Serpil Senelmis

Serpil Senelmis is an Australian broadcaster and public speaker with Turkish heritage.[1]

Serpil Senelmis reporting live to Australia from Gallipoli, Turkey in 2015
Serpil Senelmis reporting live to Australia from Gallipoli, Turkey in 2015

Senelmis is Director of Written & Recorded.[2] Prior to this she was Senior Radio Producer with Radio National[3] and a Presenter on Local Radio[4] at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was part of the broadcast team at the Dawn Service in Gallipoli in 2014[5][6] and for the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign ANZAC landings in 2015.[7][8][9]

Senelmis has often reported on the Turkish perspective of the Gallipoli Campaign in Australia[10] and spoken about it on Australian television, radio[11] and public forums.[6][12]

She also hosts panel discussions with the Wheeler Centre[13] and at events including the Feminist Writers Festival.[14]

As a first generation Australian, Serpil feels a strong connection to her birth country Australia and her parents homeland Turkey.[15]

Early years

Senelmis was born in Tatura, Victoria after her father, a cabinet-maker, came to Australia with her mother and eight-month-old sister[6] from Nevsehir in Turkey in 1969.[5]

Media career

After graduating from the WAAPA,[1] Senelmis worked as a print journalist for street press in Perth including Xpress[16] and Nova Holistic Journal.[17]

As a radio producer, Senelmis has worked with Jon Faine, Helen Razer, Derryn Hinch, Waleed Aly, singer Clare Bowditch and comedians Nazeem Hussain and Tony Moclair.[1] She had a long working career with John Safran and Father Bob Maguire[1] as the producer of Sunday Night Safran on Triple J.[18] She also produced Sunday Extra with Jonathan Green on Radio National.[19]

As a radio presenter Senelmis highlights topics and people that are often overlooked, such as the art and activism of young Indian woman Kaanchi Chopra.[20]

Senelmis's documentary work has included a retrospective look at Turkish music from the 1960s and coverage of the Turkish history of the Gallipoli Campaign.[1] Her documentary work has been cited in the peer reviewed journal Contemporary Review of the Middle East.[21]

Senelmis has hosted public forums on a wide variety of topics with The Wheeler Centre, including Race and Dating,[22] Judy Horacek's cartoons,[13] and the Turkish perspective of the Gallipoli Campaign.[23]

Senelmis is a regular guest on The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine on ABC Radio Melbourne[24][25]

Personal life

Senelmis enjoys running and is a volunteer with Parkrun in Melbourne[26]

References
  1. Corporation, Australian Broadcasting (16 December 2015). "Serpil Senelmis". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. "Serpil Senelmis - Written & Recorded". Written & Recorded. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. "Serpil Senelmis | Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "New Australian Film: Red Dog and Back to Back Theatre". ABC Melbourne - Faine Conversations. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. Marshall, Konrad (29 March 2015). "Gelibolu exhibition looks at the Turkish Australian perspective on Gallipoli". The Age. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Oz Turkish perspectives on Gallipoli". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. "Anzac Day Coverage on Radio Australia, Australia Plus TV and Online". www.radioaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. McMahon, Neil (23 April 2015). "3AW, 2UE and ABC local radio ready their Gallipoli coverage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  9. McMahon, Neil (23 April 2015). "3AW, 2UE and ABC local radio ready their Gallipoli coverage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  10. "Anzac Day: a Turkish perspective". www.abc.net.au. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  11. Gelibolu: A Turkish Australian Perspective on Gallipoli, 30 March 2015, retrieved 4 November 2017
  12. "FWF 2016: Feminism through Narrative Non-Fiction | BROAD". BROAD. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  13. "Event – Judy Horacek". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  14. "FWF 2016: Feminism through Narrative Non-Fiction | BROAD". BROAD. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  15. Marshall, Konrad (29 March 2015). "Gelibolu exhibition looks at the Turkish Australian perspective on Gallipoli". The Age. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  16. "Just Improvise". justimprovise.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  17. "Harnessing Your Life Force | NOVA Magazine". NOVA Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  18. "Anzac Day: a Turkish perspective". www.abc.net.au. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  19. National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio (4 September 2016), Outsiders: political correctness, political games and the return of One Nation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 5 November 2017
  20. Climber, The (8 June 2017). "Going Viral : 18 year old Kaanchi Chopra from Delhi is viral for her Art and Activism". Medium. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  21. Yasmeen, Samina (1 March 2015). "Muslim in Australia: Celebrating National Days". Contemporary Review of the Middle East. 2 (1–2): 104–118. doi:10.1177/2347798915577720. ISSN 2347-7989.
  22. "Events". Santilla Chingaipe. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  23. "Event – Gelibolu: A Turkish Australian Perspective on Gallipoli". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  24. "The Conversation Hour podcast by ABC Local on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  25. "New Australian Film: Red Dog and Back to Back Theatre". ABC Melbourne - Faine Conversations. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  26. "news | Albert parkrun, Melbourne". www.parkrun.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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