Turkish Cypriot Community Awards

Annual awards

Turkish Cypriot Community Awards

Date| March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09)
Venue| Regency Banqueting Suite, London
Country| United Kingdom
Highlights
Young Community Achiever| Huriye Çiftcioğlu
Male Community Achiever| Erim Metto
Female Community Achiever| Türkay Hadji-Filippou
Charity of the Year| Turkish Cypriot Community Association
Overseas Charity of the Year| Cyprus Islamic Association
Website| turkishcypriotcommunityawards.com

The Turkish Cypriot Community Awards was launched in 2018. It recognises the impact that members of the Turkish Cypriot charity sector have made in the United Kingdom.[1] The awards are voted for by members of the community and presented by dignitaries at an event gala including Tufan Erhürman Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus.[2] The first awards event were presented in 2019.[3][4][5] In 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 the Turkish Cypriot Community Awards did not proceed beyond nominations.

## Winners and nominees[edit]

### 2019 Winners and nominees[edit]

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Young Community Achiever  | Male Community Achiever

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* Winner \- Huriye Çiftcioğlu
* Runner Up – Mehmet Gazioğlu
* Bayram Çubuk
* Nafiya Horozoğlu
* Tolga Özküm

* Winner \- Erim Metto
* Runner Up – Husayn Hashim El Bakayi
* Dr Teoman Sırrı MBE
* Ahmet Havalı
* Esat Mustafa

Female Community Achiever  | Charity of the Year

* Winner \- Türkay Hadji-Filippou
* Runner Up – Tünay Hussein
* Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece OBE
* Sevtap Kemal
* Arife Retvan

* Winner \- Turkish Cypriot Community Association
* Runner Up – Tottenham Park Cemetery Action Group
* Limasollular Derneği
* Turkish Language Culture & Education Consortium UK
* İkinci Bahar

Overseas Charity of the Year  | Lifetime Achievement

* Winner \- Cyprus Islamic Association
* Runner Up – Limasollular Derneği UK
* Inner Wheel
* Cağdaş Music Group
* Mağusa İnsiyatifi

* Winner \- Sevtap Kemal
* Runner Up – Osman Balıkçıoğlu
* Akile Işın
* Ertanç Hidayettin
* Yaşar İsmailoğlu

Special Recognition listing

*     * Kelami Dedezade 1952 - 2018
* Dr. Tözün İsa 1956 - 2015
* Hasan Raif 1948 - 2017
* Turgut Esendağlı 1963 - 2017
* Hulus İbrahim 1931 - 2018
* Dr. İsfendiyar Tuncer 1927 - 2016

### 2020 nominees[edit]

Young Community Achiever  | Community Achievement Award (Male)

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*     * Bayram Cubuk
* Gulay Ermiya
* Nafiya Horoz
* Ozel Sari

*     * Hussain Hashim Bakayi
* Erim Metto
* Mehmet Mimoglu
* Ibrahim Mani

Community Achievement Award (Female)  | Charity of the Year

*     * Munever Borova
* Yasemin Baca
* Arife Retvan
* Hamide Sari

*     * Turkish Cypriot Community Association
* CATI
* Turkish Football Federation
* Turkish Language Culture & Education Consortium UK

Lifetime achievement Award  | Contribution to the Arts

*     * Awardee \- Tevik Zekai

*     * Osman Balikcioglu
* Ertanch Hiddayettin
* Erdogan Baca
* Sumer Erek

Contribution to Education and youth  | Contribution to Health

*     * Nuriye Mertcan
* Sevtap Kemal
* Turker Cakici
* Ertanc Hidayettin

*     * Dr Teoman Sirri
* Dr Mek Mehmet Yesil
* Dr Akan Efe
* Dr Tahsin Bilginer

Special Recognition listing

*     * Aysin Yilmaz
* Ilker Kilic
* Nurten Mehmet
* Mustafa Findik
* Ersoy Mithat
* Yasar Halim

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Başbakan Erhürman,Londra'da Dayanışma Balosu'na katılacak". Haberherdakika.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
2. ^ "Başbakan Erhürman'ın Londra ziyareti üzerine". Northcyprusuk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
3. ^ "Süper Başbakan Londra'da her kesimin derdini dinledi, festival sorununu da çözdü". Olay Gazetesi Turkish Newspaper in London. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
4. ^ "3 bin 38 kişi oy kullandı". Haber Kıbrıs. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
5. ^ "Kıbrıs Türk Toplumu Ödülleri dağıtıldı". Avrupagazete.co.uk (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
6. ^ "Erhürman: "Dünyanın her yerinde her alanda başarılı olacağımızı ispatladık. "". Detay Kıbrıs (in Turkish). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
7. ^ Postası, Kıbrıs (14 March 2019). "Londra'da "Kıbrıs Türk Toplumu Ödülleri" kazananları belirlendi". Retrieved 12 June 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Official website