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EURASIA FOUNDATION HELPS YOUNG TURKS AND ARMENIANS
ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: The Eurasia
Foundation said it helped seven Armenian
non-governmental organizations and media outlets this
year to establish contacts with their Turkish peers as
part of a program designed to promote dialogue and
partnership between Turkey and Armenia.
Vazgen Karapetian, a Eurasia program coordinator,
said an Armenian non-governmental organization-Youth
Academy- visited Turkey at the invitation of Turkish
Kurtaya Youth Association and Young Guru Academy to
discuss creation of an Internet Armenian-Turkish Youth
Club.
He said to promote dialogue between young Armenians
and Turks both organizations will run jointly web
resources, including online forums and an online
newspaper that will be published once a three months.
They will also organize joint round table discussions.
As part of the program the young Armenians and
Turks will also create a musical bridge. It will
involve Armenian Komitas String Quartet and Turkish
Bosporus Quartet.
The Eurasia Foundation will help organize concerts
in Turkey and Armenia. Also reciprocal visits of
Turkish and Armenian musicians are planned for 2008
summer.
EURASIA FOUNDATION HELPS YOUNG TURKS AND ARMENIANS
ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: The Eurasia
Foundation said it helped seven Armenian
non-governmental organizations and media outlets this
year to establish contacts with their Turkish peers as
part of a program designed to promote dialogue and
partnership between Turkey and Armenia.
Vazgen Karapetian, a Eurasia program coordinator,
said an Armenian non-governmental organization-Youth
Academy- visited Turkey at the invitation of Turkish
Kurtaya Youth Association and Young Guru Academy to
discuss creation of an Internet Armenian-Turkish Youth
Club.
He said to promote dialogue between young Armenians
and Turks both organizations will run jointly web
resources, including online forums and an online
newspaper that will be published once a three months.
They will also organize joint round table discussions.
As part of the program the young Armenians and
Turks will also create a musical bridge. It will
involve Armenian Komitas String Quartet and Turkish
Bosporus Quartet.
The Eurasia Foundation will help organize concerts
in Turkey and Armenia. Also reciprocal visits of
Turkish and Armenian musicians are planned for 2008
summer.