Harringay Champion Nilgun Canver - Harringay online2024-03-29T07:11:36Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/harringay-champion-nilgun-canver?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1016269&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noVery sad news. She was alway…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-01:844301:Comment:10162692017-09-01T09:06:20.576ZRuth Valentinehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/RuthValentine
<p>Very sad news. She was always engaged & ready to take up local causes. Not enough like her.</p>
<p>Very sad news. She was always engaged & ready to take up local causes. Not enough like her.</p> Nilgun was a true champion. S…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-09-01:844301:Comment:10160652017-09-01T07:23:06.343ZSaddichttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Saddic
<p>Nilgun was a true champion. She achieved so much and she never forgot/overlooked individuals. She was exceptionally good to us when we were a young family needing help for our disabled child. She quietly supported many, many individuals in need.</p>
<p>How sad that she has died so young. I send condolences to her family and friends. </p>
<p>Nilgun was a true champion. She achieved so much and she never forgot/overlooked individuals. She was exceptionally good to us when we were a young family needing help for our disabled child. She quietly supported many, many individuals in need.</p>
<p>How sad that she has died so young. I send condolences to her family and friends. </p> I just saw in an email from t…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-30:844301:Comment:10156122017-08-30T15:58:10.326ZJohn McMullanhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/bogan72
<p>I just saw in an email from the LCSP that if anyone would like to make donations (in lieu of flowers) to the IMECE Women's Centre (of which Nilgun was a founder) their website is <a href="http://imece.org.uk" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>I just saw in an email from the LCSP that if anyone would like to make donations (in lieu of flowers) to the IMECE Women's Centre (of which Nilgun was a founder) their website is <a href="http://imece.org.uk" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> Very sad news. Thoughts with…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-30:844301:Comment:10157312017-08-30T13:28:14.944ZBirdy_Toohttps://harringayonline.com/profile/dickdude
<p>Very sad news. Thoughts with her nearest and dearest.</p>
<p>Very sad news. Thoughts with her nearest and dearest.</p> This is very sad news. I wor…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-29:844301:Comment:10157642017-08-29T16:00:07.070ZGeoff Amabilinohttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GeoffAmabilino
<p>This is very sad news. I worked alongside Nilgun for several years on the Strategy Group and echo completely David and Karen's comments on her determination to get the best for Harringay and her willingness to work with everybody towards that goal. Her legacy lives on around us as we walk round the 'hood.</p>
<p>RIP Nilgun.</p>
<p>This is very sad news. I worked alongside Nilgun for several years on the Strategy Group and echo completely David and Karen's comments on her determination to get the best for Harringay and her willingness to work with everybody towards that goal. Her legacy lives on around us as we walk round the 'hood.</p>
<p>RIP Nilgun.</p> For me, the high point of Nil…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-29:844301:Comment:10157602017-08-29T14:10:35.898ZDavid Schmitzhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/DavidSchmitz
<p>For me, the high point of Nilgun’s distinguished career occurred on 20<sup>th</sup> September 2009, when Harringay gave a party for the whole of London, and Nilgun was able to exclaim from the stage, “We have a festival!”</p>
<p>This was a particular triumph for her because it had been only a few years since police helicopters had hovered above that very spot in the aftermath of the murder of an innocent man by organised criminals, and because no-one had done more than she had done to…</p>
<p>For me, the high point of Nilgun’s distinguished career occurred on 20<sup>th</sup> September 2009, when Harringay gave a party for the whole of London, and Nilgun was able to exclaim from the stage, “We have a festival!”</p>
<p>This was a particular triumph for her because it had been only a few years since police helicopters had hovered above that very spot in the aftermath of the murder of an innocent man by organised criminals, and because no-one had done more than she had done to further the process which brought our community into the light from that dark day.</p>
<p>Much of the hard work was done by the Green Lanes Strategy Group. The tasks of that Group included not only the organisation of events like the festival, but also the planning of permanent improvements to Green Lanes itself. All of this involved making very many decisions and negotiations with outside bodies in a seemingly endless series of seemingly endless committee meetings. Yet despite our political differences and the effort which was required, the meetings were always carried out with good humour and with full attention to our common purposes. In that worthwhile work, Nilgun’s contributions were always of great value.</p>
<p>Another memory which I have of her is one of our attendance at an event organised by the publishers of a directory of Turkish businesses in the UK. The gathering was a particularly distinguished one involving, as I recall, a large number of senior business people and university professors, as well as diplomats and the first female MEP of Turkish descent. My memory is that she was recognised as a leading light of that increasingly important community, both informally and from the podium itself.</p>
<p> I shall miss seeing her in Green Lanes, but will often think of her when I see the improvements there which she did so much to bring about.</p> A true champion of the commun…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-29:844301:Comment:10156692017-08-29T07:19:44.344ZNarendra Makanjihttps://harringayonline.com/profile/NarendraMakanji
A true champion of the community she was a part of. Nilgun was heavily involved in developing the community that was under considerable pressure, politically, economically and culturally.<br />
She saw the importance of elected institutions and ran for the Council as a Labour candidate. Her contribution to Labour Party, Harringay/St Ann's, and Europes Turkish diaspora has never been acknowledged or appreciated.<br />
Saddened by the loss of another Haringey's trailblazing pioneers.<br />
Nilgun Canver...RIP.
A true champion of the community she was a part of. Nilgun was heavily involved in developing the community that was under considerable pressure, politically, economically and culturally.<br />
She saw the importance of elected institutions and ran for the Council as a Labour candidate. Her contribution to Labour Party, Harringay/St Ann's, and Europes Turkish diaspora has never been acknowledged or appreciated.<br />
Saddened by the loss of another Haringey's trailblazing pioneers.<br />
Nilgun Canver...RIP. I'm so sorry to hear this.
Ni…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-28:844301:Comment:10156552017-08-28T19:10:01.029ZAngelahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Angela
<p>I'm so sorry to hear this.</p>
<p>Nilgun was a real asset to our community.</p>
<p>I'm so sorry to hear this.</p>
<p>Nilgun was a real asset to our community.</p> Very sad news. My thoughts ar…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-28:844301:Comment:10156502017-08-28T17:03:39.523ZMalc Bhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/MalcolmB
Very sad news. My thoughts are with her family.
Very sad news. My thoughts are with her family. Unbelievably sad to hear abou…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-08-28:844301:Comment:10155552017-08-28T15:56:44.293ZKaren Alexanderhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KarenAlexander81
Unbelievably sad to hear about Nilgun. We worked together on the council for many years and despite being of different political sides I was always impressed by her determination to get things done in Harringay. She should be very proud that the Harringay she worked so tirelessly for is today such a vibrant, safe, fabulous place to live. I'll be raising a glass to her this evening.
Unbelievably sad to hear about Nilgun. We worked together on the council for many years and despite being of different political sides I was always impressed by her determination to get things done in Harringay. She should be very proud that the Harringay she worked so tirelessly for is today such a vibrant, safe, fabulous place to live. I'll be raising a glass to her this evening.