Award-winning Turkish-Dutch jazz pianist and singer Karsu received the "Best Artist of the Year" award in Kazakhstan. She is currently on tour in Asia and Europe promoting her new album, "Karsu"
Amsterdam, holland
Ahmet Altan
WRITER
Released and rearrested, Altan is currently in prison in Turkey. He received France's André Malraux prize and Germany's Scholl Prize for his prison memoir "I will never see the world again".
ANKARA, TURKEY
Feryal Ozel
ASTROPHYSICIST
A professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory, Ozel is celebrated for her pioneering contributions to the physics of neutron stars and black holes.
ARIZONA, U.S.A.
Haluk Bilginer
ACTOR
One of Turkey's most versatile actors, Bilginer Best Actor award at the 2019 Emmy Awards, for his role in “Persona”, a series by PuhuTV, Turkey's first entertainment and video on demand channel.
IZMIR, TURKEY
Idil Baydar
COMEDIAN
Turkish-German cabaret artist Baydar received eight murder threats against her speech but delivered it regardless, in commemoration of the Mölln victims of the 1992 arson attack on the Arslan family.
NIEDERSACHSEN, GERMANY
Cenk Uygur
BROADCASTER
Turkish-American political commentator and main host/ co-founder of the 'The Young Turks' program, announced his candidacy from California's 25th district, running for U.S. Congress elections in 2020.
LOS ANGELES, USA
Dilek Gursoy
HEART SURGEON
Doctor Gursoy received the German Medical Award, "Medizinerin des Jahres 2019" (Physician of the Year) for her achievment as the first female physician in Europe to implant an artificial heart.
NEUSS, GERMANY
Belit Onay
POLITICIAN
Greens Party candidate Turkish-German politician Onay is the newly elected Mayor of Hannover. His victory makes him the first Turkish-born mayor of a big city in Germany.
Hanover, Germany
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