The 9th Istanbul Gelisim University Media Awards, which are traditionally held every year, took place. The award ceremony held at the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Conference Hall was attended by the arts, sports and media community. Students had fun times as they came together with sector veterans. At the award ceremony presented by the successful presenter Hilal Ergenekon, the Lifetime Honorary Award was given to Orhan Gencebay, the Best Director award was given to Ali Eşitmez, the Honorary Award to Murat Sancak, who is Adana Demirspor Football Club Chairman, and the Best News Agency award was given to İhlas News Agency. The awards were presented in 52 categories in total by Abdülkadir Gayretli, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Bahri Şahin, Rector at Istanbul Gelisim University, and university lecturers.
Orhan Gencebay stated: “I am so proud to have received such an award and that they have deemed me worthy of it. Thank you very much. I wish you all the best.’’ Gencebay gave advice to younger as well and said: “They are already learning as they live, but we have ancestral values. Families and schools, especially mothers, have great responsibilities in their education. Turkish society is different about life, our language has an identity. We have our religion, our tradition, our own unique features. We must continue to develop them without forgetting them. In other words, we should know our identity well before telling the young people. We must develop and preserve that identity as well. As our ancestors said, we can elevate beyond the level of contemporary civilizations. We must work hard with love, respect and indulgence.''
“A new single is coming”
Gencebay also announced that he will be working on a new single next week and added: “I'm planning a single album in the coming weeks. I had not done it for a long time. This time there will be five songs in this single. Normally, there should be two songs in a single. I want to do it as soon as possible. I am about to enter the studio for recording”.
“We will reward our successful veterans with appreciation”
Abdülkadir Gayretli, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, stated the following: “With such events, there is now an opportunity to put those hard times of the pandemic behind because now people need to return to normal life and give importance to art and science. We have made a start with these media awards. From now on, we have goals to become more successful and of higher quality in science, art and tourism. At the same time, by acting together with our media veterans, we want our students to be successful and come together with those in their own sectors. Today, we will both bring our students together with people who can become idols in the industry, and reward our successful veterans with appreciation”.
“We want to be in touch with every segment of society”
Prof. Dr. Bahri Şahin, who has just been appointed as Rector of Istanbul Gelisim the University, said in his speech about the event: “Due to the pandemic, we could not distribute our awards. As a university, we want to be in touch with all segments of society. Media and artists are also one of our shareholders. We will continue to cooperate with our shareholders from many sectors and fields. Together we want to support solving the problems of society. Today, we are here to reward both our successful artists and significant names in the media community. Ingenuity is subject to compliment.”
