Melvyn Ingleby (1992) is an author and investigative journalist. Born in the Netherlands to a Dutch mother and British father, he studied History at University College London and Political Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris before settling in Istanbul in 2017. From there, he has worked as a Middle East correspondent for the leading Dutch newspaper NRC, focusing on Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq. His work was published by The Guardian Long Read, The Atlantic, New Lines Magazine and The Journal of Democracy. Aside from his native English and Dutch, he speaks fluent French and Turkish and intermediate Arabic and German.
