Ayşegül Özadak and Tuğçe Özdemir from Istanbul, storytellers at Curious Steps: Gender and Memory Tours organised by Sabanci University Gender Forum, were supported with the travel grant to visit Yerevan, for researching on common songs of both societies and conducting interviews with some volunteers from local CSOs to reveal the meaning of these songs. Aysegul […]
Islamized Armenians; Nurcan Türkay, Semiha Demir, Nimetullah Yürek, Seda Seve and Zelal Erdemci from Diyarbakır, graduates of the Armenian language course offered by Diyarbakır Sur District Municipality and the Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakır, were supported with the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan for meeting various historic and cultural organisations and practice their Armenian language […]
Ruşen Arslan, Kadir Süleyman Kaçan, İsmail Beşikçi and Hrant Kasparyan, who are members of İsmail Beşikçi Foundation,were supported with the Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan for sharing their experience in oral history projects with different organizations, as well as for organizing panel discussions. Ismail Besikci “It is important to understand Armenia and Armenians, therefore travel […]
Birsen Atakan from Istanbul, vice president of Non-violent Education and Research Association, Aslı Polatdemir from Denizli and Eleni Diker from Istanbul, co-founders of BoMoVu (Network of Sport and Body Movement for Vulnerable Groups), were supported with Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Yerevan, for visiting Women’s Resource Center of Armenia to discuss their joint conference planned […]
Hayk Hakobyan and Mayranush Davtyan human rights activists from Yerevan, were supported with Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Istanbul for attending educational workshops and trainings organised by SPoD NGO and share experiences of working for the well-being of the LGBTQI + community.
Azmi Recep Özdaş from Eskişehir, a sociology PhD student, visited Yerevan with Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant for conducting a comparative research about queer identity and construction of memory in post-Soviet Armenia and Turkey. “I felt close to all aspects, including food, culture, daily life and even the routine of the language.” “We just focus on our differences.” […]
Stephan Epremyan; Stepan Epremyan from Diyarbakır, will be supported with the travel grant to visit Yerevan, to conduct research about Armenian traditional liturgics and folk music. “Pure and simple: Let’s love each other.”
Meri Amirkhanyan from Yerevan, artist and founder of VisualGap online gallery, was supported with Turkey-Armenia Travel Grant to visit Istanbul for the solo exhibition of the paintings and drawings of her CITY series and printing a catalogue with the same images. “Being in the field of art is to feel free and to act free”
Aylin Cilasın and Mustafa Emir Cilasın from Çanakkale, members of the Çanakkale Koza Youth Association, were supported with the travel grant to visit ABCD Innovation Center in Yerevan, to strengthen their existing cooperation and to plan future projects together. Aylin Cilasin “If you want to break the ice between the countries and to become friends, […]
Sabri Umut Bozyıl from Istanbul, was supported with the travel grant to visit the border village Bagaran, for meeting with villagers and making contacts to find the cast for his fiction movie taking place in Bagaran village.