Ahmet Utlu

Ahmet Utlu is a journalist, documentarian, traveler and actor, born in Ankara in 1960. He is known as one of the first names in Türkiye to go on long journeys on a motorcycle and turn them into documentaries; The masses know him from the first Survivor Türkiye competition he presented in 2005.

He graduated from Gazi University, Department of Press and Broadcasting. He worked as a reporter and photographer in Sabah newspaper until 1991; In the following years, he worked as a freelance journalist, sending news and photographs from conflict zones.

Journeys and documentaries

In 1995, he turned his motorcycle journey from Istanbul to Nepal via Iran, Pakistan and India into a documentary called Ex Oriente Lux. In 1997, he described the route to the source of the Nile in Africa with the documentary Where Water is Born; He then filmed a journey to the Central Asian steppes. He founded the production company Yol Film.

He won first place at the 38th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in 2001 with his documentary Nature's Children (1999).

In 2005, he hosted Survivor Türkiye: Grand Adventure, the first Survivor competition held in Türkiye. In the following years, he also turned to acting; He played the character of Chief in the TV series Teşkilat. Utlu, who also works on traffic safety, was among the founders of an association that aims to raise awareness against the risk of accidents.