RECEPTaCLE
editorial It works as a reminder, that my time here is ticking out have you done some- and that I need to use the most thing memorable today? There of it. Unfortunately, on a dayis a saying that we have to do to-day basis we have no such one thing every day, that scares reminders. We have to do it us. Have you been close to that ourselves. threshold today? And yet again I come to Some of us are in Istan- the part in the editorial, where bul only for a couple of days. I ask you to do something. I Coming here for a week from a am in no position to ask you to culturally different background write a resolution or to play a has some benefits. Every day I teambuilding game. However.. can hear the chants of muez- I can ask you to challenge yourzins and I can only be grateful self to a level that you actually for that. Why, you might ask? bring yourself to the limits. Because that works as an excelWe can only expand our lent reminder. comfort zone, by surpassing it. Dear reader,
The same goes for fear. And this is where we come back to the idea of doing something every day that scares us. Here, in Istanbul, you are going home, to hotels, hostels or otherwise. But can you rise to the occasion and rip this bubble apart? Can you surpass your own expectations just in order to go further in life and in EYP as a part of it? I came here to challenge yourselves on all levels. I came here to anihilate my understanding of 'comfort zones'. Are you willing to join me?
Yours truly - K.C.
brought to you by:
Tuna Dökmeci (Turkey)
Ecem Aydoğan (Turkey)
Manar Youssef (Sweden)
Cem Horasan (Turkey)
Berk Manav (Turkey)
Hugo Dürr (Sweden)
Tua Malmberg (Sweden)
Lāra Niamh Eckert Reinfelds (Switzerland)
Şayen Tokyay (Turkey)
Can Şehirlioğlu (Turkey) journo/video editor
losing my We all have our favourites. Berk Manav takes a look at everyone’s most loved and hated games.
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ur lovely delegates had teambuilding yesterday... and some loved it more than others! Those who could play their favourite EYP games definitely had the greater smile on their faces. So now we dive into the inner conscious of the delegates, as they confess why they love these games. So I present to you, the favourite and the worst teambuilding games:
I asked the delegates, as the true lovers - or haters - of the games. Also why would they feel that way. We start with Jülide Erdem of AFCO
The smiley Gamze Evirgen (FEMM)
Jülide says she loved the perverts and virgins. As the virgins run screaming and perverts chase shouting with lust, it becomes an enjoyable cat-and-mice game. Some games are just too hard. They can’t be enjoyed states Jülide, as she hates the line games. Getting into order without speaking at all, and getting a punishment for failure... That is just not too hard on them!
Loves ninja! As active as a game can be, ninja is just for her. Loving the action and tension of the game you can see her truly smile. Hates love train, however, as it makes no sense to her at all. Not as active as the ninja, it becomes boring, she says.
We continue with Yağmur of my lovely committee AFET
Our fun guy Kaan Göksal of JURI takes the chance to exclaim
She may describe herself as rather open-minded and loves the coin game. What honesty I see there. Then came the other confessions of loving suck and blow, by İrem Gürsesli. Other than those, my committee shared the joy of playing human knot, as it is seen as a common favourite.
He loved pass the orange. He can get really close to pretty girls, and loves it, as he admitted, and enjoyed playing it today. Hated, however, create your own picture, as he didn’t like posing as a team to create a scene.
favourite game The great friend Dilara Yozgatli of EMPL
Bircem Özekici of LIBE
Loved the fruit game, as you can see everybody embarrass themselves spraying out water. Primitive and hilarious, it is a true bonding-game of a new team. And no games hated by her!
Enjoys suck and blow, as it is a close and sincere game and it can truly build the trust for your teammates. Hates the slow games, or the lack of energy put into street fighter. As if it is not played loud enough, it isn’t enjoyable, and I agree with her, don’t miss out the fun!
Our special guest, the President Tiago
Trustworthy and always ready, Arda Meriç the orga of FEMM,
He has no favourite game, but loves the unofficial session themes. Appreciating creativity, he loves to adjust the classic games and turn them into new, innovative thematic games. Big fat pony, however, has been overdone he says. Innovation but not repetition, Tiago enjoyed having the chance to play the new innovative game of our pocket session!
Loves the vampire game because of an epic experience. Having guessed the vampire and killed it from the first round, three times in a row, his committee won the game legendary. On the contrary, never having won peel the snake against other committees, he never could like that game!
My kind chair, Henriikka Hannula of AFET
Cool boy Mert Esencan from INTA declared
Still loves the chicken pilot, as she enjoyed another game of it yesterday. Full of laughter and sincerity, it can break all the limits! However, still fears the sticky toffee, as anytime she makes her delegates play it, she is worried they could get hurt. Thank you for your thoughtfulness Henriikka!
He had never lost ninja, so it is still his favourite game. And doesn’t like memorising nor the name memorising games.
all my Ecem Aydoğan found the lonely souls of the session. Find them, get to know them, maybe even take them across the bridge to Asia. 1. How long have you been single? 2. Why do you think you’re single? 3. Is there a possibility that you might find your love in this session? 4. What do you think is the key to a healthy relationship?
Nedim – EMPL
1. 6 months; 2. I think love is about waiting, not searching; 3. I don’t think so; 4. Respect and maturity.
İrem – AFET
1. 2 months; 2. I’m bored and tired of relationships; 3. I think so; 4. Fun, fun and fun.
Semih – ENVI
1. 6 months; 2. I fall in love too quickly; 3. Yes, definitely; 4. We should have interest in the same stuff.
Gamze – FEMM
1. A long, long time; 2. I don’t want to be attached to someone; 3. No, impossible; 4. Effort, completing of each other, maturity.
Berkok – LIBE
1. 1,5 years; 2. Girls are mean and I am just too perfect; 3. Yes probably because my ex had also broken up with me during a session and life is a funny thing… 4. Lots and lots of love and energy.
single pockets Evin – EMPL
1. 3 months; 2. One does not simply find an attractive, nice, gentle, sensitive, good looking, fit, funny and a single guy; 3. Who knows… 4. Loyalty, fun, giving, passion.
Kevin – LIBE
1. 7,5 months; 2. My ex broke my trust,no one can repair it. (reaches for handkerchief in pocket.); 3. Maybe, hopefully; 4. People should first understand themselves and trust each other.
Yiğit – LIBE
1. 5 months; 2. It’s totally because of her and being single is being the “sultan”; 3. Maybe; 4. Respect.
Deniz – AFCO
1. 1 year 2. I’m just too busy to have one; 3. Definitely; 4. Caring and being able to talk to each other about everything
Ege – INTA
1. 5 months; 2. They’re all after me and I just can’t choose; 3. I hope so; 4. Fun and understanding of each other.
Can – AFCO
1. 3,5 months; 2. I can’t find a proper girl; 3. Yes; 4. Honesty.
KLADDKAKA Interested in foreign foods? Tua Malmberg cares to introduce you to the Swedish chocolate cake.
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ear delicious Delegates. Turkish treats. I love your country. I love the sun, the sea and the scents. I love the color and the cuisine. Turkish food is so amazing it makes me happy. I was invited here, to your beautiful country, and I am being hosted here fed your wonderful, mouth-watering food. Now, I want to give something back. And I, privileged as I am with my own space in the paper, will now do so. I give you: Swedish Chocolate Cake.
Recipe:
100 grams of Butter (real butter, not margarine); 2,5 deciliters of Sugar; 2 deciliters of wheat flour; 2 medium sized eggs; 4 table spoons of cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar; 0,5 teaspoons of salt. Turn on your oven. Set the temperature to 175 degrees Celcius. Melt the butter. Mix all of the ingredients in a big bowl. Put them in a round tin. Put the tin in the oven for 25 minutes. Let the cake cool. Powder the cake with icing sugar. Enjoy the cake warm with vanilla ice cream and/or whipped cream or put it in the fridge overnight and eat it in chocolaty chunks the next day.
Swedish Chocolate Cake does not have a name in English. In Swedish, it is called “Kladdkaka”. Powdered with icing sugar Kladdkaka is the most delicious Swedish treat there is (even more delicious than pickled herring). There are about a thousand different recipes for Kladdkaka, and here and now I will give you the very best one: My own.
POCKET TYPE Kabataş: the Latvian pocket thingy. Has been catching on hasn’t it? Berk Manav & Ecem Aydoğan tell where you belong in this whole “pocket universe”? 1. Which would be the most desirable trait?
4.Which would be most likely to be watched? a. Harry Potter; b. Inception; c. The Mask.
2. What’s the best part of a cupcake?
5. Which sounds more fun to do on a Sunday afternoon? a. Going to a spa; b. Catching up on some reading; c. Bungee jumping.
a. Attractiveness; b. Practicality; c. Funniness.
a. The packaging and colors; b. Overall aftertaste; c. Frosting.
3. Which would be the most unacceptable crime? 6. Which color would be most suitible to wear a. Pick-pocketing; during General Assembly? b. Peeing in public; c. Spending a night in jail and getting harassed. a. Red; b. Beige; c. Orange.
A. Tiny pocket on the leftboob side of a t-shirt
B. Inner jacket pocket
C. Back pocket of jeans
Ahh, the dear tiny pocket... The tiny pocket doesn’t really function as a pocket but merely an accessory that adds to a look. Nevertheless, they shall not be underestimated! Tiny t-shirt pockets are the essential to every stylista, every hipster, everyone that is someone. It’s inspiration, it’s substance, it’s sexy.
The smart, logical one. The inner jacket pocket is the one who can always somehow balance fun and seriousness. This person is the “go-to” person who overcomes any hurdle using the simplicity of logic.
As a continuation of the pocket analogy, back pocket people don’t mind taking risks and generally don’t have plans B. They might keep their most valuable belongings in their back pockets – unguarded - not because of naivete but out of sheer jocularity.
globetrotters Do you like the view from the window? Tuna Dökmeci & Hugo Dürr snoop around the most popular destinations for EYP’ers.
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ith EYP, you will meet so many people from so many backgrounds, and you will have the opportunity to travel to countries you would never have imagined going to. Even here, at the 11th National Selection Conference of the European Youth Parliament Turkey, the delegates have already covered 1/5 of the globe. The countries travelled to include no less than 40 countries; England, the Netherlands, Greece, Canada, Russia, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, USA, Spain, Luxembourg, Singapore, Malaysia, Austria, Tunisia, Cyprus, France, Poland, Scotland, Iraq, Maldives, South Africa, Thailand, Finland, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Belarus, Macedonia, Turkey, Hungary and Australia.
You’d hope that the travels would have run smoothly, however they did not all go as planned. Here are some examples from the adventurous delegates;
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One of the delegates was innocent enough to believe that things would go smoothly in Romania when he attended an EYP session there. Yet, he succumbed completely to chaos when trying to get to the train station for departure. He first took a taxi to the city centre, but then he got out immediately when he realised that the fares were going way faster than usual, so he decided that the best thing to do was to ask someone for directions and then walk. He was a little shocked when he understood that no one spoke English. After 3.5 hours of walking and trying to understand people, he finally found his way to the train station.
Another one of the delegates, wishing to remain anonymous, divulged the tale of a visit to summer camp in the summer of his 12th year of life. The summer camp was held in journey, and lasted just over one week. Unfortunately for this delegate, he was struck with a violent case of diarrhoea, which stayed with him the whole week. To make matters worse, on a short excursion into the town, while queuing for some food, he was hit by some French-Canadians for no apparent reason. As we can see, with all the travelling, come some memories that the delegates most likely would like to repress. There is no way to really avoid these tiny disasters, however we can encourage you all to use be safe, and use protection. Insure your pockets.
Fashionistas Don’t be a damsel in distress! Manar Youssef & Şayen Tokyay know the latest tips and tricks in EYP fashion.
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hat defines an EYP pocket? Is it solely the inside that counts, how it looks or how it presents itself? While wandering around during coffee breaks, we identified the most outstanding pockets of the day. Some were stylish, while others were absolute disasters. We ranked them out of 11, seeing as this is the 11th National Selection Conference of European Youth Parliament of Turkey. Thus, we would like to present what’s hot and what’s not in session fashion.
1) Very colourful and stylish choice, pocket, we loved it. A purple skirt with a colourful jacket matches with your beautiful and elegant look. This pocket knows how to catch the attention during the opening ceremony. We would prefer a high heel though, you would seem more professional. Yet, 8 out of 11.
2) With the Bosporus in the background, this lovely pocket chose to combine vintage with modernity. A cute grey skirt with a brownish orange shirt made a perfect look for the OC. This fashionable pocket impressed every other pocket with her style and smile. Nothing much to say, 10 out of 11.
3) A lot of handsome pockets lined up. With a cool look on their faces, three of them match. Original, yet classy. We like! The others stand out, with earthly colours that would have made Mother Nature delighted.
4) Flip-flops, shirt and shorts, wait what? What is worse, he seems really proud of his so-called sense of fashion. Can, EYP journalism requires honesty, so, your point is 0.3 out of 11. Oh sorry, we just noticed that you are holding a t-shirt over your head. Seriously. We take all our points back. Zero.
Mr^. Mas^culinity^ Hugo Dürr &Tuna Dökmeci had a talk with a very special man. More special than you could have ever imagined.
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rdem Topçu; Head Organıser, cornerstone of masculinity, vision of virility, experienced professional and fearless guardian, architect of the 11th National Selection Conference of the European Youth Parliament of Turkey. Here is what the great man had to say about the session: Q: Why did you decide to such a responsibility by organising a session? A: I had always been very interested in organising, I organised other things than EYP such as our school’s festival. Also, organising an EYP session seemed very challenging to me which is something that I like. Challenges including making people happy, a good example being the coffee breaks. Q: What has been the biggest challenge up ‘till the session? A: As you know, putting together the officials’ team was quite a challenge. The fact that 5 sessions are happening at the same time, plus the fact that EYP Turkey hosted the International Session and will host the Istanbul Youth Forum in May resulted in low number of applications.
some unexpected happenings scare me, but I don’t think that it will be a problem, we can deal with it. I just feel calm and happy now. Q: What is the thing you’re most proud of? A: I’m so proud of my orga team. They are all so intelligent, practical, speedy guys. I’m so lucky to have them in my team. Session history Q:After 386 days of organising, you must be quiet tired and fed up with organising. What happens next? A: Actually, I just got accepted as a chair for IYF. I’m now looking forward to it. And as for what happens next outside EYP, I really want to study now, I truly wish to finish next year without failing. Q: What did organising a session bring to you personally? What have you gained? A: I improved my leadership skills; and maybe it’s going to be too obvious, but my organisational skills have developed a lot.
Q: What would you like to tell the delegates? What should they take from the session? A: EYP is a great opportunity. They have to attend more sessions, they should participate to Q: What was the biggest fear for you while preEYP Turkey’s activities, alumni dinners, weekparing the session and what is it now? ends. I recommend them not to leave EYP. I met A: I was worried about having the Teambuildso many great people during the last years and a ing in the Yıldız Parkı, because so far no one had half. I advise them to stick around and not leave tried to try to have the Teambuilding in a public the EYP community. park, it was always in schools. But fortunately, it all worked out fine. As for now, I can say that
How did you feel when the session started
How do you feel now?
Q:What do you think about the chairs? A: They’re fantastic. No more can be said.
Q: Who and what were the things that facilitated your task as a head-organiser? A: I was so lucky as an head-organiser: I had to opportunity to become an organiser at the 10th Q: And what about the press team? A: While I was imagining the session, I was al- NSC of EYP Turkey and then at the 69th Interways thinking about videos, a lot of photos, a national Session of the European Youth parliaFlickr page, a lot of memories and now every- ment. Especially the latter provided me with the thing I had imagined is happening thanks to the opportunity to work with two amazing headorganisers, Oğulcan and Ezgi and it taught me press team so I’m really happy. a lot. And I have to mention Furkan’s name too, who was always there to motivate me. Q: How was and is to work with Tiago? B: For me, it is a true honour and an amazing experience to work with Tiago. He is by far the As you can see, the great man has quite best President I have ever seen. He has been very a lot to say about the session, and bears with helpful at every stage of the session; we had to him an immense amount of wisdom, almost overcome a lot of challenges and now every- unnatural for someone of his age. If you get thing is going very well.
the opportunıty, stop him in the corridor, and indulge him with all your curiosities of EYP.
How will you feel when the session is over?
making an Hugo Dürr knows how to leave an impression. Now, he is ready to reveal his secrets to everyone.
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veryone makes their own fortune in life. There is very little that comes to you for free, without any effort (apart from the pockets in your trouser, of course). This rule is also true for the amount of attention paid to you. You yourself are completely in control of how much people pay attention to you, both positively and negatively. Knowing the secrets and truths of why and how you draw attention to yourself is invaluable knowledge to have in your pockets. This can of course be applied to any situation in life, but now let us focus on EYP and the 11th National Selection Conference of the European Youth Parliament Turkey. There are various ways in which you can be successful in drawing attention to yourself here, such as: wearing big, frivolous, colourful clothes, like a grand red overcoat, or mastering an eccentric and curious hairstyle. The physical appearance of you is the very first impression people a will usually get of you, though that is certainly not to
say that you must dress something out of the ordinary to be recognised, but it is usually what will initially draw eyes to you.
And, almost most importantly, have fun!
ver, one of the absolute most vital aspects of these days is, quite obviously, working as a team (hence the conveniently named “teambuilding” activities). If you as a committee do not succeed as a unified entity, then you don’t stand a chance of making it individually!
Involve everyone in disDuring your teambuild- cussions, let everyone finish ing and committee work, there what they are saying without are several aspects that you being interrupted, and, almost should consider pocketing. most importantly, have fun. These include being the first to This is not so much to do with volunteer at any and all oppor- making an impression, but it tunities and never being afraid is important to remember that of speaking your mind and stat- this is a chance for you to neting your opinion, even if no one work and get to know new agrees. The fact that you are people who you never would willing to fight your corner for have had a chance to meet othyour argument is impressive. erwise. Make an impression on people who also make an imWith you displaying willingness and enthusiasm at all times will not only show that you are engaged with what you are doing, but it will also encourage and motivate the rest of your committee. Above this, you’ll portray your hyperactive persona, which will, without a doubt, attract attention. Moreo-
impression
your own boundaries. There is no other path to improvement. And secondly, something that will make or break your session; you should trust your chair. Trust them with your life throughout the whole session. They have been in your shoes, they know what it’s like, and With all that being said, they know how to make the there are two more concepts I best out of it. Do not underestiurge you to enforce upon your- mate their power. selves. Firstly, don’t be afraid Obviously, you all of testing boundaries or trying something new. There will be shouldn’t aim to be seen and times when you may feel un- noticed just for the sake of docomfortable with what you are ing it. That makes you seem assigned to do, and that is per- ostentatious and pretentious fectly fine. There is very little (which we know you aren’t!), in this world that you will try and it will cast looks of clouds for the first time and be com- in your direction instead of sunpletely relaxed with. The only shine. So, you should keep your way for you to learn anything hands in your pockets, in annew, or develop your current ticipation of your excellent and capabilities, is by pushing past unforgettable entrance, and pression on you, and by this form of effective networking, you will have massive matrix of networkers in your pockets. They are priceless and essential contacts for you to have for future undertakings and endeavours.
then continued performance. Remember, stick out visually, volunteer, speak your mind, work as a team, listen, have fun, push past boundaries and trust your chairs. There you go, the essence of the whole article pocketed down to one and a half line. Follow these guidelines, and I can personally bet my pockets that you will not be the slightest bit disappointed with the session.
The most confident pickup lines - Hugo Dürr’s top three Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?
Where did your smile go? (checks back pocket) Here it is!
Tell me about yourself! Your dreams, your ambitions, your phone number.
dear diary, Tuna Dökmeci found some ancient scrolls. Though, not from the times of Constantinople, but the content is more than questionable. 13. 11. 2011 Sunday Dear Diary, I couldn’t write yesterday because I was so tired. Not tired, but bored to hell to tell you the truth. Both yesterday and today we did something called the committee work, which was so horrible, even teambuilding was better than this. We had to discuss something about the climate change and what the EU can do about it, while still being a competitive market or something like that. I literally had no idea, and I’m glad that I don’t because it is simply the most boring thing in the world. Although there were a few times when I wanted to say something about the taxes, but they sounded really stupid in my head, so I didn’t. But then, this one girl proposed the exact same thing I was going to say, and the whole committee thought that it was just brilliant. That drove me crazy, really. After that happened, I simply did not want to participate, it made me feel so bad. Plus, I once wanted to clarify something that I hadn’t understood, and I asked it in Turkish, which was the natural thing to do, since we are all Turkish. And my chair snapped back, “Oh, you can’t speak in Turkish, the working language of the EYP is English.” She said it quite nicely and all, but it still, it makes no sense to me to speak in English like a bunch of snobs. Ah, the most annoying thing was that, when the chair sees that we are bored, she makes us play those stupid games. I didn’t want to play, so I didn’t. First of all, they are pointless, and second I feel extremely embarrassed acting like a 5 year old. Finally we managed to write a resolution, or at least I thought that we had, but just that second, a guy proposed another solution. I thought it was stupid, so I told him. I might have been harsh, and I might have screamed a bit but he didn’t have to react like he did… he seemed very sorry and demotivated afterwards. I don’t know why he took it so seriously anyway. Tomorrow is the General Assembly, so I need to find some fancy clothes now. I will need to answer to points of information too, but I can do the research after I’m done choosing what to wear.
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s I was going through the top secret EYP archieves, I found the diary of a delegate who participated to the 10th National Selection Conference of the European Youth Parliamnet Turkey. As your journalist, I see it as my duty to share the experiences of a fellow delegate, who will surely teach you a lot on what not to be at an EYP session.
14.11.2011 Monday
Dear Diary, Finally, it’s over! I think I’m the only one thinking like that, because everyone seems to be so sad that the session had ended. But personally, I will never, ever, be going back to another session. Never. Today was the last day, the day of the General Assembly. Just as I was thinking that this thing called EYP couldn’t get any duller than it already was… Basically, everyone assembles, pretends that they are actual parliamentarians, discuss all of the resolutions and then decide whether the resolution should pass or not. As if it was a big deal. I didn’t speak at all at the GA, so it was quite boring. The whole thing lasted for nine hours, for God’s sake. There was a resolution about the situation in Somali and I’m generally quite interested in that topic, but that was the only one. I found a lot of points to make and questions to ask, but I couldn’t be bothered to say them. God was I bored… I am going to sleep now. Never ever I am going back to another session.
imagine? Can you imagine 'Imagine' being imaginated in a different way? Cem Horasan & Lāra Niamh Eckert Reinfelds use their imagination at its best.
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the unofficial theme of this session is pockets, we thought we would take the most EYP song of all and turn it into our own unofficial session anthem. You can see that we put a lot of pockets and EYP-related things into the song. We hope you like it and are open to singing it.
Imagine there are no pockets It’s hard to try No place to put stuff It’s hard not to cry Imagine all the pockets never to exist Imagine there are no chairs It’s quite hard to do No one to help or soothe you And no journos too Imagine all the delis bored to death You, you will say I’m an EYPer, and I’m not the only one I hope some day you’ll join us And Europe will be as one Imagine no more sessions I wonder if you can No place for fun or laughter People from every land Imagine all the people sharing all the world You, you will say I’m an EYPer, and I’m not the only one I hope some day you’ll join us And Europe will be as one
our pocket The song wasn’t enough? How about a poem done by Tua Malmberg & Can Şehirlioğlu? I suggest you start liking these!
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earest , darling, lovely, wonderful, fantastic, enthusiastic, amazing, awesome, funny, serious, cheerful, sad, happy, angry, tired and hungry delegates. We are journos. We are tired journos. And tired journos drink a lot of energy drinks. Tired journos high on energy drinks are funny journos. And because we are so funny, especially funny this evening, we thought we would entertain you a little. Or entertain you a lot. Give you a treat. Use our creative, energy drinking, and really tired brains. Make something really special for you. Something unique. Something pretty. Something rhymey. Yes. We just made up that word ourselves. We adore you. And we want you to adore us. We want you to adore us a lot. Therefore, we have written a poem for you. It is called: Our pocket
We want to put you delis in our pocket instead of in a rocket because a pocket is much closer than a rocket In Swedish cricket is krocket And in our pocket You delis are way more welcome Than cricket/krocket We want to put our chargers in a socket And what would be practical to have in a pocket Is a socket That way we could charge stuff in our pockets Inside all of our lockets We would put pictures of some pockets Pockets full of lockets Filled with pictures of more pockets Yes, we would put you, the delis, in our pockets Close to our hearts in our lockets Memories in space inside rockets And remembered during Swedish rounds of crocket(s) Loved it right? You adore us now. Right? Yes, we know. You want to kiss us. Unfortunately you are not allowed to do that. But you are more than welcome to give us a hug! We adore you. You are amazing delegates. You inspire us. Inspire us to write poems.
culture pockets Berk Manav has encountered some cultural exchange throghout these days. Now, he would like to exchange with that information.
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YP is where everybody represents their country and their culture. It is where we have the chance to meet with all these new people. It is the joy of international interaction. In other words, go and meet with our guests! And take the chance to truly know our officials, coming from other countries. This chance is rarely presented to us. Only when we travel and meet people in that country, do we get to truly learn about their lives. Forget museums and forget tour guides. Instead of being overwhelmed with all the saturated, memorized information… Be curious! The best place for that is EYP, even though we may not be aware of it most of the time.
lives, tastes and cultures could be very different and special.
tee of Foreign Affairs, how coincidental or… ironic?) So my chair is Henriikka. Here comes Maybe not as visual as an interesting story. She looked actually going and visiting Swe- kind of overwhelmed, when den, I’m sure our journo Manar our excited and very talkative would be much more fun to lis- committee started playing the ten to, than those tour guides. teambuilding games. Non-stop talking and never ending enApparently Finns are ergy, our committee gave her a hard time. “Cultural differencvery calm. es” she said.
Today we realized we both loved singing out loud, spontaneously dancing when we feel like and just acting freely. (Just ask for the legendary Mamma Mia performance of Manar) Let’s be ourselves, hospitable, and live up to our reputation as Turkish, shall we? Break the stereotypes (not the good ones like hospitality by the way) by getting to know their cultures So let’s not take this op- and countries. Then by being portunity for granted, and have here at Kabataş, sharing the the courage as delegates, to go conference with our guests, visup to Magdalena or Sebastian, it all the places they come from or Hugo, for example, and ask by listening to their stories! about what they like, where they come from, and how they Luckily, I am the journo live. Then we can see how our of the lovely AFET. (Commit-
Apparently, almost all the Finnish delegates she had before were very calm and easy-going. She even needed energizers to pump them up and get them to talk sometimes. Just like our Turkish delegates... Or not. I was amazed to hear this, and the contrast created here is over nine thousand!
Trust issues Cem Horasan trusts people. Can you do the same? Yes? No? Correct answer? Read this and it’ll guide you!
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ould you trust me? It’s fairly a simple question from a stranger who you only saw throughout the session. The answer would often be no. Although I won’t ask to be trusted, trusting someone or some people would be in everybody’s benefit.
ple on a smaller scale can make Try volunteering and behimself feel good. Trusting your ing honest so that you can incommittee does the same and it teract more with people on a makes you succeed as a group. more intimate scale.
Trust isn’t just about being led, it is at the same time about leading and sometimes it is about walking side to side on the same path or being lifted by your friends. Trust is a must Trust is an essential part to walk safely on that road. So of our social lives. Trust makes what can you do in order to lots of things go smoothly. Im- trust people? agine that you are in a group of people who you newly met and you’re having hard time trust- Trust is an essential part ing them. Moreover this group of our social lives. of people has a task to complete. It is clear that they will fail the task. Be open minded. Good I have heard that there people still do exist. Do not let were some people in this ses- your past negative experiencsion who told that they have es get in between your newly problem trusting people. Actu- formed relationships. ally they aren’t the only ones and anyone who’s having trouTrust in people’s good ble trusting can not make the intentions and be forgiving. best of an EYP session. So that when someone makes a mistake you’ll be thinking People don’t change in about the positive side instead the blink of an eye. Although of the negative side of the situawhen someone tries trusting tion. people, that person comes to realise that even trusting peo-
These are actually advices which should be applied in your everyday life. Although it’s your decision to apply them or not, I believe for someone to make the best of an EYP session involves trusting. These were the ideas I came up in order to be of some help to you delegates. You can add or amend them but they are good starting points. Even after trying all of the above and everything that comes to mind if you still don’t feel like trusting, you can always try checking people’s pockets to trust them. After all pockets still are the best way to describe someone.
speechless? Tua Malmberg can leave you speechless. How? Read and learn! 1. Itellectio/analysis Analyse. Who is your audience? Are you speaking to a group of house-wives? Or a group of lumberjacks? Perhaps, you will speak at a General Assembly. Where will you speak? When will you speak? At what time will you speak? What it the purpose of your speech? These are things that might seem obvious. It may be so. But that does not make them any less important. Analyse, analyse and analyse.
ognised 3: Introduce your topic
2: Come full circle with your introduction.
• The Narratio In your Narratio you: 1: Give the audience background info 2: Explain difficult words 3: Make them understand and believe that you an expert
3: Go out in a bang with… a. … a quote! b. … appealing to your audience! c. … a prophecy! d. … a question!
2. Inventio/material Brainstorm. During brainstorming you can come up with amazing, groundbreaking ideas. Write down all of your ideas. Do not edit from the beginning. Keep everything. Your best idea might actually be your most random.
• The Body Your body should always be divided into three body paragraphs. Each paragraph should start with a linking-word. Practical linking-words to use in the 3. Disputio/structure beginning of a paragraph are: It is very, very important to At first, then, finally or firstly, have a well-structured speech. secondly and thirdly. Every good speech needs four • The Conclusion parts: Every conclusion should be structured according to the fol• The Introduction In your introduction you lowing pattern: 1: Repeat paragraphs should: one, two and three. 1: Excite your audience 2: Make the audience feel rec-
4. Elocutio/style The style in which you deliver your speech is important. Very important. Use your language. Use fancy words. Use your knowledge. Impress with quotes and sources. There are endless possibilities.
5. Memoria/study Study. Facts improve your credibility in the eyes of the listeners. If you know what you are talking about, it is easier to talk.
6. Actio/delivery
Make your speech come alive. Make your speech interesting. Make your speech exciting. Make sure it comes across, just how passionate you are, about what you are saying.
Pocket crisis Şayen Tokyay thinks that the crisis is inevitable. She has some advice to spare, though.
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ossible pockety crisis days, cause lack of concentraand how to handle tion during your committee them? Well you can’t. work. The only way I can suggest for you to deal with this crisis is to play the cool cat with From those situations him. Just don’t be the groupie that cause little daily crises in girl, all right? your day. You dropped your laptop to the freezing cold of Just don’t be a groupie, bosphorus while dancing on Ok’? the Bosphorus Bridge with your laptop on your head, let’s assume. Now that’s an example of such a daily crisis. It cause Cocroach invasion in panic and is absolutely distractyour pocket: Especially ing. after the words of the President advicing eveIn sessions, you do expe- ryone to leave this session with rience plenty of daily crises`, in full pockets, pockets, the randothe middle each and every day mest theme ever, became even of the crazy-scheduled and su- popular. Yet, you misunderper busy session days. Here are stood the process of fattening 4 of those crisis scenarios and your pockets and cause a crisis tips to handle them. in your day. No biggie advice but, do not invite cockroaches It’s just a little (celebrity) to our lovely NSC, oh please crush: Not like you faint don’t. every time you touch. Of course things change if “We help frogs go pu la lo you touch your celebrity crush. ha la”: While singing one Being in the same EYP session of the most amazing EYP songs with your commitwith the actor you’ve been admiring for long time is indeed tee, you may not remember the an example of a daily crisis. It is lyrics of frog song. Going sha hazardous since it can distract la la la improperly may cause you during these very precious stress, disappointment, lack of
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confidence, thus a crisis. My advice is... Wait for it... To let go. Frog song rocks as it rhymes, no matter how.
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Fear of losing: Go ahead - despise everyone who still play The Game in 2012. The key factor here is the addiction. You simply cannot give up playing the game and these four days are not safe days, dears. Guess why: There are cruel EYPers all around you who want you to lose the game which is a terrible daily crisis. I would really be glad to give an advice to you and make you feel relaxed but sorry guys... You just lost the game. Kisses from press room.