Gülşen Aktaş

Gülşen Aktaş (born 1957) is a Turkish educator and social worker of Kurdish origin.

In 2004, she supervised and advised pupils and parents of various origins at the Neumark primary school in Schöneberg, where she lives.

[4][5] Since 2007, she has been managing the "Huzur" (Turkish for peace, tranquility) a centre for senior citizens, which is frequented by first-generation migrants.

Other offerings are literacy classes, a choir, Nordic walking in the Tiergarten and senior karaoke.

[1][4][5] For her projects related to migrants from diverse ethnic groups she was awarded the 2009 "Kosmopolita" Prize.