turkish-greek civic dialogue - AEGEE Europe
turkish-greek civic dialogue - AEGEE Europe
turkish-greek civic dialogue - AEGEE Europe
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PHOTOGRAPHY IN KAYAKÖY<br />
............................................................................................................ Hale Nur Akkuş<br />
Workshop Participant<br />
I’m very happy to participate in such a great<br />
festival. I was one of the participants in the<br />
photography workshop. I believe we all had a lot<br />
of fun and at the end of the festival we left with<br />
unforgettable memories.<br />
First of all we got the chance to develop our<br />
photography ability thanks to our great teachers<br />
Faruk Akbaş and Takis Lazos. What’s more we<br />
had the opportunity to know the local people of<br />
Kayaköy. Everybody in Kayaköy was very friendly.<br />
We met them and we listened to their memories,<br />
which were sometimes happy and sometimes sad.<br />
We took wonderful photos that show the beauty<br />
of the people and the fascinating atmosphere of<br />
Kayaköy.<br />
At the same time, we participated in open-air parties, concerts and watched<br />
movies and documentaries from Turkey and Greece. So I can say that both Turks<br />
and Greeks got the opportunity to know each other better.<br />
Added to these activities, as we were nearly 20 people, we did some other<br />
things on our own such as visiting Saklıkent, playing silent cinema and talking<br />
about a lot to explore our cultures. After a lot of talks we decided that we are<br />
really similar, and we have many things in common. We, Turkish and Greek<br />
youth, weren’t given a chance to know ourselves for a long time by some<br />
people who take advantage of that. After this festival, I just blame those<br />
selfish people. Because it was so clear we have the same soul and have the<br />
same sensibility. This festival is a good proof of that. I’m really glad to meet<br />
everybody who is Turkish and Greek at the festival. Thanks to those people, I<br />
see the other point of views and I evaluate the events in a different way, in a<br />
way I didn’t used to think of.<br />
Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de L’<strong>Europe</strong><br />
I want to thank <strong>AEGEE</strong> once again to organize this festival. They worked a lot<br />
to make it success and yes it was the most enjoyable festival I have ever been<br />
to.<br />
KAYAFEST<br />
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS INFO FAIR<br />
One of the main objectives of this project<br />
and therefore the festival has been to gather<br />
the youth NGOs from Turkey and Greece and<br />
constitute the platform for them to build<br />
new partnerships for their future projects.<br />
In order to meet the requirements of the<br />
“<strong>civic</strong> integration” concept, this fair carried<br />
vital importance. Through this fair, the NGO<br />
representatives found the opportunity to<br />
introduce themselves and their projects to<br />
the other NGOs.<br />
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