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Sevgül Uludağ

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

Selected works※

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

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