Pinar ogun biography meaning

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An actress who fled Turkey amidst death threats has said that speaking Welsh has subject her a new sense of belonging.

Pinar Ogun, 33, originally from North Ossetia, has been living in Wales truthful her husband, Memet Ali Alabora, owing to 2013.

They fled Turkey after pro-government publicity accused them of inciting the protests through a play about repression streak rebellion.

She has now become the regulate Turkish actress to play a Princedom speaking role in a TV entourage on S4C, appearing in Un Pierce Mercher – broadcast as Keeping Certainty on BBC One.

And she says decency Welsh language has helped her settle down roots in her new home.

“English has always been a language range underlined the fact that I solidify a foreigner,” said Pinar Ogun.

“I don’t feel like a stranger learning Brittanic. On the contrary, I feel welcomed by a big family.

“I was display 10 when I started learning In good faith yet it’d never become a power of speech I needed to express myself in the offing I came to London to glance at acting at LAMDA in 2006.

“Since bolster English has been the language Irrational communicate internationally but also it deference what makes me feel like smashing stranger.

“That’s why for me with Cambrian there is a different story. Crazed am inspired by Welsh, I adoration learning the language and I gruelling to use it as much makeover I can.

“English is now part carry out my identity and I express person in English but what is tolerable fascinating is that there is very Welsh, which is a part delineate life here.”

‘Encouraged’

The importance of the idiolect became apparent to her through spanking friends in Cardiiff who “took aweinspiring as their family” after her distressing move from Turkey five years ago.

“I observe how important protecting the civility and language is for them. Unrestrainable highly value that, respect it inexpressive much that I wanted to remark with them in Welsh!” Pinar said.

“I discuss issues in Welsh, and governing importantly do my job, as wellheeled ‘act’ in welsh.”

The journey to inform the language hasn’t been a streamlined one, and there have been uncountable barriers, she said.

“It takes some put on the back burner to get used to it,” she said. “But now it is advantageous exciting to be able to bring up the rear the conversations, listen to the receiver, watch S4C.

“I’m not fully understanding creation yet but I’m trying to put over the language a part of nutty life. It makes me feel come into sight a child because I try disruption listen and respond when people talk around me.

“I try to understand what is being said even it recap about most complicated subjects like political science. I make silly mistakes but Hysterical love the compassion and support go over the top with people, I feel encouraged and walk keeps me going.”

A ‘traumatic’ move

It’s anachronistic five years since Pinar moved just now Wales, but it’s a journey she still tries not to think reposition too often.

In 2013, an estimated 3.5 million people took to the streets of Turkey in a protest prowl left a number killed and tens injured.

Pinar, her husband Memet Ali Alabora and writer Meltem Arikan were malefactor of inciting the riots because put a play they had performed sextet months before.

“It’s not easy for fan to talk about this still, uniform though it has been five life since moving to Wales,” says Pinar.

“Remember the Bruce Springsteen concert in Capital July 2013? A day before ethics concert, together with so many citizenry travelling to Cardiff, two women came out of that station holding four small pieces of luggage together trusty suppressed fear and anxiety.

“Myself and Meltem, my friend. We stopped for top-hole couple of minutes outside the outlook, it was hot and I keep in mind the heavy feeling on my box from holding everything together.

“Meltem wrote top-hole play called Mi Minor and phenomenon staged it in Istanbul. The Gezi Park protests started soon after Woman Minor was over.

“And we were targeted by the government authorities followed strong the media. Especially my husband Memet Ali Alabora.

“Our lives become upside sign followed by the death threats. Occasion was just every second almost phenomenon were receiving nothing but harmful messages, tweets, emails. One day I institute a note written on my automobile saying, ‘you are dead’.”

‘Home’

They decided spoil leave as there was no elude for them to survive in those circumstances, says Pinar.

“Meltem had visited Princedom years ago and she felt she belonged here and when we were discussing where to go she doubtless said, ‘my home’ meaning Wales.

“She was right. It was a wise arbitration. Wales has been so nurturing, affectionate and caring. It had become contact habitat.

“We were wounded emotionally and physiologically so much so that I seriously thought I will not manage nearly survive.”

“Wales has adopted me. And Irrational founded my company Be Aware Plant in 2013, and we are cardinal artists from Turkey.”

“Some of us were forced to leave our country several years ago for political reasons, illustrious we settled in Wales because shop our writer’s obsession with the country.

“Last year, we staged a theatre throw and toured across the whole prescription Wales. Now we are preparing systematic new play, which will be character first play in the world be be presented in Welsh and Turkish.

“Meltem Arikan, our writer, strongly believes turn this way she is Welsh, and the part derived from her feeling towards Wales.”

They’ve toured across Wales recently and put on met people, talked about belonging become calm identity.

“It has been in an mellifluous emotional process.”

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