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National Artist (Turkey)
State Artist ( tr, Devlet Sanatçısı, also sometimes translated as "National Artist") is an honorary title granted to prominent artists by the government of Turkey for their contributions to the Turkish culture. It was established in 1971 by the President of Turkey (Cevdet Sunay) and the Minister of Culture and Tourism. The award is issued for people occupied in various categories of arts: music, dance, theatre, photography, cinema, visual arts, literature, etc. List of State Artists By year, according to the list by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey. {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501204122/http://www.discoverturkey.com/haberler/haberler-sanatcilar.html , date=2008-05-01 1971 * |
Title Of Honor
A title of honor or honorary title is a title bestowed upon individuals or organizations as an award in recognition of their merits. Sometimes the title bears the same or nearly the same name as a title of authority, but the person bestowed does not have to carry out any duties, except for ceremonial ones. In some cases, these titles are bestowed posthumously. Some examples of honorary titles from various areas are: * Academician – Honorary title (academic) * Fellow of an academic, artistic, or professional society * Freeman of the City of London * Hero of the Russian Federation * Colonel (U.S. honorary title), Honorary Colonel * Honorary degree or position, such as honorary Professor * Knight, Dame (title), Dame, or Lady's companion, Companion of an honorific order * New Knowledge Worker of Korea * People's Artist * Honorary counselors (''neuvos'') in Finland, such as Counselor of State (Finland), valtioneuvos (Counselor of State) and vuorineuvos (Counselor of Mining) Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verda Erman
Verda Erman (19 December 1944 – 21 July 2014) was a Turkish pianist. Born in Istanbul in 1944, she began her career at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. In 1957, she was sent to study at the Conservatoire de Paris under Turkish law no. 6660 for students with "extraordinary talents." She studied under French pianist Lucette Descaves and graduated from the conservatory with the highest honors. Erman then worked with pianist Lazare Lévy to improve her skills on the piano. She also enrolled in lessons on counterpoint and harmony from French composer, Noël Gallon. She gave a series of concerts in Paris before returning to Turkey. Erman performed with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey. She won first prize in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition (now called the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition) in Paris in October 1963. In 1965, Erman placed second in the Canada International Piano Competition. Verda Erman was honored as a State Artist in 1971, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayhan Baran
Ayhan is a Turkish masculine name and a family name. Ayhan means the moon king . Given name * Ayhan Akman (born 1977), Turkish footballer * Ayhan Aydan (1924–2009) Turkish opera singer * Ayhan Gezen (born 1972), Turkish-German footballer * Ayhan Karakuş (born 1989), Turkish wrestler * Ayhan Kartal (1966–2000), Turkish rapist and child killer Surname * Burcu Ayhan (born 1990), Turkish female high jumper * Devran Ayhan (born 1978), Turkish footballer * Kaan Ayhan, Turkish footballer * Pınar Ayhan, Turkish singer * Sally Ayhan, weekend presenter for The Weather Channel * Süreyya Ayhan (born 1978), Turkish female middle-distance runner * Yalçın Ayhan Yalçın Ayhan (born 1 May 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. International In November 2016 Ayhan received his first call-up to the senior Turkey squad for the match against Kosovo Kosovo ( sq ... (born 1982), Turkish footballer {{Surname Turkish unisex given names Turki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevzat Atlığ
Nevzat is a Turkish given name for males. People named Nevzat include: *Nevzat Ayaz (born 1930), Turkish civil servant and politician *Nevzat Halili (born 1946), Macedonian politician and teacher *Nevzat Sayin (born 1954), Turkish architect *Nevzat Soguk, Turkish professor of political science *Nevzat Tandoğan (1894–1946), Turkish civil servant and politician *Nevzat Tarhan (born 1952), Turkish medical scientist, psychiatrist and neuropsychology expert {{given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suna Korad
Suna may refer to: People *Suuna I of Buganda, king of Buganda until 1609 *Suna II of Buganda, king of Buganda from 1836 until 1856 *Suna Kan (born 1936), Turkish violinist of classical music *Suna Kıraç (1941–2020), member of the Turkish Koç family *Suna Murray (born 1955), American figure skater Other *Suna (Espoo), an area of Espoon keskus, Espoo, Finland *Suna (inhabited locality), name of several inhabited localities in Russia *Suna (river), a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia *Suna (song), a 2008 single by Hatsune Okumura *''Suna'', a 1999 album by Mar de Copas *Sudan News Agency Sudan News Agency, also known as SUNA, is the official news agency of Sudan. It provides news to other organizations in English, French and Arabic. History and profile The Sudan News Agency was launched in 1971. Abdul Karim Mehdi was the first ..., Sudan News Agency {{Disambiguation, geo, given name Turkish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriç Sümen
Meriç Sümen (born 25 May 1943) is a Turkish former ballerina and a choreographer. Life Meriç Sümen was born at Silivri, Turkey in 1943. She completed the ballet section of Ankara State Conservatory in 1961. She began a dancing career in the Ankara Opera House. In addition to her ballet career, she often served in the administrative body. She was the art director between 1979 and 1986 in Ankara, between 1986-1989 and 2000–2002 in Istanbul ballets. On 5 July 2005, she was appointed director general of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet She retired on 15 October 2007. She is married and the mother of a son named Tunca, who is also a ballet dancer. Career In the early years, she gained fame in her performance in the romantic ballet ''Giselle''. She performed ''Giselle'' in Sofia, Bulgaria and Moscow, the Soviet Union. She was the first ever foreign prima ballerina in Bolshoi Ballet. She also took part in many ballets in Leningrad, Kiew, Minsk, Riga and Odessa, all then in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yıldız Kenter
Ayşe Yıldız Kenter (11 October 1928 – 17 November 2019) was a Turkish actress and lecturer, who was of English descent from her maternal side. Kenter was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Early years Ayşe Yıldız Kenter was born to diplomat Ahmet Naci Kenter and his wife Nadide, née Olga Cynthia, in Istanbul on 11 October 1928. Her mother was naturalized after her marriage to Ahmet Naci and move to Turkey, changing her given name to Nadide. Kenter graduated from Ankara State Conservatory. Acting career She worked for eleven years at the Ankara State Theatre. She obtained a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, and went to the United States, where she attended American Theatre Wing, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and Actors Studio to study advanced drama education. After returning home, she was appointed instructor at the Ankara State Conservatory. On 1959, she resigned from her post at the State Theatre. After working one year with Muhsin Ertuğrul, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cüneyt Gökçer
Cüneyt () is the Turkish spelling of Arabic masculine given name Junayd (Arabic: جُنَيْد ''junayd'') meaning "soldier, warrior". People named Cüneyt include: * Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor * Cüneyt Bey of Aydın, Turkish bey * Cüneyt Çakır, Turkish football referee * Cüneyt Erden, Turkish professional basketball player * Cüneyt Köz, Turkish footballer * Cüneyt Özdemir, Turkish journalist * Cüneyt Tanman, Turkish footballer See also * Junayd Junayd or Junaid or Junayed ( ar, جنيد) and sometimes Jounaid is a male given name which means ''soldier'' or ''warrior''. Persons with the given name Junaid *Junaid Akbar (born 1975), Pakistani politician * Junaid of Babunagar (1953-2021), Ba ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuneyt Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunç Ünver
Tunç is a Turkish name and may refer to: Given name * Tunç Başaran (1938–2019), Turkish screenwriter * Tunç Erem (born 1938), Turkish academic * Tunç Hamarat (born 1946), Turkish chess player * Tunch Ilkin (1957-2021), Turkish player of American football and sports broadcaster Surname * Ayfer Tunç (born 1964), Turkish writer * Ferhat Tunc (born 1964), Turkish musician * Onno Tunç (1948–1996), Turkish-Armenian musician * Ramazan Tunç Ramazan Tunç (born 17 September 1975) is a former Turkish international footballer. He last played for Polatlı Bugsaşspor Mamak Futbol Kulübü, formerly known as Başkent Akademi Futbol Kulübü and BAKspor, is a Turkish professional fo ... (born 1975), Turkish footballer Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names {{DEFAULTSORT:Tunc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İsmail Aşan
Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is considered as a prophet in Islam. His mother was the Egyptian Hagar (). According to the Genesis account, he died at the age of 137 (). Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites (Hagarenes or Arabians) and patriarch of Qaydār. According to Muslim tradition, in which he is regarded as an ancestor of Muhammad,''A–Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism'', Wheeler, ''Ishmael'' Ishmael thereby founded a great nation as promised by God in the Old Testament, and was buried with his mother Hagar ( Hājar) next to the Kaaba in Mecca, under the area demarcated by the semi-circular Hijr Ismail wall. Etymology The name "Yishma'el" existed in various ancient Semitic cultures, including early Babylonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gürer Aykal
Gürer Aykal (born May 22, 1942) is a Turkish conductor and adjunct professor at Bilkent University. He has been the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra since 1999. Education Aykal was born in Eskişehir, Turkey. He studied at the Ankara State Conservatory, completing a course on violin in 1963 (under Necdet Remzi Atak) and another on composition in 1969 (under Ahmed Adnan Saygun). He went on to study conducting in London at the Guildhall School of Music, where he was taught by such conductors as André Previn and George Hurst. He then went to Italy for further study, graduating with a D.M.A. in conducting from Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in 1973. Finally, on Adnan Saygun's request, he stayed in Italy to study Gregorian chant and polyphonic Renaissance music at the Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra. Career Aykal has conducted the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the London Philharmonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
