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List Of Turkish Australians
This is a list of notable Turkish Australian, Australian Turks. Academia *Vecihi Başarın, historian *Serdar Kuyucak, associate professor at the University of Sydney Activists *Pembe Mentesh, campaigner and supporter of women's rights (Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot origin) Arts and literature *Filiz Behaettin, International best-selling author, writer and speaker (Turkish Cypriot origin) *Mutlu Çerkez, conceptual artist (Turkish Cypriot origin) *Mertim Gokalp, artist Business *Bulent Hass Dellal, , director and chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (Turkish Cypriot origin) *John Ilhan, founder of Crazy John's mobile phone retail chain and the richest Australian under 40 years old in 2003 *Huss Mustafa, , senior executive at Commonwealth Bank of Australia; established the Australian Turkish Business Council (Turkish Cypriot origin) Cinema and television *Deniz Akdeniz, actor *Tahir Bilgiç, comedian, film and television actor *Serhat Caradee, filmmaker *Didem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Australian
Turkish Australians ( tr, ) or Australian Turks ( tr, ) are Australians who have migrated from Turkey or who have Turkish ancestral origins. Turks first began to emigrate to Australia from the island of Cyprus for work in the 1940s, and then again when Turkish Cypriots were forced to leave their homes during the Cyprus conflict between 1963 and 1974. Furthermore, many Turkish immigrants arrived in Australia after a bilateral agreement was signed between Turkey and Australia in 1967. Recently, smaller groups of Turks have begun to immigrate to Australia from Bulgaria, Greece, Iraq and the North Macedonia. There were also many Australians in Turkey during World War I (Gallipoli/ANZAC). History Ottoman migration Earliest known short term Turkish migrants in Australia date back to 1860s to 1900 period when small groups of mainly Muslim cameleers were shipped in and out of Australia at three-year intervals, to service South Australia's inland pastoral industry by carting good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deniz Akdeniz
Deniz Akdeniz (born 16 May 1990) is a Turkish Australian actor from Melbourne, Australia. He was nominated for the "Award for Best Actor" at the 2010 Inside Film Awards, for his role of "Homer" in the Australian box office hit ''Tomorrow, When the War Began (film), Tomorrow, When the War Began''. Akdeniz is also known for his role of "Raff" in the Disney Channel (Australia), Disney television production ''As the Bell Rings (Australia), As the Bell Rings'', Aladdin (Disney character), Aladdin on Once Upon a Time (season 6), season six of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time'', Robb Wellens during the third season of ''Siren (TV series), Siren'', and Max on the HBO Max comedic thriller ''The Flight Attendant''. Filmography Film Television Video Games Awards and nominations References External links *Melbourne Acting Studio – London website Australian male film actors Australian people of Turkish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogue (magazine)
''Vogue'' is an American monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine that covers many topics, including haute couture fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway. Based at One World Trade Center One World Trade Center (also known as One World Trade, One WTC, and formerly Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Mer ... in the FiDi, Financial District of Lower Manhattan, ''Vogue'' began in 1892 as a weekly newspaper before becoming a monthly magazine years later. Since its founding, ''Vogue'' has featured numerous actors, musicians, models, athletes, and other prominent celebrities. The largest issue published by ''Vogue'' magazine was the September 2012 edition, containing 900 pages. The British Vogue, British ''Vogue'', launched in 1916, was the first international edition, while the Italian version ''Vogue Italia'' has been called the top fashion magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulla Elmaz
{{disambiguation * Abdulla, other form of name Abd Allah Abd Allah ( ar, عبدالله, translit=ʻAbd Allāh), also spelled Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdullah and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words '' abd'' () and ''Allāh'' (). Although the ... * Arkin Abdulla, Uyhghur musician * Abdul Samad Abdulla, Maldivian politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs * Shakhawan Abdulla, Iraqi politician Surnames of Maldivian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian
''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatewatching." (2008). "''The Australian'' has long positioned itself as a loyal supporter of the incumbent government of Prime Minister John Howard, and is widely regarded as generally favouring the conservative side of politics." As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right. Parent companies ''The Australian'' is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole daily newspapers in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin, and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's Chairman and Founder is Rupert Murdoch. ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şener Besim
Şener is a Turkish name and may refer to: Given name * Şener Özbayraklı, Turkish footballer * Şener Şen, Turkish actor *Şener Korkusuz (born 1979), Turkish American entrepreneur, American 7s Football League ( A7FL) CEO and co-founder Surname * Abdüllatif Şener, Turkish politician * Aydan Şener, Turkish film and television actress * Erman Şener, Turkish film critic, screenwriter, author, columnist, TV host and producer * Kerem Şener (born 2003), Turkish artistic gymniast * Semin Öztürk Şener Semin Öztürk Şener (born Semin Öztürk; 1991) is a Turkish female professional aerobatic display pilot. She is her country's first female civilian pilot to be recognized as a professional female aerobatic pilot. Personal life Semin Öztürk ... (born 1991), Turkish female aerobatics pilot * Yakup Şener (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sener Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyla Acaroglu
Leyla Acaroglu is an Australian designer, sustainability innovator, and educator. She is the founder of two design agencies, Disrupt Design and Eco Innovators. She also founded the UnSchool, a pop-up program that disrupts the mainstream way that knowledge is gained and shared; the program won the Core77 Design Education Initiative Award. Acaroglu developed the Disruptive Design Method, which is the backbone of her unique approach to design-led social change. In 2016, she was named the UNEP Champion of the Earth through the United Nations Environment Programme for her actions which have had a transformative and positive impact on the environment. Education For her undergraduate education, Acaroglu first was admitted to design school. After she found out about the harsh impact that the design industry had on waste, she quit design school. She then began to pursue a social science degree in environmental sustainability, foreshadowing her career as a sustainability advocate. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serpil Senelmis
Serpil Senelmis is an Australian broadcaster and public speaker with Turkish heritage. Senelmis is Director of ''Written & Recorded''. Prior to this she was Senior Radio Producer with Radio National and a Presenter on Local Radio at the '' Australian Broadcasting Corporation.'' She was part of the broadcast team at the Dawn Service in Gallipoli in 2014 and for the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign ANZAC landings in 2015. Senelmis has often reported on the Turkish perspective of the Gallipoli Campaign in Australia and spoken about it on Australian television, radio and public forums. She also hosts panel discussions with the '' Wheeler Centre'' and at events including the Feminist Writers Festival. As a first generation Australian, Serpil feels a strong connection to her birth country Australia and her parents homeland Turkey. Early years Senelmis was born in Tatura, Victoria after her father, a cabinet-maker, came to Australia with her mother and eight-month-old sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinem Saban
Sinem Saban is an Australian film writer, producer, director, and human rights activist. She is best known for directing and producing the film '' Our Generation''. Biography Saban was born to Turkish Cypriot parents who emigrated to Australia in the early 1970s. She studied Media, Aboriginal and Legal Studies at RMIT University and at La Trobe University in Melbourne whilst volunteering at her local Aboriginal culture centre in Geelong, Victoria. In 2000, her interest to find out more about traditional Aboriginal culture led her to move to Darwin where she completed her Secondary Teaching education at Charles Darwin University. In 2004, she was invited to join musician Michael Franti to film and document the human cost of war in Iraq, Palestine and Israel for his film ''I Know I'm Not Alone''. Upon returning to Australia, she continued teaching in the Yirrkala, Maningrida and Galiwin'ku Elcho Island, known to its traditional owners as Galiwin'ku (Galiwinku) is an island off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayten Kuyululu
Ayten Kuyululu (; 30 August 1930 – 31 May 2019) was a Turkish-Australian film director, actress, opera singer and screenwriter. She was the first woman to direct a feature film in Australia since 1933 with ''The Golden Cage'' (1975). Early life and career Kuyululu was born in Istanbul in 1930. As a young woman she was an actress and opera singer, and wrote radio plays. In the mid-1960s she moved to Stockholm, together with her husband Ilhan Kuyululu and their three children. While living in Stockholm she directed a television drama film called ''The Outsiders'' about the lives of migrants in Sweden, and wrote the screenplay for a 1963 Turkish film called '. She also sang with the Royal Swedish Opera. The family moved to Australia in 1971. After initially working as a department store clerk, Kuyululu joined the chorus of Opera Australia and acted in television shows including ''Matlock Police'', '' Ryan'' and ''Homicide''. Together with her husband she established and ran th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gulasi
David Gulasi is an Australian social media figure active in China. In 2017 Rowan Callick of the ''Weekend Australian'' described him as "by far the best-known Australian in the country". - Alternate title: "China's accidental megastar"Available atPressreader Early biography He grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. His family was Turkish Australian. He attended the University of Sydney with a study programme in computers. He initially worked in sales, and had a career in Mediterranean cuisine. He also previously did standup comedy. Career Circa 2011 he moved to Hohhot, and began working at Hohhot No 35 Middle School. The agency he used assigned him to Hohhot even though he was at first to go to Shenyang. Gulasi later established his own training school for adult education, New World Language Training School. Gulasi had started a social media account with some videos, and before his first major video, his follower count was 50. He gained significant social media attention whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
