Semra Eren-Nijhar Explained

Semra Eren-Nijhar
Birth Date:6 April 1967
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation:Writer, sociologist, documentary filmmaker, social commentator
Language:English, German, Turkish
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Semra Eren-Nijhar (born April 6, 1967 in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, sociologist, documentary filmmaker and a social commentator.[1]

Biography

Eren-Nijhar is an expert in the area of social policy across Europe and Turkey mostly focusing on issues of migration, memory, belonging, heritage, women, youth, race, identity, and the Turkish diaspora in the EU.

She is the founder of the ‘Turkish Heritage in the UK’ initiative, co-founded with Councillor Ahmet Karahasan of the "Turkish Heritage Day in London" – launched on December 8, 2014, at Enfield Council and as well the founder of the "Turkish Heritage in Europe" which was launched at the international Bosphorus Summit on November 29, 2019, in Istanbul.[2]

For more than fifteen years Eren-Nijhar researched the archives of the Cyprus Turkish Association CTA (first Turkish association in Britain) and is the first and only researcher[3] who introduced some selected documents, photos, and publications of the archives to the wider public.

Her work London Turks – In Their Own Words which chronicles the Turkish community over the last seventy years with photographs, interviews,[4] and portraits in the UK was the first major work on the Turkish diaspora in Britain and was exhibited and acknowledged by the Greater London Authority, Mayor of London in 2006 and later in 2007 at the European Parliament[5] acknowledged and hosted by MEP's Claude Moraes, Cem Özdemir, Emine Bozkurt and Vural Öger with the attendance of the Ambassador Volkan Bozkır, the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the European Union.[6]

She is an expert on the twice Nobel Prize nominee Turkish Cypriot poet Osman Türkay and has enabled his work to come to life once again in Europe and in Turkey. Eren-Nijhar worked for several years in the House of Lords as an adviser to a peer, Lord Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich. The documentary "Söz Bizde – We Have the Voice",[7] co-produced and directed with Ersin Atlı in 2010 was shown by Turkey's national broadcaster TRT and was the first documentary giving a voice to young people living in Britain and in Europe with Turkish and Kurdish background.[8]  Eren-Nijhar is using creative techniques from the world of arts by drawing in people's interest in her sociological research outcomes and findings.[9] [10] She has exhibited her photographic exhibitions in Britain, Belgium, and Turkey. Her work mainly focuses on portraits of individuals.

Eren-Nijhar’s photographic exhibition “My Journey from Güvercinlik (Pigeon-loft)” was invited in 2017 to exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in during the marking of the British Turkish Cypriot community 100 years of migration to the United Kingdom.[11] It was the first major photographic exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum featuring the Turkish Cypriot community in Britain.

Awards

Books

External links

Söz Bizde – We Have the Voice
Photographic exhibitions in Britain
Photographic exhibitions in Turkey
Turkish Heritage in Europe
London Turkish Heritage Day

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who is Semra Eren-Nijhar? . April 6, 2014 . londonturkishheritageday.com. August 29, 2020 . en .
  2. Web site: Yazar Bilgileri . October 25, 2014 . ozanyayincilik.com . August 15, 2020 . tr .
  3. Web site: Kıbrıs Türk Cemiyeti, Avrupa' da Türkler tarafından kurulan ilk Türk derneğidir. Bunun en temel sebebi Türk Toplumunun İngiltere'ye Almanya 'dan daha önce yerleşmeye başlamış olmasıdır. Sosyolog Semra Eren-Nijhar bu tarihin 1945 lere dayandığını ilk gelenlerin Kıbrıslı Türkler olduğu bundan önceki gelişlere dair pek fazla bilgi bulunmadığını söyler ve bunun da Avrupa'ya Türk göçünün başlangıcı olduğunu ifade eder. . January 14, 2014. cemiyet.co.uk . 2020-08-30 . tr .
  4. Web site: London Turks exhibited at City Hall . November 7, 2006 . cyprus44.com. August 15, 2020 . en .
  5. Web site: Avrupa'da ilk defa . September 11, 2009 . starkibris.net . August 29, 2020 . tr .
  6. Web site: Turkish London Find out more about London's Turkish, Turkish-Cypriot and Kurdish community. And how Turkish culture and traditions are apparent in the capital but enjoyed by many Londoners. . August 8, 2008 . bbc.co.uk. August 29, 2020 . en.
  7. Web site: Londra'daki Türk gençliğini konu alan " Söz Bizde"(We have the voice) adlı belgesel film, 9 Şubat'da SOAS Brunei Gallery'de yapılacak gala ile kamuya sunuluyor.. Mihrişah Safa . February 2, 2010. starkibris.net. August 29, 2020 . tr.
  8. Web site: 'Söz Bizde" We Have The Voice' belgesel filmi'nin gala gecesi 9 Şubat akşamı SOAS Üniversitesi'nin Brunei Gallery salonunda yapı ldı. Türkiye Londra Başkonsolosu Bahadır Kaleli ve Lord King of West Bromwich'in katılımı ile düzenlenen geceye ilginin yoğundu. . February 9, 2010 . turkishtimes.co.uk . August 15, 2020 . tr.
  9. Web site: London's Turkish heritage day planned . December 6, 2014 . londragazete.com . August 15, 2020 . en .
  10. Web site: İNGİLTERE'DE BİR İLK: TÜRK MİRASI GÜNÜ . December 12, 2014 . starkibris.net. August 15, 2020 . tr .
  11. Web site: 'I do like England, but my heart belongs to Cyprus': UK Turkish Cypriots mark centenary at V&A Museum. December 15, 2017. t-vine.com . 2020-08-30 . en .
  12. Web site: The Millennium Awards Fellowship Grants Programme . August 25, 2004. beta.charitycommission.gov.uk. August 15, 2020 . en.
  13. Web site: Turkish brands meet UK counterparts at 'quality in business' conference in London . June 14, 2015. t-vine.com . August 15, 2020 . en .
  14. Web site: Semra Eren-Nijhar'a ödül! . July 3, 2015 . . August 29, 2020 . tr .
  15. Web site: Londra'da Cumhuri̇yet Coşkusu . October 26, 2015. olaygazete.co.uk . August 15, 2020 . tr.
  16. Web site: Most widely held works by Semra Eren-Nijhar. August 15, 2020 . en .
  17. Web site: Avrupa'nın İlk Türk Derneği – Kıbrıs Türk Cemiyeti . August 15, 2020 . en .
  18. Web site: Kıpırtı Yazıları . August 15, 2020 .
  19. Web site: Artık Gurbet Yok! (Mu?) . . August 15, 2020 . en.
  20. Web site: There Is No More a Place far from Home! . August 15, 2020 . en.
  21. Web site: Turkish Heritage in the UK . August 15, 2020 .
  22. Web site: Londra'da Çok Kültürlülük – Yaşamdan Portreler. August 15, 2020 .
  23. Web site: Artık Gurbet Yok! (Mu?) II – Das Gefühl in der Fremde zu sein gibt es nicht mehr! (Oder?). August 15, 2020 . de .
  24. Web site: Turks in London-The Unheard Voices. August 15, 2020 . en .
  25. Web site: Kadınlardan Dünyayı Değiştiren Sözler . August 15, 2020 .
  26. Web site: Londra mı Dediniz? Buyrun.... August 15, 2020 .
  27. Web site: Osman Turkay. August 15, 2020 .
  28. Web site: 'UZAY ŞAİRİ' ÖLÜMÜNÜN 10. YILINDA LONDRA'DA ANILDI . August 15, 2020 .
  29. Web site: 'Evrenin Şairi Osman Türkay' 3. baskısını yaptı . August 15, 2020 .

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