Abdusselam “Mocha” Bezirgan

Founder and editor-in-chief, Media Bezirgan · Calgary

I’m Abdusselam “Mocha” Bezirgan, founder and editor-in-chief of Media Bezirgan. I was born in Istanbul, raised in Toronto and now live in Calgary. I studied broadcasting and worked in video production and reporting at Canadian media organizations. By the end of 2022 I’d concluded most outlets had become partisan, so I founded my own. My reporting is not driven by politics. It is driven by the public interest, and I follow the evidence wherever it leads, whether that is uncomfortable for Liberals, Conservatives or anyone else.