Category: People Beyond Borders

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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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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Anush Khachatryan from Ashtarak was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited İstanbul to organise the exhibition entitled ‘Women for Conflict Reconciliation and Peace’. ‘Women for Conflict Reconciliation and Peace’ exhibition is an end product of photo and painting contest organised by the Society Without Violence NGO. The contest aims at raising the voice of […]

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Monika Manişak from İzmir was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited Yerevan to study history, literature and cultural studies at the Armenian Studies Summer School organised by the Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support (ARMACAD). “I should offer my thanks to ARMACAD and Hrant Dink Foundation, who enabled me to explore the wealth […]

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Hüseyin Uysal from Gaziantep was supported by the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant and visited Yerevan to take part in the Annual Student Research Conference organised by the American University of Armenia. “If you have plans to visit Armenia/Turkey for a specific event such as a conference, a cultural event, an art exhibition, then the Travel Grant is […]

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