Community Achievement Awards 2017 – Shortlist Announced!

The Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot Community Achievement Awards 2017 will be held on the same night as the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) Gala on 8th October. You can buy tickets for the gala here.

The Community Achievement Awards are all about recognising and celebrating the outstanding work of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot women, men, companies and organisations in the UK across several fields. You can see the names of last year’s winners here.

We are delighted to announce that we now have our shortlist for the 2017 awards:

 

EDUCATION

Dicle Korkmaz Conlon

Ozcan Celik

Prof Ibrahim Sirkeci

Sevtap Kemal

Yunus Emre Institute, London

Oxford Academy

Moonchild Education (Mr Mustafa Durmaz and Dr Dondu Durmaz)

 

LAW

Sevim Zelal Tonbul

Ozan Askin

Sengul Turgut

Ozlem Erbil Cetin

Yasar Dogan

Sinan Fidanci

Mehmet Cankiran

Sadiye Arslan

Filiz Kilic

Hasan Sal

Mesut Karakus

 

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR

Ozan Gemikonakli

Onur Uz

Faik Aktulga

Hüseyin Yavuz

Hasan Icoz

Ersin Bedir

Cem Canpolat

Veysel Yavuz

Veysi Tangul

Mehmet Cicek

 

POLITICS

Dr Turhan Ozen

Cllr Alev Cazimoglu

Cllr Emine Ibrahim

Cllr Ahmet Oykener

Cllr Guney Dogan

Cllr Adeline Kepez

Denis Ali Kaya

Mustafa Korel

 

BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Jale Erentok

Zeynep Turudi

Yildiz Turhan (AKA Jasmine Armstrong)

Itir Sokmen

Cigdem Beykoylu

Mustafa Cakır

Yildiray  Donmez

Zafer Cicek

Ahmet Kabayel

Tacim Tarlacik

Ilhami Ozkan

Alp Ceylan

Tuncel Nalbantoglu

Ahmet Orgen

Mehmet Gumus

Mehmet Mercan

Nasir Kiral

Mehmet Sar

Ibrahim Ince

Ali Gurgur

Soner Mustafa

Bektas Kilic

Ibrahim Opuz

Cetin Agcagul

 

HEALTH

Dr Teoman Sirri

Dr Ali Dogan

Dr Ismail Bulut

Dr Meryem Kaya

Dr Sia Radmand

 

ART

Sudden Exit

Olcay Bayir

 

MEDIA

Nevsal Elevli

Arif Bektas

Ipek Ozerim

Ali Kalay

 

APPRECIATION AWARD

Valerie Nangle

Kate Osamor MP

Joan Ryan MP

Liam Fox MP

Lord Michael Cashmen

Lord Tim Clement-Jones

Ann Clwyd MP

Syed Kamall MEP

Lucy Anderson MEP

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

Philip Glanville, Mayor of Hackney

Jeremy Corbyn MP

John McDonnell MP

Diane Abbott MP

Tim Roache of the GMB

 

LIFELONG ACHIEVEMENT

Onder Sahan

Hasan Raif

Nesin Fehmi

Altan Kemal

Baroness Meral Ece

Cll Yasamin Brett

Mehmet Kemal

Yasar Ismailoglu

Osman Cinik

Mutalip Unluer

Osman Balikcioglu

 

FEMALE ROLE MODEL

Helin Pekoz

Ayse Izzet

Abide Osman

 

MALE ROLE MODEL

Ahmet Durmus

Ismail Veli

Hassan Bodur

Erim Metto

Mehmet Agca

 

NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION, COMMUNITY CENTRE & PLACE OF WORSHIP

Turkish Cypriot Community Association

Gik-Der

Alxas Kom

Kirkisraklilar Der

Dersim Der

Paz-Der

Bozca-Der

Aziziye Cami

Croydon Alevi Culture Centre

Tilkililer

 

FOOD INDUSTRY

Cyprus House

Cypro Food

Gima Food

Best Catering

Gama Food

Star Catering

Anatolian Foods

Eda Food Qualities

A to Z Catering

 

Thank you for all your nominations!