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DINK FOUNDATION LAUNCHES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Daily Sabah, Turkey
June 26 2014
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ISTANBUL - The Istanbul-based Hrant Dink Foundation is launching
a fellowship program in an attempt to normalize Turkish-Armenian
relations.
The program offers around 18 professionals from Turkey and Armenia
the chance to live and follow a special agenda in the host countries
for 4 to 8 months, according to a press release from the foundation.
At least 63 organizations from Turkey and 25 from Armenia are ready to
act as hosts in the two countries, the statement said. "Individuals
are also invited to propose their own project ideas, other than the
fellowship opportunities offered by the listed host organizations,"
said the statement.
The fellowships focus on crossborder learning opportunities in
academia, civil society, media, culture and arts, translation and
interpreting and language-learning, and law.
Citizens and legal residents of Turkey and Armenia can apply for
the fellowships.
The deadline is July 20. The program is financed by the EU.
The Hrant Dink Foundation was founded in 2007, the year of Dink's
assassination, to realize his dream of normalizing relations between
the two countries. He was editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian
newspaper Agos and was considered one of Turkey's most prominent
Armenian voices.
Relations between the two countries have been poor since the 1915
incident that took place during World War I.
The Armenian diaspora and government describe the 1915 events as
genocide and have asked for compensation.
Turkey says that, although Armenians died during deportations, many
Turks also died in attacks carried out by Armenian gangs in Anatolia.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered condolences in
April of this year for the Armenian deaths that occurred during the
incidents of 1915 - a first for a Turkish statesman.
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/06/27/dink-foundation-launches-fellowship-program
Daily Sabah, Turkey
June 26 2014
AA
ISTANBUL - The Istanbul-based Hrant Dink Foundation is launching
a fellowship program in an attempt to normalize Turkish-Armenian
relations.
The program offers around 18 professionals from Turkey and Armenia
the chance to live and follow a special agenda in the host countries
for 4 to 8 months, according to a press release from the foundation.
At least 63 organizations from Turkey and 25 from Armenia are ready to
act as hosts in the two countries, the statement said. "Individuals
are also invited to propose their own project ideas, other than the
fellowship opportunities offered by the listed host organizations,"
said the statement.
The fellowships focus on crossborder learning opportunities in
academia, civil society, media, culture and arts, translation and
interpreting and language-learning, and law.
Citizens and legal residents of Turkey and Armenia can apply for
the fellowships.
The deadline is July 20. The program is financed by the EU.
The Hrant Dink Foundation was founded in 2007, the year of Dink's
assassination, to realize his dream of normalizing relations between
the two countries. He was editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian
newspaper Agos and was considered one of Turkey's most prominent
Armenian voices.
Relations between the two countries have been poor since the 1915
incident that took place during World War I.
The Armenian diaspora and government describe the 1915 events as
genocide and have asked for compensation.
Turkey says that, although Armenians died during deportations, many
Turks also died in attacks carried out by Armenian gangs in Anatolia.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered condolences in
April of this year for the Armenian deaths that occurred during the
incidents of 1915 - a first for a Turkish statesman.
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/06/27/dink-foundation-launches-fellowship-program