Sedat-Simavi Prize

The Sedat Simavi Prize ( Turkish Sedat Simavi Ödülü ) is a prize originally awarded by the Sedat Simavi Foundation in several categories since 1977. It is one of the most prestigious awards in Turkey and is named after Sedat Simavi , the founder of the Turkish-language daily Hürriyet and co-founder of the Turkish Association of Journalists . The awards are currently presented by the Association of Journalists. They take place in nine categories - journalism, radio, television, literature, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, visual arts and sport - each at the suggestion of a jury. Some categories have been partially renamed and disbanded in recent years. In 2014 the total amount of awards was 18,000 TL.

The winners include:

• Yeni Asır (Journalism, 1977),
• Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (Literature, 1977),
• Melih Cevdet (literature, 1978),
• Çelik Gülersoy (Social Science, 1979),
• Salih Bora (Sports, 1979/81),
• Oktay Rifat (literature, 1980),
• Yüksel Arslan (Fine Arts, 1981),
• Haldun Taner (Literature, 1983),
• Mehmet Haberal (medicine, 1983),
• Turhan Selçuk (Fine Arts, 1984),
• Mehmet Terzi (Sport, 1984),
• Galatasaray Istanbul basketball team (Sports, 1985)
• Yaşar Kemal (Literature, 1985),
• Uğur Mumcu and Uğur Dündar (Journalism, 1987),
• İlhan Berk and Ferit Edgü (Literature, 1988),
• Mehmet Ali Birand (journalism, 1988),
• Naim Süleymanoğlu (Sport, 1988/91/94/96),
• Eyüp Can (Sport, 1989),
• Mehmet Aksoy (Fine Arts, 1989),
• Zekeriya Güçlü (Sport, 1990),
• Akif Pirim (Sports, 1992),
• Halil İnalcık (Social Science, 1993),
• Hamza Yerlikaya (Sports, 1993/2000),
• Turkish national soccer team (sport, 1995/2002),
• Fatih Terim (Sports, 1995),
• Fakir Baykurt (literature, 1997),
• Nezihe Meriç (literature, 1998),
• Bülent Tanör (Social Science, 1998),
• Sinan Şamil Sam (Sports, 1999),
• Halil Mutlu (Sports, 2000/04),
• Turkish National Basketball Team (Sport, 2001),
• Erdal Öz (literature, 2001),
• Tomris Uyar (literature, 2002),
• Süreyya Ayhan (Sport, 2002),
• Nedim Şener (Journalism, 2002),
• Turkish Women's National Volleyball Team (Sport, 2003),
• Demir Özlü (literature, 2004),
• Latife Tekin (literature, 2005),
• Elvan Abeylegesse (Sports, 2007),
• Ramazan Şahin (Sports, 2008),
• Galatasaray Istanbul (Sports, 2009),
• Nevin Yanıt (Sports, 2010),
• Burhan Sönmez (literature, 2011),
• Aslı Çakır Alptekin (Sport, 2012),
• Hasan Ali Toptaş (Literature, 2013).

In 1993, Jupp Derwall , former coach of Galatasaray Istanbul, was the first foreigner to receive the Sedat Simavi Prize.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Articles of Association for the award ceremony ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Turkish) 
2. ^ Great mourning for Jupp Derwall in Turkey , DFB, June 27, 2007.