Mehmet Ali Birand (born on 9 December 1941 in İstanbul) is a liberal Turkish journalist, political commentator and writer.
He began his journalistic career by writing in the Milliyet newspaper. In 1992 he joined Show TV and presented the news. Birand began hosting a political show titled The 32nd day which was first on Show TV and then moved to CNN Türk. He also presented the daily news on CNN Türk. Presently he works at Kanal D where he hosts the news.
Birand is also the author of several books including 30 Sıcak Gün, Diyet, Türkiye’nin Avrupa Macerası, 12 Eylül 04.00 and Emret Komutanım.