Writer, poet and journalist Chahin Baker (Shahin Sorekli) has been in Australia for fifty years. He left for Europe in 1965 to study and arrived in Sydney from Munich in October 1968.
Shahin Sorekli graduated from Macquarie University at the end of 1977 (BA, Dip.Ed.), he later acquired further qualifications in journalism, teaching of German and broadcasting. He was employed by the NSW Department of Education as a teacher and consultant from 1978 until the end of 2004 when he officially retired.
The first radio program he presented in Sydney was a weekly Kurdish/English program on 2SER FM from 1982-1983. Later in 1984 he founded the Kurdish Program on Radio 2EA. This program continues on SBS Radio today, a two one hourly programs a week.
We spoke to Shahin Sorekli about his fifty year journey in Australia as well as his achievements in this country.
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Rewşenbîr û nivîskar mamoste Shahîn Soreklî di sala 1965 de ji bo xwendinê berê xwe da Ewropa û di dawiya sala 1968 gihîşt Australya.
Mamoste Shahîn di dawiya 1977ê de xwendina xwe ya bilind li Zanîngeha Macquarie kuta kir. Ew bi salên dirêj li Wezareta Perwerdeya NSW wek mamoste û şêwirmend kar dikir.
Yekem bernameya radyo ya bi zimanî Kurdî li Sydney li dezgeha Radyo 2SERFM ji sala 1982-1983 pêşkêş dikir. Di sala 1984 an de bernameya Kurdî ya Radyoya 2EA ku nuha SBS e damezirand. Mamoste Shahîn Soreklî di sala 2015 de SBS Radyo beşê Kurdî ku ew berpisê bernameyê bû piştî 33 salan li cih hîşt û derket teqawîtê.
Gelo jiyana pênce salan li Australya bo mamoste çi wateyê dide û helwêsta wî li hember çiye? Ji bo em bêtir li ser jiyana wî ya pênce salan li Australya bizanibin me hevpeyvînek bi mamoste Shahin Soreklî re pêk anî.