Sevgül Uludağ (pronounced ooh-loo-dah); born October 15, 1958) is a

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...

journalist, as well as a peace and gender activist. Born in Nicosia in 1958, Uludağ worked in a bank, and later as a proofreader, before she became a journalist in 1980. Working as an investigative reporter, she has been instrumental in uncovering information on thousands of missing Cypriots. In addition, she has also written a number of books. She is a 2008

Courage in Journalism Award The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), located in Washington, D.C., is an organization working internationally to elevate the status of women in the media. The IWMF has created programs to help women in the media develop practical so ...

laureate, the first Cypriot winner of this award. She co-founded two NGOs, Hands Across the Divide, and the Women's Research Centre in Nicosia. The activist and journalist was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize in 2019 for her work on missing people and refugees on the island of

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

Selected works

*''Oysters with the Missing Pearls'' (2005) *''Orphans of Nationalism'' (2008)

References

1958 births Living people Turkish Cypriot non-fiction writers Turkish Cypriot journalists Cypriot women writers Cypriot women journalists Cypriot women columnists People from North Nicosia 21st-century women writers Turkish Cypriot columnists Türk Maarif Koleji alumni Turkish women columnists Turkish Cypriot women {{Cyprus-writer-stub