SON MINUTE | Presidential Culture and Art Grand Awards found their owners: The Century of Turkey will be the century of art and our artists
“GREAT DEFENDANT OF TURKISH”
Explaining that Yavuz Bülent Bakiler, who was deemed worthy of the literature award, brought many beautiful poems, memoirs, travelogues, biographies and letters to the literary treasure, Erdoğan said:
“Mr. Baki’s literary richness must have come from the end of the interest, because he packed different experiences such as politics, law, bureaucracy, press and television into his 86-year fruitful life. Those who read and listen to Ankara, Istanbul, the Balkans and Turkestan provinces. Not everyone can avoid falling into a flood of emotions. This year’s reputation in the field of literature is given to Yavuz Bülent Bakiler, who, in the words of the late Yılmaz Öztuna, ‘the great defender of Turkish’, and we wish him a healthy and prosperous life.”
Presidential Culture and Art Grand Awards found their owners:
Music Award: ajda pekkan
Theatre: Ayla Algan
Science-Culture: Hayrettin Karaman
architectural: Hilmi Senalp
Gastronomy: Omur Akkor – Yunus Emre Akkor
Craft: Sevan Bicakci
Picture: Suleyman Saim Tekcan
Dance-Ballet: Tan Sagturk
Cartoon-Animation: Varol Yaşaroğlu
Literature: Yavuz Bulent Bakir
Cinema: Yilmaz Erdogan
Traditional Arts: Gulbun Mesara
Loyalty Award: Asik Veysel
I would like to congratulate our esteemed artists, intellectual and literary connoisseurs, teachers and masters, to whom we presented the 2022 Presidential Culture and Art Grand Awards, and express my gratitude on behalf of each of them, my country and my nation. pic.twitter.com/rIMgNwuRJs
— Recep Tayyip Erdogan (@RTErdogan) 21 December 2022