We are 2 years old! Happy Birthday!

Dear Youth A.R.T.'ists,

We are celebrating our 2nd anniversary as of 20th April, 2010. We're happy and proud!

Having taken the very first steps eager to facilitate social youth activities, a group of friends had come together on the lawn of Boğaziçi University on 28th April, 2008. We managed to take serious steps, got larger and stronger as valuable friends have joined among us... We have realized dozens of international activities, which have involved more than hundreds of youngsters.

We have learned much during that two years' time. We would like to thank all Youth A.R.T.'ists and partners who have been together with us!

We deeply believe that we will welcome further anniversaries together through working in collaboration, learning, sharing and enjoying each action.

Happy birthday, once more!

Core Committee


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Sevgili Youth A.R.T.'istler,

Bugun, 2'inci kurulus yildonumumuz! Mutluyuz, gururluyuz!

20 Nisan 2008 gunu Bogazici Universitesi' nin guney kampusunde cimlere oturmus, "sosyal alanlarda genclik calismalari yurutmek" istegiyle yanip tutusan bir arkadas grubu olarak yola ciktik! Kisa surede cok buyuk adimlar attik, aramiza birbirinden degerli arkadaslarimiz katildi, guclendik, buyuduk... 2 yilda onlarca uluslararasi calisma gerceklestirerek 100'den fazla gencin hayatina dokunduk.

Dopdolu gecen bu 2 yil bize cok sey katti. Bizimle birlikte olan tum Youth A.R.T.'istlere kocaman sevgiler gondermek istiyoruz!

Bundan sonra da hep beraber calisarak, ogrenerek, paylasarak ve eglenerek daha nice basarilarla dolu yillara erecegimize inaniyoruz.

Dogum gunumuz kutlu olsun!

Core Committee

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International Summer Week in Cagliari, Italy

Our leading network associate TDM 2000 from Cagliari, Italy is organazing their traditional summer event in Sardinia , Italy from 2nd to 9th August, 2010.

Would you like to experience the unique Mediterranean summer?

Do you want to visit an ancient land where, close to some of the most beautiful white beaches you can also find historic monuments?

Would you like to attend an international camp along with 150 other youngsters like you, from dozens of countries around the world, who are up for having a great time on the beach by day and at the club at night?

If your answer to all of the above is YES, then join us for "International Summer Week 2010"!

International Summer Week is an international meeting that has taken place every August since 1998 in Sardinia, the pearl of the Mediterranean sea. Through the years we have had more than 2,000 young people from all over the world!

Fun, sea, nature and culture are the elements that make International Summer Week an incredible unforgettable experience. Our repeat guests every year are proof of this!

So, what are you waiting for? Click on the link hereunder and apply to take part in the next edition of International Summer Week!

See you in Sardinia! :-)

Go to www.tdm2000.org and fill in the application form in order to register for International Summer Week 2010.

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Participants are ready for the Exchange in Poland!

As a partner organization, Youth A.R.T. is going to be represented in the youth exchange entitled as “Youth on the Way to Europe without Borders” under the framework of YiA Action 3.1. The announcement for application was available here online till recently. Now, it’s over, the participants list is ready!

After an exciting period of selection by the core committee, we are glad to announce the participants for this great project! We thank every applicant for the interest and congratulate the selected friends wishing them all the best in the preparation process.

Group Leader:
Mr. Özgür Nuri DEMİR

Participants:
Ms. Büşra Nur ÖZER
Ms. Yasemin TURAN
Mr. Cenk AKDAĞ
Mr. Recep TANKAL
Ms. Burcu HALAÇ


The event will take place in Poland, from 30th of April to 10th of May, 2010. The budgeting of the event is as follows: %70 of travel costs refund + %100 of visa, food and accommodation costs will be refunded during the exchange. The participants, including the group leader, will have to pre-pay their costs, and then they will get the expenses back in cash during the event.

The Advance Planning Visit was realized in Poland on 26th – 28th March. Our Core Committee leader Mr. Bahadır ÜLGEN participated in this meeting on behalf of Youth A.R.T.

The Core Committee

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“iloveculture.eu” Seminar! 19th - 26th April 2010, Netherlands

Our most prestigious international project, iloveculture.eu is getting more and more developed with the participation of 10 European organizations. Recently realized multimedia training course is Slovenia in late January has started to flourish its first productions. Nowadays, our members are planning visits to international European projects being organized in Türkiye, and getting multimedia records to promote these projects. We aim to get at least five projects documented through visual and written media tools.

All these hard works are going to be presented in the Netherlands in a seminar scheduled to be realized between 19th – 26th April, 2010. The seminar will take place in the countryside village called Ewjik, Nijmegen. More than 60 youngsters and youth workers will share their productions and experiences aiming to prepare new projects for the future.

7 participants including a group coordinator will represent Youth A.R.T. in this seminar. Here is the list of participants:

Mr. Emre BÜYÜKKÖSE (Group Coordinator)

Ms. Hatice Gülçin GÜMÜŞ

Mr. Gökhan FİDAN

Ms. Nihan KAYA

Mr. Recep TANKAL

Ms. İlkin SÜLÜN

Ms. Sümeyra ÖZTÜRK


We wish all the best to our members enlisted above. We hope they will experience a fruitful event with lots of new ideas for future projects. We are looking forward to sharing their experiences with you all!

Core Committee

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Our members came together in Istanbul.

Youth A.R.T. members come together for the second time to get to know each other better, share their experiences from various international projects as well expressing their ideas in a free atmosphere. The venue of the meeting was in Beşiktaş, Istanbul on the 28th of March.

The sole aim was not to work, of course! The meeting was unfortunately realized under rather bad weather conditions pushing the participants to sit in by gathering 6 tables as the total number of participants was 26!

We would like thank our Core Committee leaders who eagerly did their best to organize that meeting, and every single participant once again for the lovely atmosphere and valuable ideas expressed there.

Core Committee

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“Game-on!”: Training Course in Slovakia

In collaboration with Slovakian National Agency and Turkish National Agency (TRN), a training course entitled "Game on-Game Building Activity for International Youth Exchanges" was realized between 7th – 12th April, in Villa Siesta, Smokovec, Slovakia.

4 participants from Turkiye participated in this great event! We are proud of the fact that 2 of these participants are from Youth A.R.T.!

They were Learning Couples throughout the training course. We congratulate Mr. Fatih NAR and Ms. Yasemin TURAN for their great efforts before, during and after the project. We believe that their experiences will add much on our organizational skills.

Interestingly enough, Mr. Bahadır ÜLGEN, our core committee leader, was among the trainers team in this event. This was his first international training experience within Salto! We believe his first experience has been even more meaningful as two Youth A.R.T. members represented Türkiye in the event.

Thanks a bunch for all who are involved in this great event!

Core Committee

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