimea.

Pashayev studied in Kyiv National Economic University. First he worked as a news presenter on Crimean Tatar edition of state "Krym" TV-company, and later as a reporter there. In 2001 he moved to Kyiv. He worked with such TV-channels as STB, Inter, 5 Kanal, NTN, TVi. In 2011-14 he worked on Crimean Tatar TV-channel ATR in Simpferopol. In spring 2013 he moved to Istanbul office of ATR.

In 2009 he was elected on chairman of "Mediafront" trade union which brings together 158 workers of four national Ukrainian channels (STB, 1+1, Ukrayina, TONIS). During 2014 Crimean crisis he founded Crimean Open Channel with purpose of covering events in occupied Crimea by live streams from hot spots and streets, blitz-interviews with random citizens and studio interviews with politicians and activists. In the beginning the project was joined by Zenife Seydametova, Muslim Umerov, Ridvan Pashayev and Lyuman Abdullayev.

Pashayev was doing reportages of Gezi protests, Ukrainian revolution and Crimean crisis. Also he is famous of his investigations concerning Ukrainian high officials (like Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushchenko and Valentyna Semeniuk).

Crimean Tatar newspaper Avdet recognized him one of the 20 most influential Crimean Tatars as of 2009.