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Gamze Karadağ Koç from Istanbul, member of the Mavi Kalem Association, was supported with the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan, to take part in the 7th International Conference of the Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) titled Armenian Women in Action: Building Communities across the Globe, and to further improve relations between civil society organisations in both countries. “I […]

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Andrey Araksyants, Arman Khojoyan and Naira Mkrtchyan from Yerevan were supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited Muğla, on behalf of the CARD Foundation, to make contacts and expand economic ties with business development organisations in Turkey. “We discussed new prospects for business. We very briefly touched upon the political topics too. We had a […]

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Aykut Ozturk On April 3rd, 2018 the Armenian National Academy of Sciences hosted an international conference organised by me and my colleagues at my host organisation, namely the Department of Diaspora Studies of the Institute of Ethnography and Archeology. In the event, 5 academics including me presented papers on different diasporic formations and experiences. Ruben […]

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Between June 25 and July 13, 2018, a group of five students and two professors from the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia (NUACA) were hosted at MEF University in Istanbul, as part of the Turkey-Armenia Dialogue Programme series, organised by the Hrant Dink Foundation in partnership with Gyumri Youth Initiative Centre. Within the framework of MEF University’s Design and […]

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Yervand Abrahamyan Following my arrival at Istanbul, I started my academic and extracurricular activities as a fellow of Hrant Dink Foundation in my host organization. I also got involved in a youth organization called “Istanbul&I” which consists of multicultural, multilingual group members. They are mostly concentrated on youth education and integration of asylum seekers in […]

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Anahit Davidyants, Gohar Hakobyan and Lusine Nazaryan from Yerevan, working for Veradardz Foundation, Aravot Magazine and Public Radio of Armenia, were supported with the travel grant to visit Istanbul, for covering the medal awarding ceremony for Sevan Nişanyan initiated by the Veradardz Foundation. Gohar Hakobyan “With every visits between Turkey and Armenia, new stereotypes are […]

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Ayşe Devrim Başterzi and Aslıhan Doğan Topçu from Mersin were supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited Yerevan to find partners, films and directors for a book project on films. Ayşe Devrim Başterzi “Yerevan is very green, very clean; full of sculptures and monuments. The inhabitants of the city are Anatolian people that I […]

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