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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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