Hilal Koylu started her career as a journalist for ANKA News Agency in 1995 and served for 14 years as Ankara correspondent for Radikal. Between 2011 and 2013, she worked as a diplomacy correspondent and chief editor for HaberTurk Television's Ankara office. Koylu has been working as a freelance journalist since the beginning of 2014, and currently writes for Voice Of America and Deutsche Welle.