Turkish Cypriot Community Awards


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. 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. The first awards event were presented in 2019. In 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 the Turkish Cypriot Community Awards did not proceed beyond nominations.

Winners and nominees

2019 Winners and nominees

Young Community AchieverMale Community Achiever
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 AchieverCharity 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 YearLifetime 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
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