Turkish Cypriot Community Awards
# 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 Achiever | Male 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 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

| Young Community Achiever | Community Achievement Award (Male) |
| - | - |
| 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 |
