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Meryem Özkurt: "Bir Yayını Engellemek, Eylem Değil Vandallıktır" #meryemözkurt #baysen #ersintatar #eylem #brtk

BRTK Müdürü Meryem Özkurt, Başbakan Ersin Tatar’ın yayına katılmak için kuruma gittiği sırada, Bayrak Radyo Televizyon Kurumu Çalışanları Sendikası’nın (Bay-Sen) eylem yapmasını ve yayını engellemesini eleştirdi. Özkurt “Bay-Sen’in yaptığı eylem değil vandallıktır. Şok eylem adı altında işleri durdurmak, bir yayını engellemek ancak ‘vandallık’ kelimesiyle açıklanabilir” dedi.

Özkurt…

There are some folk who are real heroes and heroines and here in Northern Cyprus from time to time we have come across them. One such heroine is Barbara Willbye who has suffered from cancer and, although still on the road to recovery, she refuses to let this hold her back and continues to raise donations through challenges for Tulips, Help Those With Cancer Association.

Photos courtesy of Özgür Gökaşan, Highline Paragliding

So on Wednesday 25th September she did the great leap of faith from the Girne Mountain on a  tandem paraglide with Özgür Gökaşan of Highline Paragliding to land in Karaoğlanoğlu and be greeted by family and friends and Engin Dervish of BRTK who recorded an interview with Barbara for his forthcoming Vox Pop TV show.

Photos courtesy of Engin Dervish, BRTK

We asked Barbara about her experience and this is what she had to say.

“Thank you, Chris, for your support and I am not going to kid you as I am terrified of heights.  I was a total ‘woos’ and  terrified is probably the best word to describe the experience and I was so pleased to get my feet back on the ground.”

In publishing this article we would like to thank Pam Schofield, Engin Dervish and Özgür Gökaşan for use of some of their pictures to show our readers what a wonderful and exciting experience Barbara Willbye had in her quest to help others.

Photos courtesy of Pam Schofield

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  By Chris Elliott…..

Great news this week with the official Bayrak International Radio, Facebook page that has gone live recently click here (more…)

By Engin Dervişağa……..

By great  demand I am repeating my Vox Pop show, when I went along to M Power Fitness Club in Girne,  to meet Asal Salimi who came to Northern Cyprus to study architecture at the Eastern Mediterranean University where she gained her Masters Degree. (more…)

By Engin Dervişağa…….

By popular demand I am delighted together with my colleague, Qossay Eleyan to repeat an interesting report on “Discovering North Cyprus” from the Eaved House which is a mansion in the Selimiye quarter of Lefkosa and it is named after its wide eaves that support its hall protruding into the street. It is located to the southeast of the Selimiye Mosque. (more…)

I went with my cameraman Mustafa Sarpten  to the Pia Bella Hotel on Saturday 9th December to record interviews and witness the fun at the North Cyprus Cancer Charity Trust (NCCCT) Christmas Fayre  for my Vox Pop programme.

There were many people to talk to including NCCCT Chairperson, Wendy Anderson and many others including Joanna Walker, Marian Stuart and Cemal Özcömet from ZAYDER – Zeytin Ağacı – Eğttim ve Yardımlaşma Derneği (the Olive Tree – Education and Help Association).

I also found an old friend and BRTK colleague, Can Gazi dressed as a lovable elf and tripping the light fantastic and doing many other crazy things to entertain everybody who was there.

Father Christmas (John Rudderford) was very popular and  keeping the children both large and small happy whilst Dj Werner Fayers was also on hand to create a party atmosphere with some great  music.

My interview with these great people will be screened on  Sunday 28th January at 15.00pm and repeated on Tuesday 30th January at 18.30pm and Friday 2nd February at 20.00pm so do tune in to join me on  my show, Vox Pop on BRT2 Television. This programme was edited and Turkish sub titles added by Kut Adali

To go direct to BRT2 TV to watch these shows by live streaming on your PC, Smart Phone or Tablet at Cyprus local time click here  and select the BRT2 channel in the viewing screen.

If you wish you can also watch a number of my past Vox Pop shows which can be selected for viewing by clicking here

For Radio Lovers do also tune in and join me on Bayrak International on Saturday  at 19.00pm for my programme Top Twenty which is compiled by DJ Bora and this show is repeated on Sunday at 15.00pm. We are transmitting this on 87.8 and 105.0 FM stereo. .

You can also tune in to live streaming of this radio show on your PC by clicking here and select FM105 Bayrak International.

For those local readers who have interesting hobbies or interests who think it could make an interesting subject for my Vox Pop TV show, do please send me a message.

    Wendy Anderson

Can Gazi

Mustafa Sarpten and Joanna Walker

Father Christmas (John Rudderford)

DJ Werner Fayers

By Engin Dervişağa…….

By popular demand I am delighted together with my colleague Qossay Eleyan to bring you a repeat of the interesting report on “Discovering North Cyprus” which we recorded at the Kyrenia Castle. (more…)