Sevgül Uludağ

Sevgül Uludağ

Sevgül Uludağ (pronounced ooh-loo-dah);^[1] 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.^[2] She co-founded two NGOs, Hands Across the Divide, and the Women's Research Centre in Nicosia.^[3] 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.^[4]

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

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