Serpil Senelmis

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

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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]

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