Müge Olacak from Istanbul, Founding Director and Performance Artist of Atelier Muse, was supported with Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan for research and networking with culture and arts organisations and for the preparations of the upcoming concert in Yerevan organised by Music of Armenia.
Original Coating; Özgün Kaplama from Istanbul, a youth worker and a member of European Students Forum (AEGEE) Istanbul, was supported with Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan for attending the European Planning Meeting (EPM), held in Yerevan “We have some common vision, common background.” “This project is really a good tool to break prejudices, break these mindsets.”
Hovsep Khurshudyan from Yerevan, President of Free Citizen Civic Initiatives Support Centre, was supported with the travel grant to visit Istanbul, for meetings with Armenian community representatives, newspapers and publishing houses. “People can’t be enemies towards each other. The only enemies we have are in us, in our brains, and these are lies, ignorance, hubris, […]
Burak Köşker from İstanbul was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited Yerevan and Gyumri to contact civil society organisations and to develop training and exchange programmes. “When I first told to the people I met on the streets of Armenia that I was a Turk, the first reaction was surprise. Nobody would expect […]
Lusine Yeghiazaryan from Yerevan was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited İstanbul to represent the European Youth Parliament – Armenia during the 9th Istanbul Youth Forum. “International Istanbul Youth Forum was a great opportunity! Firstly, it was a chance to discuss important political issues with students from all over Europe, share opinions, ideas and perspectives. […]
Sargis Hovhannisyan from Gyumri was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited İstanbul to take part in the 4th Orange Blossom International Plastic Arts Colony. “When I first read Hrant Dink’s book ‘Two Close Peoples Two Far Neighbours’ in 2011, the words were very powerful but they became meaningful to me only after my visit. […]