Ugur Meleke (b. January 1, 1980, Istanbul) is a Turkish economist, journalist, columnist and TV pundit.

Ugur Meleke currently works as a columnist for Hürriyet newspaper and as a sports commentator for the beIN Sports TV channel.

The son of a Kosovar immigrant family, Uğur Meleke completed his primary and secondary education at Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School and Burak Bora Anatolian High School, and then graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Marmara University. He started his journalism career at Milliyet in 2005 and continues as a sports writer at Hürriyet Newspaper. At the same time, he works as a pundit on the Süper Lig program broadcast on beIN Sports on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights.

Meleke is known for his interest in mathematics and is a former member of the TUBITAK Mathematics Olympiad team. He is a fan of Gençlerbirliği, the team where he played football in the youth academy, and is congress member number 2822. Meleke, who lives in Kadıköy, Istanbul, is single. He speaks English and French. Besides Hürriyet Newspaper, Uğur Meleke also occasionally writes articles for the British The Guardian.

He is also on the jury for The Guardian’s annual Footballer of the Year award.

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