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We are delighted by what has been achieved at the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEF-TUS) over the past year – from the relationships we have helped to strengthen to the dialogue we have fostered and the meetings we have organised. Over the last

year we have hosted numerous roundtables, debates and forums on a wide range of topics and issues, including the failed coup attempt of July 2016, the constitutional referendum, civil-military relations, the integration of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot communi-ties in the UK, the Cyprus issue and peace talks, the Kurdish issue, Turkey’s foreign policy and Turkey’s changing relationship with the EU.

We have continued to produce in-depth briefings and expert analysis for CEFTUS mem-bers on issues as they arise in Turkey and the wider region, such as the restructuring of the Turkish armed forces, Turkey’s economic fortunes and how Brexit might impact upon UK-Turkey relations.

At CEFTUS, we pride ourselves on our non-partisan, fair and balanced approach, with our guests and supporters coming from various political traditions and from across the spec-trum in both the UK and Turkey. Over the past year we have received invaluable support and assistance from Conservative, Labour, SNP and Liberal Democrat MPs and Lords, and we have hosted representatives from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as well as the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and People’s Democratic Party (HDP). Our cross-party approach allows us to properly engage with the issues and build di-alogue, fostering understanding across traditional political divides. Now in our sixth year, this sense of understanding and dialogue drives our work more than ever.

Over the next year, we will be looking to host more community and cultural events, collabo-rating with different partners and building on the success of a recent Turkish, Kurdish and English poetry evening in collaboration with the Poetry Translation Centre at the Arcola Theatre. We will also continue to hold expert panel series and public forums with special guest speakers from the UK and Turkey.

Please contact us via email at info@ceftus.org for more information about how to get in-volved in our community. Please visit www.ceftus.org for details of our events and projects. You can also find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @CeftusOrg for updates and information about upcoming events and projects.

We appreciate all the support of our members and we look forward to seeing what 2018 will bring for CEFTUS, for Turkey, and for the community here in the UK.

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The Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot Community Achievement Awards 2017 will be announced at this year’s anniversary event.

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.

Aysegul Yesildaglar, Aysel Oldac Enguzekli, Kemal Kaya, Sefik Mehmet, Ali Gul Ozbek, Makbule Gunes, Dogan Ors, Yusuf Cicek, Ertanc Hiday-ettin, Ilker Kilic, Ibrahim Ahmet, Cagri Turkkorur, Ozcan Yoruk and Kemal Has have participated in the final jury meeting of 2017.

We are delighted to announce our shortlist for the 2017 awards.

Dicle Korkmaz ConlonOzcan CelikProf Ibrahim SirkeciSevtap KemalYunus Emre Institute, LondonOxford AcademyMoonchild Education

Jale ErentokZeynep TurudiYildiz Jasmine ArmstrongItir SokmenCigdem BeykoyluMustafa CakirYıldıray DonmezZafer CicekAhmet KabayelTacım TarlacikIlhami OzkanAlp CeylanTuncel Nalbantoglu

Ahmet OrgenMehmet GumusMehmet MercanNasir KiralMehmet SarIbrahim InceAli GurgurSoner MustafaBektas KilicIbrahim OpuzCetin Agcagul

Valerie NangleKate Osamor MPJoan Ryan MPLiam Fox MPLord Michael CashmenLord Tim Clement-JonesAnn Clwyd MPSyed Kamall MEP

Lucy Anderson MEPSadiq Khan, Mayor of LondonPhilip Glanville, Mayor of HackneyJeremy Corbyn MPJohn McDonnell MPDiane Abbott MPTim Roache of the GMB

Gik-DerAlxas KomKirkisraklilar DerDersim DerPaz-Der

Bozca-DerAziziye CamiCroydon Alevi Culture CentreTilkililer Der

Sudden ExitOlcay BayirHadis Ayoubi

Helin PekozAyse IzzetAbide Osman

Dr Teoman SirriDr Ali DoganDr Ismail BulutDr Meryem KayaDr Sia Radmand

Onder SahanHasan RaifNesin FehmiAltan KemalBaroness Meral EceCll Yasamin Brett

Mehmet KemalYasar IsmailogluOsman CinikMutalip UnluerOsman Balikcioglu

Nevsal ElevliArif BektasIpek OzerimAli Kalay

Ahmet DurmusIsmail VeliHassan BodurErim MettoMehmet Agca

Ozan GemikonakliOnur UzFaik AktulgaHuseyin YavuzHasan IcozErsin BedirCem CanpolatVeysel YavuzVeysi TangulMehmet Cicek

Sevim Zelal TonbulOzan AskınSengul TurgutOzlem Erbil CetinYasar DoganSinan FidancıMehmet CankiranSadiye ArslanFiliz KilicHasan SalMesut Karakus

Dr Turhan OzenCllr Alev CazimogluCllr Emine IbrahimCllr Ahmet OykenerCllr Guney DoganCllr Adeline KepezDenis Ali KayaMustafa Korel

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On Sunday October 9th 2016, CEFTUS host-ed its Fifth Anniversary Gala with over 900 guests at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel near the British Houses of Parliament. CEF-TUS also celebrated the achievements and contributions of the UK’s Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot communities to Britain in business, education, politics, media, law, financial services and other areas with the 2016 Community Achievement Awards. The evening featured a selection of musical acts, including a piano and cello recital and per-formances by famous Turkish singers Yasar Kurt and Zulfu Livaneli. London-based Turk-ish singer-songwriter Olcay Bayir, dubbed “an impressive newcomer to London’s vibrant global music scene” by Guardian Music, also gave an excellent performance.

The event was attended by numerous fig-ures from the political, business and cultur-al communities of Britain and Turkey. High profile politicians attended, including the Labour Party Leader and MP for Islington North, Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn. Mr Corbyn spoke about his support for CEFTUS’ work in providing a forum for free and open dis-cussion regarding Turkey, and how this has helped in promoting important human rights and values such as freedom of speech and self-expression. Other Labour politicians in-cluded George Howarth, MP for Knowsley, Kate Osamor, MP for Edmonton, John Spellar, MP for Warley, and Graham Stringer, MP for Blackley and Broughton. The Conservative Party was represented by Kwasi Kwarteng, MP for Spelthorne, and by a delegation from the Conservative Muslim Forum. The Scottish National Party was represented by Patrick Grady, MP for Glasgow North, and Martyn

Day, MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk. Mayors of various London boroughs, includ-ing Cllr Ali Gul Ozbek of Haringey, Cllr Saleha Jaffer of Lambeth and Cllr Gurdial Bhamra of Redbridge also attended.

Figures from across the political spectrum in Turkey attended too, including the former Justice and Development Party MP Mehmet Emin Ekmen, the Republican People’s Party MP Mustafa Sezgin Tanrikulu, and Berdan Ozturk, an MP from the Peoples’ Democratic Party. The attendance of figures from various British and Turkish parties attests the signif-icance of CEFTUS to Anglo-Turkish relations as a proud champion of dialogue between all groups.

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“When we established CEFTUS five years ago we had two clear goals. Firstly, to provide an inde-pendent, non-partisan forum for discussion about Turkey and the region for the British people, and for the Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot communities. And secondly to create dialogue between experts from Turkey and the UK, building bridges be-tween the two countries and their peoples. Since then, we have done all this and more. We are now recognised as the leading name in Turkey-UK relations in both Britain and Turkey.”

The gala received delegations from leading companies and sponsors such as Cobra Beer and featured a recorded message of support from the company chairman, Lord Karan Bil-

imoria CBE. Other notable business people included the managing director of Molson Coors Phil Whitehead, who gave a speech and presented an award. Dr Rami Ranger CBE, chairman of Sun Mark Ltd, also praised the role of CEFTUS in promoting the integration of the Turkish and Kurdish communities in the UK. The event was sponsored by compa-nies belonging to high-profile members of Britain’s Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cyp-riot communities, including Altan Kemal of Alton & Co and Metin Pekin of XPO Online.

The fifth anniversary gala was an excellent celebration of the many of achievements of CEFTUS in its first five years as a non-profit

organisation in building bridges between Britain and Turkey, providing a space for di-alogue and discussion of the issues of the day and enhancing the profile of Turks, Kurds and Turkish Cypriots in UK public life.

CEFTUS 5th Anniversary Gala and the Turkish, Kurdish and

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Zulfu Livaneli is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician whose novels have been translated into 37 languages and won numer-ous literary awards. Livaneli was imprisoned during the 1971 Turkish coup d’état for his political views and went into exile before re-turning to Turkey in 1984. His cultural and political activities were recognised by UNES-CO in 1995 when he was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador. More recently, he served a term in the Turkish parliament as well as in the Council of Europe.

Z U L F U L I V A N E L IC E F T U S A P P R E C I A T I O N A W A R D

Dr. Tunc Aybak is currently the director of the International Politics Programme at Middlesex University’s School of Law. He graduated Anka-ra University before completed his PhD in in-ternational law and politics at the University of Hull. His main research areas include Turkish and Russian foreign policy and human rights issues. Dr Aybak has frequently appeared in the international media and is an editorial adviser to the Global Faultlines Journal.

D R T U N C A Y B A KP O L I T I C S A N D E D U C A T I O N

Rizgar Wan was a history teacher in Adi-yaman before leaving Turkey in 1992 for po-litical reasons. Over the past 25 years he has been a staunch advocate of the Kurdish cause, lobbying parliamentarians and liaising with groups such as Amnesty International. Mr Wan became a member of the Kurdish Na-tional Congress (KNK) in 2000, concentrating on promoting peace and issues surrounding the Kurdish diaspora.

R I Z G A R W A NM A L E R O L E M O D E L

Graham Corfield has been the UK Managing Director of Just Eat since 2013. A member of the Just Eat executive team since 2017, Gra-ham is responsible for running the UK busi-ness and driving its continued growth. In 2016, the platform connected over 9 million customers with more than 27,600 restaurant partners in the UK, serving over 100 different types of cuisine.

G R A H A M C O R F I E L DC E F T U S A P P R E C I A T I O N A W A R D

Mete Coban is the co-founder and chief executive of My Life My Say (MLMS). In 2014, Mete became a councillor for Stoke Newington, the youngest ever in the borough of Hackney, aged just 21. He currently serves as the vice chair of the Working in Hackney Scrutiny Commission and is Youth Em-ployability Champion for the borough. He helped set-up the #DareToDream campaign, aimed at crowdsourcing the views of young Londoners for Mayor Sadiq Khan’s manifesto.

C L L R M E T E C O B A NP O L I T I C S A N D E D U C A T I O N

Tony Manconi is the co-founder of Pivaz Res-taurants in Brentwood, Hackney and Epping, Venerdi Ltd., and Bella Vita Restaurant.

TONY MANCONIBUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR

Makbule Gunes moved to England from Tur-key in 1992. She studied history and politics at Goldsmiths College before working for charities supporting victims of gender based violence. She is a long standing member of Unison and the Labour Party, serving as Eth-nic Minority Officer within her local branch. Since 2014, Makbule has served as council-lor in the London Borough of Haringey, rep-resenting the ethnically diverse Tottenham Green Ward.

C L L R M A K B U L E G U N E SF E M A L E R O L E M O D E L

Founded in 2009, Paz-Der organises commu-nity social events and educational sessions, including trips to the countryside, women’s and sporting events alongside English and science classes. The association also raises money for the community in Turkey, provid-ing material support for those who were af-fected by the Van earthquake in 2011.

PAZ-DERCOMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS/ CHARITY

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Gulen Coban is a young entrepreneur who started her career at the age of 16 with a job in banking and worked her way up, going on to work for the Financial Ombudsman. She studied business and economics at Universi-ty of Hertfordshire and has represented the UK in diplomatic forums across the globe as a consultant to the Global Diplomatic Forum. She is currently doing her master’s degree in terrorism studies at the University of St An-drews. Since 2015, she has been working as a managing director of a restaurant chain.

GULEN COBANBUSINESSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Ali Sancak works at Gama Plus Limited, where he holds the position of director. In to-tal, Ali has held 12 directorships, 5 of which are currently active.

ALI SANCAKBUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR

Imam Arslan has been the director of SAMA Food Ltd since 1994. In total Imam has held 7 directorships, 2 of which are currently active.

IMAM ARSLANFOOD AND RESTAURANTS

Ufuk Gungor graduated from Marmara Uni-versity with a degree in business studies. He has lived in London since 1983, and is an as-sociate member of the London Institute of Banking and Finance. Mr Gungor has worked for Turkish Bank since 1983, opening the Dal-ston branch as manager in 1994, before work-ing in the Harringay branch and the head office. He became assistant general manager in 2001 and is currently in charge of the UK branch network.

UFUK GUNGORFINANCIAL SERVICES/ACCOUNTANCY

Can Topcu is one of the owners of Tarshish Restaurant, a restaurant that marries the cui-sines of east and west.

CAN TOPCU YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

Deniz Suyur moved to London to live with his family after completing high school. He be-gan working in a textile company in 1988 be-fore and moving to the Turkish Food Centre (TFC) with his father in 1992 where he helped to expand the company, opening new branch-es. Deniz also contributed to the opening of a distribution company in Germany and set up the Ucar Foundation.

DENIZ SUYUR WHOLESALERS/PRODUCTION/BEST EMPLOYER

Hakan Gulsen studied economics as an un-dergraduate in Turkey. He moved to London in 2003 to study English before completing an MBA in 2006. Since moving to the UK, Ha-kan has worked at the Haz Restaurant group as general manager and recently became a shareholder in the Bishopsgate branch.

HAKAN GULSEN YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

Efe Cakarel is the founder and CEO of MUBI, a curated streaming service. Efe has previ-ously worked with Goldman Sachs in London and New York. He earned his B.S. in electri-cal engineering and computer science from MIT, and his MBA from Stanford. In 1994 Efe ranked 3rd in the European Maths Champi-onship in Geneva. He currently advises Alejo Vidal-Quadras, vice president of the Europe-an parliament on Turkey’s accession negoti-ations with EU.

EFE CAKARELBUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR

O A K F I E L D S O L I C I T O R SM U H A M M E T C A N K I R A N & S I N A N F I D A N C IL A W F I R M / L A W Y E R S

Oakfield Solicitors provides legal services for residential and commercial conveyancing, licensing, civil litigation, housing law and immigration. Its office is in Tottenham and it serves the local Turkish community there.

Turkish Cypriot CommunityAwards (2016)

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Ali Matur studied business administration at Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey. He is the owner of Harman Enterprise Ltd, Holland Ba-zaar Ltd, Special Gruit Ltd, Apple 6 Ltd, Arena Food Ltd and La Luna restaurant.

ALI MATUR WHOLESALERS/PRODUCTION/BEST EMPLOYER

Haydar Ulus is the principal of Ulus Group and business development manager at Pay-ment Card Technologies. Ulus Group began as a family business in the 1990s and has grown rapidly under the leadership of Haydar and his brother Huseyin. The firm specialises in land and property development with pro-jects such as Heathrow Land, Thorne Devel-opment and Halifax city centre regeneration.

CLLR HAYDAR ULUSFINANCIAL SERVICES/ACCOUNTANCY

Kemal Gondas is a businessman who has spent over 15 years at United Paper Products Limited. His most recent directorship was with Marca Limited.

KEMAL GONDASWHOLESALERS/PRODUCTION/BEST EMPLOYER

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Dr Rami Ranger is a successful businessman who was awarded an MBE in 2005. Rami set up his first business in 1987 from a rented room in Hayes. He now runs two of Britain’s fastest growing companies with an annual turnover in excess of £170 million. Dr Ranger sustains thousands of British jobs by exporting British supermarket products to over 110 countries. His company, Sun Mark Ltd, has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for an unprece-dented 5 consecutive years between 2009 and 2013. Sun Mark has been added to the Sunday Times list of the 100 most profitable compa-nies in Britain.

DR RAMI RANGERCEFTUS APPRECIATION AWARD

Shany Gupta is an experienced Litigation/Public Law Solicitor. In 1998, he set up Dun-can Lewis and as CEO is involved in the day to day management of the company. Under his direction, the law form is now the larg-est supplier of publically funded work in the UK, with over 500 staff spread across 30 offic-es throughout the UK. Shany is currently an active member of the International Lawyers’ Association, Asian Lawyers Association UK and an executive member of the Managing Partners Association.

SHANY GUPTA CEFTUS APPRECIATION AWARD

Dervis Aslan is a successful businessman who has been appointed to 8 companies, in-cluding Hazev Limited, Mapleforce Limited and Tas Restaurant Limited.

DERVIS ASLANMOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON

Gulse Birsel graduated from Bogazici Uni-versity’s Economics Department in 1994 and Columbia University’s MFA program in Film Division in 1996. She began her career as a journalist and then TV writer and presenter. She wrote and starred in the popular sitcom Avrupa Yakasi (‘European Side’) between 2004 and 2009. She is the face of many brands, featuring in TV commercials for the likes of Turkcell, Whirlpool and TTnet, and writes a weekly column for the newspaper Sabah.

GULSE BIRSELCEFTUS APPRECIATION AWARD

Jale Erentok has worked as Managing Direc-tor and Operations Director at Busaba Eathai. In 2015 she became operations director at AAYA and founded 2PAx Ltd. She is also a host on the Hacking Hospitality podcast.

JALE ERENTOKMOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON

Martin Howe is a founding member and sen-ior partner of Howe + Co. Martin has over 30 years experience working as a solicitor spe-cialising in social justice cases. He has been involved in numerous cases of national im-portance, including the Myodil class action against a leading pharmaceutical company, several House of Lords cases on immigration matters, the Olympic Missiles case and the case for settlement rights for veteran Gurkha soldiers. Martin was a founding member of the Gurkha Justice Campaign. He is an elect-ed member of the Council of Liberty, where he was elected to serve on the board of direc-tors as an executive member in 2012.

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Aysegul Yesildaglar started her career as a university lecturer before working at the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Secu-rity between 1988 and 2010. She has served as the attache for labour and social security in Stockholm, Rotterdam, Brussels and Lon-don as well as head of the EU coordination department. In 2012, she was appointed to the board of Turkish Citizens Abroad within the office of Turkey’s prime minister, serving until 2017. Aysegul is currently the principal of Docklands Academy London.

AYSEGUL YESILDAGLARCOMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT ROLE MODEL

Both Mr Mustafa Durmaz and Dr Dondu Dur-maz were born in Elbistan, Turkey and stud-ied at Inonu University. In 2007, they founded Moonchild Education in North London, an after-school tuition centre with a unique and successful approach to delivering education from nursery to the end of university.

DONDU & MUSTAFA DURMAZARTS CULTURE AND EDUCATION

ZILAN AKDOGAN, CEREN TURNA, HANIM KARAKOC, DILAN GUVEN, RUKAN HAS, DENIZ ARMAN, ERGIN ERBIL, ZEYNEP TOPKAYA, ESIN GUNESMOST SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

Ali Boyraz was born in Gurun, Sivas in 1962. He moved to Gaziantep when he was 7 years old where he later became involved in politi-cal activities. After the 1980 military coup he was imprisoned for 22 years. He came to the UK in 2003 and where he has since been work-ing in various institutions. He is a co-spokes-person of the People’s Democratic Congress (HDK).

ALI BOYRAZCOMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT ROLE MODEL

Dr Seval Tasdemir studied medicine at Anka-ra University Faculty of Medicine and special-ises in obstetrics, gynecology, endocrinology and infertility. She has previously worked in Zeynep Kamil Gynecology and Children’s Hospital and Gulhane Military Hospital, and is currently based in the Fertijin Fertility Clin-ic. She has published more than 30 peer-re-viewed articles.

DR SEVAL TASDEMIRCOMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT ROLE MODEL

The Kirkisrak Community House was estab-lished in 2006 and become a charity organi-sation in 2008. It ensures communication, cooperation and integration of between peo-ple from Kirkisrak living in the UK. The cen-tre provides courses, organises meetings and produces educational material, boasting over 500 members.

KIRKISRAK COMMUNITY HOUSECHARITY / NGO / CIVIL SOCIETY

After completing his military service in Tur-key, Kemal Kaya moved to Zurich in 1987 where he worked in a variety of jobs. In 1992, he moved to the UK, working in a textile fac-tory before becoming a builder, electrician and property developer. For a short period, he worked in the restaurant business but left to concentrate on his work as a property de-veloper in London.

KEMAL KAYAMOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON

Mehmet Karakus moved to Istanbul to con-centrate on folk dancing in 1979, working for various community and cultural centres. After a period in France, Mr Karakus moved to the UK to work as a dance tutor. He found-ed the International Dance and Music Centre (IDMC) in London, focussing on Anatolian dance and organising dance festivals and competitions.

MEHMET KARAKUSARTS CULTURE AND EDUCATION

Dr Ayla Gol is an associate professor in the Department of International Politics at Aber-ystwyth University. She was previously a vis-iting scholar at the Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cam-bridge in 2009-10, and the inaugural John Vin-cent Visiting Fellow at the Department of In-ternational Relations in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian Na-tional University, in 2002. She is the holder of multiple teaching awards including the 2011 BISA Prize for Excellence in Teaching Inter-national Relations, and the winner of the Stu-dent-led Teaching Award for the Outstanding Teacher of 2015.

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NIHAT OZDALYOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

Dr Bulut is a biochemical scientist at the Roy-al Brompton Hospital.

DR ISMAIL BULUTHEALTH

Dr Ali Dogan, originally from Sivas, has been working as a GP in the UK since 2007. He graduated from medical school in Turkey in 1990 and worked as a doctor in Ankara before leaving for political reasons. He is a partner at the Oakwood Medical Centre.

DR ALI DOGANHEALTH

Since graduating from the Karolinska Insti-tute in Stockholm, Dr Sia Radmand has built up a successful private practice in both Stock-holm and London, developing his expertise in cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, or-thodontics and facial aesthetics. Dr Sia Rad-mand belongs to the British Dental Associa-tion, Swedish Dental Association and General Dental Council. He has been an active “stop smoking” campaigner, writing articles, doing TV shows, leading seminars in schools and presenting radio programs.

DR SIA RADMANDCOMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT ROLE MODEL

Saniye Unal moved to London in the mid-1990s, working in factories and restaurants before being offered her dream job in a beau-ty salon. She opened her first beauty salon in Edmonton before opening her second in Stoke Newington and third in Hornsey. She has completed various NVQ diplomas.

SANIYE UNALMOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON

Raziye Akkoc is a foreign reporter for the Tele-graph with a particular interest in EU, Turkey and UK politics. She has previously worked at the Liverpool Echo, the Press Association and the Guardian, where she was a recipient of the Scott Trust bursary in 2011.

RAZIYE AKKOCMEDIA AND POLITICS

Cllr Peray Ahmet is a Labour councillor for Noel Park and cabinet member for the envi-ronment in Haringey. She is a dedicated trade unionist and a member of Labour’s National Policy Forum.

CLLR PERAY AHMET MEDIA AND POLITICS

The Osoy brothers started business in 2004, dealing with personal injury claims. They specialise in many areas, such as immigration law and family law at Advantage Solicitors. In 2015 the Osoy brothers opened Nil’s Furniture Design, providing high quality furniture in London and across the UK. They now employ 50 personnel.

ALI & HUSEYIN OSOYYOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

Ibrahim Uzun moved to London in 1991 and began work in textile factories. After 25 years he changed sectors and became a restaura-teur. He has run his own restaurant for the last 7 years.

IBRAHIM UZUNFOOD - RESTAURANT WHOLESALERS

Mr Kilic completed his bachelor degree at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He was senior partner of the Kilich+Hur-combe Partnership of Chartered Architects from 1983 to 1992 and is currently an architect and development consultant at Kilich+Co.

ILKER KILICLIFELONG ACHIEVEMENT

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Haci has been in the restaurant business ever since he moved to the UK. He is now one of the partners of Haz Restaurants. His business model has been an exemplary one, inspiring many young entrepreneurs from the Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot communities in the UK.

H A C I A K D O G A NM A L E B U S I N E S S R O L E M O D E L

Seyfettin Ceki is a talented baglama player and renowned music teacher.

S E Y F E T T I N C E K IT U I T I O N C E N T R E S & M U S I C S C H O O L SMs Serpil Ersan is a solicitor and managing

director at Ersan & Co. Solicitors. She studied law at Ankara University and completed her legal practice course at the College of Law in 1999. Her areas of practice include immigra-tion, citizenship, asylum, personal injury and conveyancing.

S E R P I L E R S A NF E M A L E B U S I N E S S R O L E M O D E L

Mehmet Mertcan is a successful business-man based in Glasgow. He founded Navstar Ltd, which produces frozen food.

M E H M E T M E R T C A NM A L E B U S I N E S S R O L E M O D E L

Mr Sayar graduated from the University of Marmara, Istanbul in economics and man-agement sciences in 1980. He arrived in the UK in 1987 and is a partner of Sayar & Co. ac-countancy services.

A H M E T S A Y A RB E S T P R O F E S S I O N A L A W A R D

Ferhat Dirik is the co-owner of Mangal 2. He was born in Hackney and holds degrees in International Economics and Law. He writes op-eds for online media organisations such as The Independent and has over 40,000 follow-ers on Twitter.

FERHAT DIRIKMEDIA & DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD

RIZA YELDENWHOLESALE BUSINESS AWARD

ERGUN BINBAYWHOLESALE BUSINESS AWARD

Suna Hurman worked at Barclays from 2013 to 2015. She has been general secretary of the Britain Alevi Federation and London Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemevi, and is currently a councillor in Enfield.

CLLR SUNA HURMANFEMALE ROLE MODEL IN COMMUNITY WORK

T A Y L A N C A V U S R E T A I L S A W A R D

Mr Guven is chairman of the Kirkisrak Com-munity Centre. He is a community represent-ative and researcher. He writes about Alevi culture and ethnic minority rights in Turkey.

A H M E T G U V E NM A L E R O L E M O D E L I N C O M M U N I T Y W O R K

Mr Tatar, of Munir Tatar & Associate, has over 28 years of experience in the field of corpo-rate accounting and auditing. He qualified in 1981 and is a full member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as well as a fellow of the Chartered Associa-tion of Certified Accountants.

MUNIR TATARBEST PROFESSIONAL AWARD

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Mustafa Gencsoy moved to London in 1960. He was elected president of Turkish Cypriot Community Association (TCCA) in 1971. He opened many schools in London with the TCCA and led fundraising efforts for Turkey and Cyprus at times of natural disaster. He worked for British Telecom until his retire-ment in 1991.

MUSTAFA GENCSOYLIFELONG ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Muzzi Ozcan is a successful football agent and adviser for football players.

MUSTAFA OZCANYOUNG MALE ENTREPRENEUR

Mehmet Ergen is a Turkish-born theatre di-rector, producer and entrepreneur current-ly based in Hackney. Ergen came to London from Istanbul in 1989 and co-founded the Ar-cola Theatre in London in 2000.

MEHMET ERGENARTS AND CULTURE

Ebru Macavoy is the founder and CEO of Matrix, a private concierge service special-ising in luxury travel, bespoke experiences, PA support, event management and luxury gifts. Matrix has clients across Europe, North America, South America and the Middle East, and will open their latest office in Johannes-burg in 2017.

EBRU MACAVOYYOUNG FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR

KELAMI DEDEZADEEDUCATION AWARD

Alev Adil is a writer, performance artist, crit-ic and researcher. Her research interests in-clude post-Ottoman identities and postcolo-nial literature and cinema. Alev has 20 years experience as a university lecturer, teaching creative writing, film and literature from BA to PhD level. She reviews fiction for the Inde-pendent and the Times Literary Supplement and published a book of poetry, Venus Infers, in 2004.

ALEV ADILFEMALE ROLE MODEL IN COMMUNITY WORK

Gulcan Ardic studied leather design at Caga-loglu Anadolu Fashion Design High School before going on to study at Mimar Sinan University. She then studied fashion design at Marmara University. Ardic worked at Har-mandali Deri and then with Arzu Kaprol for seven years. She presented her collection in 2011 and had a runway show at Pure London, which works in partnership with the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.

OZGECAN & GULCAN ARDICARTS & CULTURE

FIRAT OZKANBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WINNER

Ahmet Karahasan is a councillor in the London Borough of Enfield and the chair of the Enfield Turkish Cypriot Association (ETCA). Since his arrival in the UK in 1969, he has been active within many Turkish as-sociations, establishing the ETCA more than twenty years ago, He runs his own business and was first elected as a Labour councillor in 2002. He serves on the Council Planning Committee, the Elderly Forum and the Strong Community Forum.

CLLR AHMET KARAHASANPOLITICS AWARD

Onder Sahan is head chef and founder of the Tas Restaurant group. Since 1999 he has opened 11 restaurants around the central London area, including Hazev in Canary Wharf, established with Ahmet Akdogan, founder of the Haz Restaurants. He is also a key figure behind the Docklands Academy in London.

ONDER SAHANOUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION

The Turkish Cypriot Community Association (TCCA) was established in 1978. As a charity it provides services to Turkish and Kurdish speakers in the UK. The TCCA aims to im-prove the lives of members of the community and to contribute to wider society.

TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONNON-PROFIT ORGANISATION/CHARITY AWARDS

& Turkish Cypriot Community Awards (2014)

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Mr Clowes is the founder and CEO of Payment Card Technology, a global digital payments solutions company that offers banking, pre-pay, mobile and e-commerce services and solutions to the corporate, financial services and government sectors.

IAN CLOWESCEOPAYMENT CARD TECHNOLOGY

Dr Turkbeyler is the postgraduate course di-rector of MSc Mechanical Engineering at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Auto-motive Engineering and an associate mem-ber of the Faculty Research Centre for Flow Measurement and Fluid Mechanics at Coven-try University. Dr Turkbeyler was awarded his PhD in Thermofluids from Imperial College London and gained his MSc in renewable en-ergy from the University of Reading.

DR ERDAL TURKBEYLEREDUCATION

ITSEB (the Association of British Turkish Healthcare Professionals) was founded in 2010. ITSEB campaigns for increased health-care provision in North London and has led important health awareness programs for the Turkish community, including on mental health and breast cancer. The organisations also provides guidance to healthcare profes-sionals from Turkey working the the UK and celebrates the annual Turkish Day of Med-icine in the Houses of Parliament on March 14th.

ITSEBNON-PROFIT ORGANISATION AWARD

Shefik Mehmet arrived in Harringay in 1958. He is the founder and chair of the Harringay Traders Association which organised Harrin-gay Green Lanes Food Festival. Mr Mehmet, a professional hairdresser, is also an IAG mem-ber for the Metropolitan Police, and sits on thirteen different committees in the borough, as well as the governing bodies of a number of schools.

SEFIK MEHMETLIFELONG ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2nd Community Achievement

Sadiye is one of the founding partners at MIYA Solicitors, with over 15 years experi-ence. She specialises in personal injury and has represented many clients from different cultural backgrounds. Sadiye has also made a number of popular TV programmes for ATV and Show TV and has sponsored various cul-tural events and festivals for the Turkish and Kurdish community. She won the Most Suc-cessful Turkish Business Woman in the UK award in 2010.

S A D I Y E A R S L A NC O M M U N I T Y A W A R D F O R F E M A L E R O L E M O D E L

Israfil Erbil left Turkey for the UK as a refugee in 1987. He opened the Erbiller Goldsmith in 1994 and was one of the founders of Ko-ture football team, playing there until 2007. In 2004, he founded the Cep Cinema, which shows Turkish and Kurdish films. He was elected to the board of the Alevi Cultural Cen-tre and Cemevi in 2008, and became chair of the centre in 2009. He has been chair of the British Alevi Federation since 2014 and has campaigned for the recognition of Alevis in Britain, contributing to the opening of vari-ous Cemevis.

I S R A F I L E R B I LC O M M U N I T Y A W A R D F O R M A L E R O L E M O D E L

Mr Cicek studied public management at Gazi University in Ankara and received a law de-gree at Istanbul University. He moved to Lon-don in 1989 and studied English law and Euro-pean community law at Guildhall University. He worked for Business Link for London as a business consultant for 9 years. His focus is on BAME and SME engagement and finance. He is an active member of the Labour Party and was a councillor in the London Borough of Enfield between 2010 and 2014.

YUSUF CICEKPOLITICS

Ali Matur studied business at 9 Eylul Univer-sity before coming to the UK in 1990. He owns Special Fruits, the biggest wholesale market in the New Spitalfield Market, and also set up Holland Bazaar. Mr Matur is also involved in the construction sector.

ALI MATURBUSINESS AWARD FOR MALE ROLE MODEL

Ibrahim Sal graduated from the University of Essex in 1995, completed a postgraduate legal practice course at the College of Law in London in 1996 and received his qualification as a solicitor and commissioner for oaths in 1998. Mr Sal started his own practice, Sal & Co Solicitors, in 1999 and received a master’s degree in international trade and competi-tion law (LL.M) from the London School of Economics in 2002.

IBRAHIM SALLEGAL SERVICE

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Cafer Mahiroglu came to the UK to learn English in the 1980s and started working in garment workshops. He purchased the Ar-mondi textile company in 1999 and became a producer of textiles for Top Shop, New Look, Dorothy, Perkins, Tesco and Evans. In 2007 he bought Select, which he has transformed from near bankruptcy to a company that em-ploys thousands of people in Britian, Turkey, Romania, Vietnam, China and India. It has 200 branches across the UK.

CAFER MAHIROGLUMANUFACTURING & RETAIL

Metin Pekin is the managing director of Par-agon Quality Foods, one of the largest suppli-ers of burgers, doner and marinated chicken in the UK food sector. Paragon’s factory was officially opened by the Duke of York and is one of the most modern and best equipped food factories in Europe. Metin is also the di-rector of XPO Online, a platform that aims to help professionals develop networks and find new opportunities and customers. He has a bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from the University of Greenwich.

METIN PEKINWHOLESALERS / SUPPLIERS

Mr Erdal Aktas is the owner of Akdeniz Su-permarkets which have been serving custom-ers for over 15 years across London.

ERDAL AKTASRETAIL

Yasar Ismailoglu is a graduate of the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University, tak-ing an active part in student demonstrations and protests between 1968-1971. Following the 1972 military coup he emigrated to Britain and settled in London, where he completed a master’s degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Mr Ismailoglu is a well known personality within the UK’s Turk-ish, Greek and Kurdish communities and is widely recognised for his cultural and com-munity work, publishing several poems and short stories.

YASHAR ISMAILOGLUCIVIL SERVICE

Emre Egesel is the founder of Avoen, which provides digital media services and has been recognised for the quality and performance of its online marketing services by Google. Mr Egesel is an experienced web designer who helped launched the CEFTUS website as part of his charitable work.

EMRE EGESELDIGITAL AGENCY

Mehmet Kocakerim came to the UK in 1989. After working in several restaurants as a wait-er, he set up his own successful restaurant, Mem & Laz, in London

MEHMET KOCAKERIMFOOD

Altan Kemal came to the UK in 1973, gradu-ating in business management before qual-ifying and working as a chartered account-ant. He founded his own firm, Alton & Co. in London in 1983. He currently leads a team of 26 people, with clients including restaurant groups, catering companies, and food and drink suppliers. Mr Kemal is also a qualified football referee.

ALTAN KEMALFINANCIAL SERVICES / ACCOUNTANCY

FARUK ZABCIMEDIA

Gursel Aksu is a pioneer of the Turkish and Kurdish restaurant business in the UK. He set up Kervan restaurant which now has several branches. His new restaurants also offer Ital-ian and British cuisine.

GURSEL AKSUFOOD

Aysel Oldac Enguzekli has been in the UK since 1985. She is a certified accountant and founder of the accounting firm ADA Associ-ates.

AYSEL OLDAC ENGUZEKLIFINANCIAL SERVICES / ACCOUNTANCY

Ertan Hurer is an economics graduate from Queen Mary College and qualified as a char-tered accountant in 1988. He joined the Con-servative Party in 1997 and was elected as a councillor in Enfield in May 2002. Ertan ran for parliament in 2005 and is a founding member of Conservative Friends of Turkey.

C L L R E R T A N H U R E RP O L I T I C S

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Mehmet Oztas emigrated to the UK in the 1990s and set up Memo Cash and Carry which imported food from Turkey to the British mar-ket. He is the owner of International Super-market, which has two branches in London.

MEHMET OZTASRETAIL

Kemal Erdemol is an experienced journalist who has worked for the Turkish national dai-ly Hurriyet and local newspapers. He studied at Middlesex University and was chairman of the Turkish Journalists Organisation in Brit-ain, before returning to Turkey to work at the Cumhuriyet and Birgun newspapers. He is the author of several books.

KEMAL ERDEMOLMEDIA

Celia Jenkins is a principal lecturer in sociol-ogy and women’s studies. She has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Bir-mingham and a MSc and PhD in the sociology of education from the University of London’s Institute of Education. She actively supports the teaching of Alevi culture in primary and secondary schools in areas where Alevis live.

DR CELIA JENKINSEDUCATION

Dogan Ors is a painter and a poet. He began painting while in prison for political activities in 1971. His work is popular across Europe and he is well known in artistic circles in the UK.

D O G A N O R SA R T S A N D C U L T U R E

Cahit Baylav is a lecturer, ethnomusicolo-gist, musician, counsellor and translator. He studied at Goldsmith University London and worked at Hackney Community College.

C A H I T B A Y L A VA R T S A N D C U L T U R E

Dr Demirbag completed medical school at Gazi University, Ankara. He has since worked as a GP for the NHS. Since 2015 he has been the chairman of ITSEB - the Association of British Turkish Healthcare Professionals. Dr Demirbag is also a Board Member for MUSI-AD UK, the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association. He has worked alongside Conservative MP David Burrowes and international aid organisations to cam-paign for the safe resettlement of children in the Calais refugee camp.

DR ALI DEMIRBAGHEALTH

Deniz Konca founded a training centre in North London which has had great success in bringing together students with profession-als to provide career advice and support. The Deniz Academy provides a quality education to key stage 2, 3, 4 and 5 students. He studied at King’s College.

DENIZ KONCAEDUCATION

Binali Dikme is an experienced entrepreneur and managing director of Epsilon Heat Trans-fer Ltd. He studied at Greenwich Universi-ty and has been in business since 1997. Mr Dikme specialises in international business, marketing, sales, engineering, strategic plan-ning and finance.

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Joined the world’s greatest food community yet? When you join Just Eat, you’re joining more than the country’s biggest online food delivery platform – you’re also joining the world’s greatest food community, made up of over 28,000 restaurants with more than 9m customers.

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Cllr. Feryal Demirci has been a Labour coun-cillor in the London Borough of Hackney since 2006 and a member of the borough’s cabinet since 2010. As member for neigh-bourhoods, transport and parks, Cllr Demir-ci oversaw Hackney’s transition to London’s best borough for cyclists and is proud to have enabled Hackney to be the first London bor-ough to introduce the Play Streets scheme. She is also vice-chair of the London Councils’ Transport and Environment Committee.

CLLR FERYAL DEMIRCIPOLITICS

Ahmet Akdogan entered the restaurant busi-ness when he moved to the UK and is now a partner of Haz Restaurants.

AHMET AKDOGANMALE BUSINESS ROLE MODEL

Tuncel Nalbantoglu is the director of Vatan Doner Kebabs, based in North London. The shop supplies meat products to thousands of restaurant, takeaways and cafes around the UK as well as many European countries.

TUNCEL NALBANTOGLUMALE BUSINESS ROLE MODEL

Nural Ezel is the owner of Ezel Accountancy and is involved in the property business. He founded Olay, the oldest Turkish paper in the UK and is involved in a number of communi-ty organisations.

NURAL EZELJURY SPECIAL AWARD

Mr Cakici is the founding chairman of Horn-sey Ataturk Turkish School.

TURKER CAKICIYEAR’S MOST INSPIRING EDUCATOR

Sabire Camgoz is on the board of Cyprus’ Cancer Research Trust which he founded in 2002. The trust aims to prevent cancer by pi-oneering research in the field and supporting patients, and partnered with the Pro Cancer Research Fund in 2016.

SABIRE CAMGOZJURY SPECIAL AWARDS

A graduate of Imperial College London, Dr. Sirri became the first doctor of Turkish ori-gin to hold a leading position in the British Medical Association as its deputy president. He regularly supports community and health initiatives, most recently helping to launch the UK Turkish Cypriot Students Association. Dr. Sirri also plays an active role in education, lecturing both medical students and profes-sionals in areas such as drugs misuse. Award winner in both 2012 and in 2013.

DR TEOMAN SIRRI HEALTH

Handan Ozbek is a solicitor who has previ-ously worked for Kent Solicitors. As a young professional, she set up the Stanley Goldman solicitor firm, of which she is currently man-aging director.

HANDAN OZBEKFEMALE BUSINESS ROLE MODEL

Sehriban Sonmez is the owner of Karizma beauty salon, and has been a pioneer within the beauty sector in North London. Her work has inspired many in the community.

SEHRIBAN SONMEZFEMALE BUSINESS ROLE MODEL

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The first TFC (Turkish Food Centre) Super-market opened in Edmonton in 1995. In the years since it has grown rapidly and now pro-vides a wide range of products including, tra-ditional Turkish, Cypriot and Iranian bread; Turkish pastries, savouries and sweets; and olives, cheese and pickles from the Mediter-ranean.

TURKISH FOOD CENTRE - HUSEYIN UCARBUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD

Dr. Mustafa K. Bayazit is a nanotechnology expert at Imperial Consultants. He received his MSc in chemistry from Abant Izzet Baysal University in 2005 before earning his PhD in nanoscience at the University of Durham in 2010, where he received a doctoral fellowship awarded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. He has worked at Imperial College and University College London and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Socie-ty and a senior member of the Association of Turkey-England Healthcare Professionals.

MUSTAFA KEMAL BAYAZITJURY SPECIAL AWARDACADEMIC OF THE YEAR

Onder Sahan founded the Onder Sahan Pri-mary School in Gulluce, Kars which now has the capacity for 128 students. He also founded the Lecturers’ Accommodation Halls in Gul-luce. Mr Sahan is the director of Tas restau-rants in London and was the recipient of the prestigious Chef of the Year at the 2016 British Kebab Awards.

ONDER SAHANMALE BUSINESS ROLE MODEL

A registered charity, Derman was set up in Hackney in 1991 by members of the Turk-ish, Turkish Cypriot and Kurdish commu-nities in partnership with GPs and the local health authority. Derman provides a range of health-related services and holistic care to Kurdish, Turkish, Turkish Cypriot and East-ern European Turkish people at no cost to the user. Derman’s services include bilingual health advocacy, counselling and psychologi-cal therapy, mental health recovery support, welfare rights advice and community support for individuals and families.

DERMANMOST INSPIRING NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION

Halil Yetkinoglu is a journalist with 30 years of experience and has worked for the Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet from its London of-fice. In addition to the UK and Turkey, he has also worked in Austria.

HALIL YETKINOGLUMEDIA AND PRESS

Nafiz Bostanci has served as chairman of the Students Association and Federation of the Social Democracy Associations in Turkey. Between 1974 and 1975 he was the deputy mayor of the Adapazari municipality. From 1975 to 1980 he was the Marmara area repre-sentative of the DISK and Genel-Is trade un-ions. He came to London following the 1980 coup, where he was one of the founders of the Halkevi Turkish Community Centre. The Turkish state revoked his citizenship and in 1988 he unsuccessfully attempted to return to Turkey, accompanied by Lord Avebury, Alf Lomas MEP, Diane Abbott MP and a group of lawyers – the focus of a BBC documentary.

NAFIZ BOSTANCILIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - SENIOR ROLE MODEL

Israfil Erbil is the founder of the Centre for Alevi Culture which has more than 3,000 members and is the UK’s biggest Turkish pub-lic organisation. It not only supports the Alevi community in London, but also all Turkish citizens who live in UK through education, cultural and sporting activities, and religious services.

CENTRE FOR ALEVI CULTURE & CEMEVIISRAFIL ERBILFAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS

Turgut Esendagli was appointed as the chair-man of Turkish Cypriot Football club Dogan Turk Birligi at the age of just 27. Under his chairmanship, the club won its first top flight title in 38 years. Esendagli moved to London with his family in 1999. He has spent the past 18 years serving the Turkish community in London as chairman of the Turkish Commu-nity Football Federation and as Labour coun-cillor for the London Borough of Enfield. Es-endagli became the first Turkish Cypriot to be awarded a UEFA A license in coaching and is currently the chief scout and U23 manager of Crawley Town FC.

CLLR TURGUT ESENDAGLISPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Aligul Ozbek moved to the UK in 1992 where he trained as a pharmacist while support-ing himself with kebab shop work. In 2008, he opened a pharmacy in Harringay, and in 2014 he became a councillor in the borough. Two years later Cllr Ozbek became the May-or of Haringey - the first Kurdish Alevi mayor in the UK. As Mayor, he has supported the London Kurdish Film Festival. He has cam-paigned to raise awareness of issues facing Christian and Jewish minorities in Turkey, as well as the plight of Syrian refugees.

ALIGUL OZBEKJURY SPECIAL AWARDMOST CHARITABLE PERSON OF THE YEAR

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Ertanc Hidayettin works for the National Re-source Centre for Supplementary Education (NRCSE) as a quality development manager. Ertanc is a qualified teacher who has worked in a number of community development and equality and diversity jobs for Haringey and Islington Councils. Prior to his duties at NRCSE, Ertanc was co-ordinator at the Turk-ish Language, Culture and Education Consor-tium, an umbrella body of around 30 Turkish language schools. Ertanc writes for number of Turkish and English language publications including T-Vine magazine, Kibris Postasi and Acik Gazete.

ERTANC HIDAYETTINYEAR’S MOST INSPRING EDUCATER

Ali Guryel studied computer science in Im-perial College, London. He is currently the managing director at Bromcom Computers Plc. Bromcom is the market leader in elec-tronic registration systems for schools, pro-viding a system that has won many prestig-ious awards including Invention of the Year 1993 (finalist), the BETT Gold award in 1994, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise and listings in the Sunday Times ARM TechTrack 100 and HotList 100.

ALI GURYELMALE BUSINESS ROLE MODEL

IMECE Women’s Centre is a woman-only registered charity and company. Established in 1982, it aims to empower Black, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BMER) women – par-ticularly Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cyp-riot women – and to improve the quality of their lives. IMECE’s values are: equal access, user-led, confidentiality, a non-judgemental approach and open complaints process.

IMECEMOST INSPIRING NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION

Vildan Yetisal studied physiotherapy at the Sport Academy of Marmara University and played basketball throughout her school years before coming to London in 1989. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 but sur-vived many operations and treatments before working to support other women with cancer in the community. Vildan Yetisal sadly passed away on November 17th 2016.

VILDAN YETISALFEMALE BUSINESS ROLE MODEL Cigdem Aslan is a musician who sings in var-

ious languages and regional styles, including Turkish, Kurdish, Greek, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Roma, and Ladino. While studying English literature at Istanbul University she regularly performed Greek Rebetiko and other ethnic styles of Turkey. In 2003, she moved to Lon-don and joined the Dunav Balkan Group, broadening her repertoire and skills. 5 years later, she joined She’Koyokh, dubbed “Brit-ain’s best klezmer and Balkan music band”. She also performs folk songs from different regions of Anatolia with Tahir Palali.

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Basarili Restaurantlarin TercihiYeni Nesil IKA EPoS Sistemleri

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Neden IKA Epos:• Yoğun saatlerinizde karmaşayı önler servisi hızlandırır.• Kaçakları önler siparişler masa başında adisyona eklenir.• Mutfak ve garsonların aynı frekansda çalışmasını sağlayarak verimliliği artırır.• Garsonların performansını artırarak daha az zamanda daha çok satış yapmalarını sağlar.• Yeni nesil IKA Epos sisteminizi uzaktan takip edip raporlarınıza ulaşma imkanı sağlar.• Kredi kartınızla entegrasyon imkanı sağlayarak ödeme esnasında yanlışlıkları önler.• Restaurant, Take Away ve Delivery siparişlerinizi tek ekrandan takip etme imkanı sağlar.• Web sitenizden ve cep telefonlarından gelen siparişlerin entegrasyonunda kolaylık sağlar.• Güçlü ve esnek promosyon uygulama ve raporlama imkanı sağlar.

IKA EPoS’la kolay el terminal entegrasyonu.

Ishtar RestaurantLondon W1

Misya RestaurantStevenage Herts

Aspera RestaurantBenfleet Essex

Ishtah RestaurantLondon Finchley

Izgara RestaurantHatch End Middx.

Bogaz Restaurant Chelmsford Essex

KibeleLondon W1

Haz RestaurantLondon

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Basarili Restaurantlarin TercihiYeni Nesil IKA EPoS Sistemleri

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IKA EPoS Ltd.Unit B Watkins House,Pegamoid Road, London N18 2NG

Tel: 020 8887 1578E-mail: sales@ikaepos.comwww.ikaepos.com 0333 800 2212

Ücretsiz demo ve tanıtım için hemen arayın

Neden IKA Epos:• Yoğun saatlerinizde karmaşayı önler servisi hızlandırır.• Kaçakları önler siparişler masa başında adisyona eklenir.• Mutfak ve garsonların aynı frekansda çalışmasını sağlayarak verimliliği artırır.• Garsonların performansını artırarak daha az zamanda daha çok satış yapmalarını sağlar.• Yeni nesil IKA Epos sisteminizi uzaktan takip edip raporlarınıza ulaşma imkanı sağlar.• Kredi kartınızla entegrasyon imkanı sağlayarak ödeme esnasında yanlışlıkları önler.• Restaurant, Take Away ve Delivery siparişlerinizi tek ekrandan takip etme imkanı sağlar.• Web sitenizden ve cep telefonlarından gelen siparişlerin entegrasyonunda kolaylık sağlar.• Güçlü ve esnek promosyon uygulama ve raporlama imkanı sağlar.

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Innovative solutions to your legal issues.

CEFTUS receives cross-party and cross-community support in the UK and Turkey, and we do not owe allegiance to any government, political party or institution. We do not receive any funding and so we encourage all those who are interested in our work of strengthening ties between Turkey and the UK to join our organisation. The support of our members allows us to do what we do, and we couldn’t be more appreciative of them.

become a member and attend our roundtable discussions with experts on Turkey and the wider region. Membership and subscriptions are available for both individuals and organisations.

To join, contact us at info@ceftus.org or on 00 44 (0) 207 183 4272.

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