Muazzez Ersoy
© UNHCR/E. Ozsoy
“UNHCR is the world’s lead organisation working for refugees.”
About Muazzez
Turkish singer Muazzez Ersoy was appointed a UNHCR National Goodwill Ambassador in 2006.
Muazzez has long been interested in humanitarian issues, including the plight of refugees and displaced persons, with a particular concern for the welfare of women and children. Her mother's family came from the Salonika region of Greece but was forced to leave for Turkey in the first half of the 20th century.
Muazzez has visited refugee families in the central Anatolian cities of Kayseri and Aksaray, listening to their problems and sharing her family's experience with them. She regularly supports the work of UNHCR in Greece through public statements and media, raising awareness about the suffering of displaced people around the world.
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Goodwill Ambassador Muazzez Ersoy feeds a young boy at a lunch she hosted for refugee families in the Turkish capital, Ankara. © UNHCR/Y.Cekic -
Muazzez Ersoy appears with members of a refugee children's group on her popular television show. © UNHCR/I.V.Kavlak -
At the opening of a UNHCR-funded community centre for refugees and asylum seekers in Kayseri, central Turkey. © UNHCR/I.V.Kavlak -
Muazzez has long been interested in the plight of refugees, especially children and women. © Courtesy of and Eyuphan Ozsoy -
Visiting a refugee family in Aksaray, Turkey in June 2006, Muazzez listens to their experiences. © UNHCR/E.Ozsoy -
Muazzez discusses her closer cooperation with UNHCR during a press conference in Istanbul in May 2006. © UNHCR/E.Ozsoy -
Muazzez meets refugees at a community centre built with help from UNHCR in the Turkish town of Kayseri. © UNHCR/E.Ozsoy -
Young refugees perform with Muazzez on her TV show as part of World Refugee Day celebrations in 2006. © UNHCR/E.Ozsoy
