Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards granted to men, again

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The winners of the "2020 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards" were announced on Republic Day yesterday (October 29).

According to a statement released by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, the grand awards "are granted to persons or institutions that make significant contributions to Turkish culture and art life, exert efforts to glorify the Turkish culture and art, and display outstanding talent with original works of art or services."

This year's winners are the following men, according to the statement of the Directorate of Communications:

"Within the scope of the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards of this year, Mehmet Çebi, collector, was granted an award and it was decided to present the 'loyalty' award to Necmeddin Okyay by the Council.

"Sadettin Ökten was awarded the 'cultural history' prize, İsmail Kara was awarded the 'social sciences' prize, İbrahim Tenekeci was awarded the 'literature' prize, Derviş Zaim was awarded the 'cinema' prize, and Özdemir Erdoğan was awarded the 'music' prize this year."

The awards will be reportedly presented to the winners in a ceremony expected to be held in the upcoming days.

They have been granted to men since 2014

This year, all seven awards have been granted to men.

Last year, all five awards and in the years of 2017, 2016 and 2015, all six awards were also granted to men.

It was in 2014 that women were presented the prize for the last time: Alev Alatlı received the prize for literature and Hülya Koçyiğit for cinema.

While the Presidential Culture and Arts Awards have been granted since 1995, apart from Alatlı and Koçyiğit, Yıldız Kenter received the award in 1998 and Adalet Ağaoğlu and Şefika Kutluer in 1995. (EKN/SD)