MeeTurkey Incentive Magazine February 2013

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February’2013 Year:19 NO:71

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100 Years of Remembrance A century of the Gallipoli Legend. It was more than a war where the young,promising lives were lost,but Gallipoli’s name became a monument of Peace and Respect.

Two new nations flowered from this war; Turkey became a Republic and Australia became a Nation. Lives were lost but new and powerful identities were achieved.

1915-2015. As 2013 has started, there is not much time left to give life to projects that will bring further world recognition to Turkey and Canakkale through the remembrance of Gallipoli.

Canakkale is so rich in culture, archeology and the natural beauty of the Dardanelles Strait. The straight symbolically divides west from east,but both are united in two important events that took place on this soil and in these seas.

The most famous war of antiquity - the siege of TROY, symbolised by the Trojan horse which is the prototype of cunning tactics, and the most famous siege of modern times, GALLIPOLI, where tactics were useless.

Both wars were fought by young men, willing to die for an ideal, on the beaches and hills of these peninsulas.

Both defenders fought for the sake of LOVE; one to protect a beautiful woman, the other to protect a beautiful country, THE MOTHERLAND. By taking a long-term look at these invaluable assests, by organizing to take advantage of them, by remebering these young men and highlighting the TROY and GALLIPOLI stories, Canakkale , the bridge between these two sites, could shine as an historical tourism destination.

These war-torn battlefields, once covered with the blood of martyrs, are now sun-drenched natural locations where eco-friendly tourism could flourish. By remembering and celebrating our history, by walking a Peace Trail, by developing water sports like sailing, wind-surfing and swimming, this region can be established and marketed with a new and vital Brand Identity.

Identity, Image, Quality - these three musketeers are the vital assets that brand a city, country, nation.

Our cover story is from the book of Prof. Haluk Oral, Gallipoli 1915, Through Turkish Eyes.

Also, we feature TROY, written with insight by Yuksel Ergen as a quide book - his childhood playground was the archeological site where his father worked with the archaeologist Carl William Blegen.

Meet at Art celebrates the 7th year of the Gallipoli Art Prize, prepared by our former consul general to Sydney, Niyazi Adali.

The 100th anniversary of Gallipoli is a great opportunity - the spirit of Canakkale/Gallipoli can be a lever for the advancement of alternative tourism in Turkey and can light the torch for the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Gallipoli 1915 Through Turkish Eyes As we are writing about the Gallipoli 1915 Through Turkish Eyes from the book of Prof. Oral as our cover story, we wanted to include “Gallipoli in a Nation’s Remembrance” by the words of Les Carlyon in his Oration at the Australian War Memorial Anniversary. Also, we are giving information about the ANZAC wording and what it stands for.

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Meet the Antique City of TROY

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Turkey at London International Boat Show

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UK Sports Minister Meets Istanbul 2020 Bid Leadership

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7th Canakkale Art Prize

CONTENTS News Line Turkey 06 Exhibition EIBTM – Barcelona 16 News Line World 18 Cover Story 22 Fly & Sail 30 Meet at Art 32 Meet & Eat 34 Meet at TROY and Archeology 36 Fame & Game 40 Meet at Festival 41 Exhibition ILTM 42 Destinations 44 DMCompanies 48

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Turkey Appointed New Culture and Tourism Minister A cabinet shuffle took place on January 24 following a meeting between Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ömer Çelik has been appointed as Turkey’s new Culture and Tourism Minister. Ömer Çelik is born in Adana in 1968 and holds a B.S. and M.S. degree from Gazi University, Ankara.

His degree is from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the department of Public

Administration, and his M.S. degree is from Political Science.He is a political scientist and a strategist. Mr. ÇELİK has been elected as the Deputy of Adana in 22nd, 23rd and 24th periods. During this period, he has accomplished his duties as the member of NATO Assembly of Parliamentarians Turkish Group; TGNA Commission of Foreign Relations; and TGNA Commission of Environment.

Mr. ÇELİK is currently the Chairman of the Turkish American Parliamentary Friendship Group. Çelik has served for years as the deputy leader responsible for foreign relations of the AKP. Çelik had been Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political adviser since 2002.

Turkey Attracted 1.04 % More Tourists in 2012 Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry revealed that 31.78 million tourists visited Turkey in 2012. This number was 31.4 million in 2011 and 28.6 million in 2010. The number of arrivals in 2012 placed Turkey sixth in the list of countries with the highest number of visitors last year. UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General Taleb Rifai estimated in Madrid on Wednesday that the number of tourists increased globally by 4 percent during 2011. UNWTO is set to reveal the official figures for global tourism performance for 2013 on Jan. 29. Of the tourists visiting Turkey between January and December of last year, 6.34 percent arrived for an overnight trip. The majority of these people were passengers in transit on their way to their destination countries. December 2012 saw 12.34 percent more visitors over the same month in 2011 with 1.34 million travelers. On the list of countries supplying the highest number of visitors to Turkey last year, Germany led the list with 5.02 million, followed by Russia with 3.59 million and the UK with 2.45 million. Bulgaria and Georgia made it into the top five with 1.49 million and 1.4 million visitors, respectively.

Turkey’s Tourism Income Surges $23.4 billion Turkey has boosted it tourism revenues to $23.4 billion in 2012, recording a slight 1.8 percent increase compared to the same period last year, Turkish Statistical Institution data suggests.

Turkey has become a favorite destination as the number of tourists visiting the country, particularly from Arab regions, dramatically increased in recent years.

Revenues have surged due to a sharp increase in tourists as well as their individual average expenditure, which was $795 per person. Turkey obtained 77.9 percent of tourism income from foreign

visitors and 22.1 percent from Turkish citizens residing abroad.Despite the figures, the sector has been struggling as crisis-hit rivals Greece and Egypt maintain reduced hotel prices from the previous year, forcing Turks to reciprocate in order to remain competitive. The largest number of tourists visited Turkey from Germany, Russia and Britain, while the number of tourists from Iran and Syria decreased the most, according to tourism data provided by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Istanbul to Build Biggest Airport in the World

Istanbul plans to build the biggest airport in the world, eventually able to handle 150 million passengers per year, in a project seen

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costing more than 7 billion euros. The six-runway airport will be constructed on 77 million square metres of land near Istanbul, and will have a capacity of 150 million passengers a year – 60 million more than Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, currently the busiest in the world. The airport will be built in four stages. The first will be completed in 2017, after which it will be operational with an annual capacity of 90 million, according to Turkey’s transport minister, Binali Yildirim. Istanbul currently has two airports, Sabiha Gokcen, which is located on the Asian side of Istanbul, currently serving around 15 million passengers a year and Ataturk International Airport, which is located on the European side of the city, and which serves around 45 million.

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Turkey’s Winterfest to Generate 20 million Tl Winterfest, a festival catering to university students on Uludağ Mountain, a popular winter sports resort in the northwestern province of Bursa, will generate 20 million Turkish Liras this year, according to organizers. Winterfest is organized on three different dates and nearly 8,000 students from 55 universities in Turkey, Greece, Holland and Iran will attend. Some 3,100 rooms have been reserved in 14 hotels, each priced between 300 and 750 liras for four nights and five days. “It is a festival worth

20 million liras,” said Kayahan Gültepe, a founder of the supporting Ark Organization, adding that Winterfest has a prominent place in the economy of Uludağ, as all hotels will reach full capacity during the festivities. According to Gültepe, they hit a record in hosting 7,500 university students from 52 universities and 16 cities in Uludağ last year.

Winterfest debuted as a small university tour for 40 people in 1996, and has rapidly grown thanks to popularity among its target group.

Istanbul 2020 Attends Pan American Sports Organisation Assembly Chairman of Istanbul 2020, Hasan Arat, took time out from leading a senior bid delegation to the Pan American Sports Organisation (PASO) Extraordinary General Assembly in Jamaica to pledge the strongest possible commitment to all NOCs. Hasan Arat reiterated Istanbul’s promise to NOCs to deliver optimal Games-time conditions for their teams – all set against an iconic backdrop.

Arat cited several highlights from the Istanbul 2020 Candidature File: for Pre-Games planning, Istanbul 2020 would fund workshops to enable considerable NOC input to Games planning; for Olympic Village amenities, Istanbul 2020 would provide athlete rooms in legacy configuration to offer unprecedented relaxation and social spaces; and for Games-time convenience, Istanbul 2020 would deliver a unique dedicated Training Precinct co-located with the Olympic Village to minimise athletes’ precompetition travel. Hasan Arat, himself Vice President of the NOC of Turkey, was joined at PASO General Assembly by Istanbul 2020 Director of Sport, Alp Berker. Hasan Arat commented, “This PASO General Assembly is our first opportunity to meet with NOCs since we submitted our Candidature File last month. When

the NOCs read our file in detail, they will see Istanbul 2020 has taken on board the invaluable advice we have received from NOCs over the last few months and years. This advice has enabled us to deliver a technically excellent plan that, for the first time in history, will have four competition zones set on two continents in one iconic city. This guarantees a once-in-a-lifetime experience for NOCs, their athletes and all involved. “However, even though we have submitted our file, we recognise that there is always more to learn; so we are continuing to build our relationships here at PASO and other upcoming official meetings with NOCs to ensure that their athletes have the best experience possible should Istanbul have the honour of hosting Turkey’s first ever Olympic Games.” Istanbul 2020 Director of Sport, Alp Berker, added, “We firmly believe that NOCs and their athletes are at the heart of the Olympic Movement and as such they are at the heart of our planning. Our bid team of national and international experts are fully committed to understanding the evolving needs and priorities of each NOC and we promise engagement with every committee leading up to the Games, should our bid be successful.”

Health Tourism Firms Hopeful of Russia and US Problems in the health sectors of large countries such as the U.S. and Russia may offer the Turkish health tourism industry an increased place in the market, according to sector representatives. Worldwide health sector representatives were gathered at the Istanbul Health Expo Fair, at which Turkey’s opportunities to rise as a health tourism attraction were discussed. Many people from the U.S and Russia have been seeking treatment abroad but Turkey is not on their agenda as much as it could be, according to Filiz Çevirmen, the chairman of the Istanbul Health Tourism Association. She said Turkey should explain its progress in the health sector by promoting it abroad to increase its market share in the $100 billion sector.

Azita Motoghaddam, chairman of an American health market consultancy business, also emphasized Turkey’s potential, adding that there was a large deficiency of doctors in the U.S., given the aging population. “In the U.S., an average of 1.6 million people go abroad for treatment every year, spending a total of $19.2 billion.

Countries like India and Thailand are popular destinations, but Turkey has a better infrastructure than these countries,” she said.

Lena Kargapoz Tseva, a Russian health specialist, complained about the falling health budget in Russia and said that Russian citizens were increasingly swerving to alternative countries such as Israel and Germany.

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TCA Named Fourth Largest Sponsor of Congressional Travel in 2012 Roll Call recognized Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) as the fourth largest sponsor of Congressional travel in 2012 following the American Israel Education Foundation, The Aspen Institute and the Congressional Institute. Since 2009, TCA has sponsored 15 trips and taken nearly 150 members of Congress and senior staff to Turkey and its neighboring countries to educate Congress on the importance of a vibrant U.S.-Turkey relationship and to bring balanced dialogue to key issues on Capitol Hill. “TCA is proud to facilitate trips to Turkey for members of Congress and their

staff, as this personal experience illuminates the deep bonds between the Turkish and American people firsthand,” said TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy. “Visitors participate in meetings with key Turkish governmental and business officials, leaders of the non-profit community and academia, and are introduced to Turkey’s rich culture, dynamic private sector, and its long history of beneficial relations with the U.S.” TCA looks forward to working with the 113th Congress and the Obama administration to encourage policies and programs that continue to build on the deep cultural, economic, and strategic ties between our two nations.

Istanbul to Host MPI European Meetings and Events Conference 2014 MPI Turkey Club will host 2014 MPI European Meetings and Events Conference (EMEC) in Istanbul. The European Meetings and Events Conference is the leading educational event for meeting and event professionals in the EMEA region. It brings together professionals from our industry, academics, business owners, executives and managers. Participants know that EMEC gives them unparalleled education and access to the latest research and most innovative strategies on how to achieve business success, along with an invaluable and unique networking opportunities.

MPI Turkey President Handan Boyce sent her appreciation to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry for their support at organizing a luncheon at EMEC 2013 held 27-29 January at Montreux, Switzerland. At EMEC 2013, ICVB General Manager Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu made a presentation about Istanbul. Boyce added that EMEC 2014 Istanbul Conference is a great opportunity and winning event for Turkish meetings industry. Interactive meetings, workshops, networking throughout the 3-day event will give opportunity to follow global trends, network and meet with international colleagues.

“Unlike the previous ones, we present our desire to organize an ‘Istanbul Fam Trip’ to congress organizers before EMEC 2014 and our demand is warmly welcomed by MPI. We will take the fullest advantage of hosting EMEC 2014 and will present our city and industry in best possible way” commented Boyce.

New Exhibition Started at Istanbul Modern

Istanbul’s first private museum; The Istanbul Museum of Modern Art presents perspectives from France and Turkey that explores the effects of modernity on contemporary art. The exhibition, which opened on January 16, looks into the phenomenon of

modernity and the confrontation of artists with the modernity project, which is still valid today.

The exhibition can be visited until 16 May 2013.

Istanbul Modern hosted official opening of Modernity? Perspectives from France and Turkey.

The works in the exhibition focus on the dynamics of modern life, both criticized and considered as an endless opportunity for research by visual arts. In a globalized world, we are going through a period of diverse, profound, and complex relationships in which uses of new technologies and the social media form intricate structures.

The exhibition titled; “Modernity? Perspectives from France and Turkey” attempts to remind us how the remnants of modernity, which constantly reappear in various ways, have seeped into our lives in today’s relatively directionless world. Featuring artists from Turkey and France, a role model for Turkey’s modernization, the exhibition opens for discussion how the remains of modernity can transform the present and the future. Curated by Çelenk Bafra and Levent Çalıkoğlu, “Modernity? Perspectives from France and Turkey” presents art of following artists: Nevin Aladağ, Fikret Atay, Kader Attia, Ayşe Erkmen, Cyprien Gaillard, Thomas Hirschhorn, Pierre Huyghe, Chris Marker, Sarkis, Hale Tenger, Nasan Tur.

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Meetings on the Bridge will Bring Together Filmmakers from Europe and Turkey “Meetings on the Bridge”, organised for the 8th time this year as a part of Istanbul Film Festival, will bring together filmmakers from Europe and Turkey. It will continue to offer opportunities for initial international presentations of feature films and documentaries from Turkey that are still being shot or in post-production stage. As the sponsor of the Turkish Cinema section for the past 25 years, Efes will be sponsoring “Meetings on the Bridge” for the first time in 2013. Under the scope of “Meetings on the Bridge”, the 2nd edition of “Work In Progress” will be open to feature-length fiction or documentary films that are still being shot or in post-production stage. Films at these stages may apply for the “Work In Progress”, which aims to support the completion, international publicity and recognition

of film projects. An international jury of distributors, festival representatives and producers will evaluate presentations of the films selected among the applications for Work In Progress and watch their off-line editing. The projects selected by the jury at the end of the workshop will be awarded with 10.000 US Dollars “Efes Award” and “1000VOLT Post-Production Award”, presented for the first time this year. Awards for the projects selected both at the Film Development Workshop and Work In Progress Workshop, organised as a part of Meetings on the Bridge, will be presented at the award ceremony on Thursday, 11 April. The 32nd Istanbul Film Festival is organised by İKSV under the sponsorship of Akbank between 30 March and 14 April 2013.

Distinguished writer-director Tayfun Pirselimoğlu will serve as the jury president of the National Golden Tulip Competition in the 32nd Istanbul Film Festival.

The Istanbul Music Festival organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) under the sponsorship of Borusan Holding welcomes music lovers with a full programme in its 41st year. The Istanbul Music Festival sponsored by Borusan Holding since 2006 will be held between 4 and 29 June around the theme “Time and Transformation”. Programme of the 41st Istanbul Music Festival was announced with a press meeting with the participation of İKSV Chairman Bülent Eczacıbaşı, Borusan Holding Member of the Board of Directors and Borusan Culture and Arts Chair of the Board of Directors Zeynep Hamedi and Istanbul Music Festival Director Yeşim Gürer Oymak. The 41st Istanbul Music Festival will host approximately 500 local and foreign artists including Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Shlomo Mintz, Mario João Pires, Khatia Buniatishvili, Magdelena Kožená, Kim Kashkashian, Sol Gabetta, and two of world’s leading orchestras, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Munich Chamber Orchestra in Istanbul. 22 concerts in total

including orchestral concerts, chamber music, recitals, and original programmes will take place within the 41st Istanbul Music Festival. The festival, aiming to embrace the city and meet the audience in different venues, will use the Surp Vortvots Vorodman Church for the first time this year. Hagia Eirene Museum, Süreyya Opera House, Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center, Galata Mevlevi House Museum, Galata Rum Elementary School, Istanbul Modern, and İş Sanat Cultural Center will be among the venues of the festival. The 41st Istanbul Music Festival, aiming to contribute to the contemporary music repertory with its commissions, will host various Turkey and world premieres. The world premiere of “Nasreddin Hodja” commissioned to the esteemed composer Kamran İnce by the festival will be performed by Berlin Counterpoint Ensemble. The Turkey premiere of Cello Concerto, co-commissioned with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Cello Biennale and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will be performed by Sol Gabetta.

500 Artists to Perform at 41st Istanbul Music Festival

Registration for 2013 IDA Congress Istanbul Now Open Istanbul Technical University (ITU) announced on behalf of the International Design Alliance (IDA) that the registration for the 2013 IDA Congress is now open via the event’s official website.

The congress kicks off with an Education & Research Conference on 15 November 2013 and continues on 16 – 17 November 2013 at Istanbul Congress Center.

The stimulating professional programme of the congress, organised under the theme “Design Dialects”, has already started to increase enthusiasm with confirmed parallel sessions such as “Metrics of Design Awards” and “Service Design” both to be held on the first day of the Congress.

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The parallel session entitled “Metrics of Design Awards” will be led by Mr. Ralph Wiegmann, the Managing Director of iF International Forum Design GmbH and Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, initiator and president of the red dot design award, and is expected to offer a heated debate on the design awards industry. Whereas “Service Design”, led by Prof. Dr. Birgit Mager, Manager at Service Design Forschungszentrum, Prof. Satu Miettinen from the University of Lapland and Steve Baty, principal of Meld Studios, will focus on the different aspects of how design has recently become an indispensable component of the service sector. As for the Education & Research Conference, Prof. Kalevi Ekman from Aalto University, Finland and Prof. Dennis Doordan design educator, critic, museum consultant and co-editor of Design Issues are confirmed as keynote speakers on 15 November.

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Antalya Convention Bureau Realized an Educational Seminar Antalya Convention Bureau realized an educational seminar in Antalya.

The Educational Seminar was a part of the project which is funded by West Mediterranean Investment Agency. Antalya Convention Bureau realized its 2nd seminar in Antalya Ramada Plaza, on 7 and 8 February 2013. The main topic for the seminar was “All Stages of Winning Bids, Social Media and Green Meetings. This Educational was open for the Meeting Suppliers and the Meeting Management Companies. Around 75 attendees continued the 2 days sessions and get their Seminar Certificate which was prepared by Antalya Convention Bureau.

First day of the seminar session was given by Turkish Lecturers

of Akdeniz University Tourism Faculty, which were Prof. Dr. Akın Aksu, also the Dean of the Faculty, and Deputy Dean Dr. Yıldırım Yılamaz. First day’s lecture topics were “International Actors of Meeting Industry” and “Details of Congresses, Before, During and After “. Second day of the seminar continued in English. Mr. Andrew Walker as a MPI member gave his lecture on the topic of “Helping Your Clients Green Their Meetings“. Ms. Linda Pereira gave her lecture on the topic of “Shall We Dance? Bidding to Win!” and Mr. Cenk Hasdal with the topic of “Importance Social Media for Meetings & Conventions”. Antalya Convention Bureau realized this year’s Educational Seminar together with Kenes Turkey, and last year’s Educational Seminar was organized together with MPI Turkey Club.

2012 was a Success Year for Antalya Convention Bureau Ali Sinan Inan; the General Manager of Antalya Convention Bureau (ACB) declared 2012 as a successful year for Antalya Convention Bureau. Mr. Inan said that ACB had an intense activity year in 2012, just like in 2011. “Antalya Convention Bureau participated in important tourism expositions such as EMITT-Istanbul, ITBBerlin, Hetex & Sport TurkeyAntalya and WTM-London in 2012. Moreover, ACB took part in all important MICE fairs such as CONFEX London, GIBTM Abu Dhabi, IMEX Frankfurt, IMEX America and EIBTM Barcelona” added Mr. Inan. Mr. Inan expressed that congress tourism in Antalya started to reach important sizes in recent years. Mr. Inan continued as “Antalya improves its position in competitive environment in terms of main elements of MICE sector such as meeting halls, accommodation capacity and transportation infrastructure. In year 2012, 69 international congresses were organized in Antalya. It was 56 in 2011; it means that the congress sector grew by a rate of 25% in 2012. Antalya targets the highest growth rate in international environment in year 2014. It will make Antalya go further in congress sector, because Antalya will host 53rd General Assembly of ICCA in year 2014”. The General Manager of ACB expressed that they keep working for bringing more congresses to Antalya as Antalya Congress Bureau, and

that there will be new opportunities for extending the tourism to 12 months and creating the brand value of Antalya in congress and meeting sector with EXPO 2016 Antalya after ICCA 2014, IAEE 2015(International Energy Economy Congress). Mr. Inan continued, “According to 2012 data of Antalya Congress Bureau, the most frequent months were between September and April in terms of congress and meeting organizations. In this sense, it is important to gain maximum profit from tourism income by enlarging the range of tourism in Antalya. The biggest advantage of Antalya in congress tourism is its high-level service quality, besides its different price opportunities for different client classes. When considering the statistics of Antalya Convention Bureau, Belek region takes place on the top in congress and meeting sector. When we consider the number of participants, more than 25,000 international participants came in 2012. During 2011, 156 congresses were organized in Antalya; 56 international and 100 national. In year 2012, Antalya hosted 165 congresses; 69 international and 96 national. The seminars and dealers meetings are not included in that data. The most frequent congress topic was medicine in years 2011 and 2012. Totally 68,000 delegates participated in international and national organizations in year 2012. In addition to those, Mr. Inan expressed that Antalya Convention Bureau should gain more support and should work with bigger budgets. Mr. Inan mentioned that the ABTA General Assembly was organized in Belek-Antalya in October 2012 after the 1.5 years of work of Promotion Directorate of Culture and Tourism Ministry and London Tourism Agency and Antalya Congress Bureau, and that its contributions will start to be seen in England Market next year.

The 12th !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival The 12th !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival, in partnership with Maximum Card, opens on February 14th with an exciting film programme including the Turkey premieres of films feted by the world’s most prestigious festivals such as Toronto, Venice, Cannes and Sundance. Over the past 12 years, !f Istanbul has become synonymous with cutting edge contemporary cinema and a thriving alternative entertainment culture boosted by its much-talked about !f Parties and events.

So much so that a breakaway mini-festival has emerged: !f Music, in partnership with Maximum Card, will get Istanbul nights going with parties hosted by members of legendary bands like LCD Soundsytem and Hercules and Love Affair. The 12th !f Istanbul

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International Independent Film Festival will run February 14-24 in Istanbul Beyoglu Cinemaximum Fitas, Istinye Park Cinemaximum, Caddebostan Cinemaximum Budak theatres, and between February 28th and March 3rd; in Ankara Cinemaximum CEPA, and in Izmir Cinemaximum Forum Bornova theatres. !f Istanbul opened February 13th with Leos Carax’s muchanticipated film Holy Motors. Carax, famed director of Les Amants du Pont-Neuf/The Lovers On The Bridge and Mauvais sang/Bad Blood, will present Holy Motors, filmed after a 13-year hiatus. Starring Denis Lavant, Kylie Minogue and Eva Mendes, Holy Motors is a roller-coaster ride bewitching viewers and named one of the year’s best films by numerous critics. In addition to Carax, !f Istanbul will also host important contemporary filmmakers such as Berlinale Alfred Bauer Award winner Tabu director Miguel Gomes and Jose Rivera, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Diarios de motocicleta / Motorcycle Diaries, Letters to Juliet and 2013 festival title, adapted from the cult novel, On The Road.

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The London Book Fair to Showcase the Turkish Publishing Industry The London Book Fair Market Focus Professional Programme, which will showcase the Turkish publishing industry at The London Book Fair in April, has been announced. The educational and informative programme will provide international publishers with a better understanding of the Turkish publishing industry and cover many aspects of working with the industry. The Market Focus Professional Programme includes six professional seminars run in partnership with the UK Publishers Association (PA), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish National Organizing Committee. Jacks Thomas, Senior Exhibition Director at Reed Exhibitions, said, “We have worked with representatives of Turkish publishing for many years building up to LBF 2013, and it’s wonderful to be able to announce the carefully curated Market Focus Professional Programme. This seminar series, put together in partnership with the UK Publishers Association and Turkish National Organising Committee, will provide many insights into Turkish publishing. Throughout the Fair, the Turkey Market Focus programme will encourage dialogue and understanding amongst international publishers, in addition to reinforcing old and new trade partnerships.” Richard Mollet, Chief Executive of The Publishers Association, said, “With its rapidly growing publishing industry, Turkey is a very important market for UK businesses. The Market Focus Professional Programme, with its six targeted seminars, will provide an excellent

opportunity for visitors of the London Book Fair from all over the world to gain a specialised, in-depth knowledge of Turkish publishing industry. British publishers aim to develop positive, reciprocal opportunities with Turkish publishing houses and look forward to making the most of The London Book Fair Turkey Market Focus Professional Programme this April.” Prof. Dr. Onur Bilge Kula, General Director of Libraries and Publications, states that the Market Focus Professional Programme with its six informative and stimulating seminars will provide a very exclusive opportunity for international publishers seeking for opportunities of new trade partnerships or aiming to reinforce their business in Turkish Market. Ümit Yaşar Gözüm, The Coordinator of the Turkish National Organizing Committee also said: “I hope that the participating audiences to the events of the Market Focus Programme will enjoy the diversity, quality and dynamism of Turkish publishing industry.” The six Professional Programme seminars will take place in the Wellington Room at Earls Court Exhibition Centre during LBF (15-17 April). Simultaneous translation between Turkish and English will be available in all seminars. The Turkish publishing industry is growing steadily, enjoying a 300% increase in the number of books published in the last decade. Around 42,626 titles were released in 2012, with a sales volume of 2.2 billion dollars; 3035% of these titles are translations. The imported books market, worth around $80 million, represents the largest opportunity for foreign publishers. In addition, many international book titles are translated into Turkish, providing royalty payments to publishers. E-books are expected to quickly become an important market segment with an annual growth rate of

120% since their first introduction into Turkey in 2010. This high growth rate is in part due to the FATIH Project, which aims to provide tablet computers to all K-12 students, to install smart boards in every classroom and to digitize every textbook.

The project, with an expected cost of 10 billion dollars, is due for completion by the end of 2015. Market Focus Turkey will feature a national stand at LBF run by the National Organizing Committee, Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. These stands will house a special section for the TEDA Translation Subvention Programme, a special section for publishers from Turkey, a section on Children’s and Young Adult Literature and a national book exhibition entitled ‘Books from Turkey’. Over 200 Turkish professionals will attend the Fair, where they will hold meetings and promote their new products and publications.

As in past years, in addition to the professional programme, Market Focus will be supported by an exciting cultural programme to showcase the diversity and quality of contemporary writing from Turkey. The cultural programme has been curated for The London Book Fair by the British Council, the UK’s cultural relations organization, in association with the Turkish National Organizing Committee.

The National Organizing Committee will host panels and exhibitions, which will be jointly carried out with Yunus Emre Institute and which will be staged at the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center in London. In addition, Turkey’s national stand will be the venue for various cultural activities organized by the Turkish National Organizing Committee in cooperation with the Turkish Publishers Association and the Association of Press and Publishing Turkey.

The 13th Istanbul Biennial Public Programme Begins The public programme events will be organised under the scope of the 13th Istanbul Biennial titled “Mom, am I barbarian?”, between February-November 2013. Events will be held with the aim of examining the ways in which publicness can be reclaimed as an artistic and political tool in the context of global financial imperialism and local social fracture. The public programme, titled “Public Alchemy”, will be held under the co-curatorship of Fulya Erdemci, Curator of the 13th Istanbul Biennial, and Dr. Andrea Phillips who is Reader in Fine Art in the Department of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Director of the Doctoral Research Programmes in Fine Art and Curating. The public programme events will include lectures, workshops, seminars, performances and poetry readings and each cluster of events will focus on one aspect of the current urban transformations.

The first event of the public programme, titled “Making the City Public” will take place between 8-10 February in the C101 Conference Hall at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Maçka Campus Faculty of Management. The events under the scope of this title will examine the social and cultural impact of Istanbul’s urban transformation and citizens’ reactions to this.

This series of events will question the modus operandi of this

transformation and the role of the cultural industries within it and the accessibility of civic space and the rights to the city will also be discussed. “Making the City Public” events, which will be co-curated by Fulya Erdemci and Dr. Andrea Phillips, will include poetry reading, lecture, panel discussion, lecture illustrated by hand, improvisation and a tour to northwest Istanbul urban transformations. The participants of the events will be leading names in their field such as poet Lale Müldür; architect, professor in Public Culture and Urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at University of California, San Diego and co-founder of Center for Urban Ecologies/CUE Teddy Cruz; artist and musician, lecturer at ITU TM Conservatory and Architecture Faculty Cevdet Erek; conceptual artist, sparkling draughtsman, educational entertainer, urban writer and uninvited city planner Christoph Schäfer; development planner and researcher Yaşar Adnan Adanalı; member of Association of Struggle Against Capitalism and writer at adilmedya.com Sedat Doğan; member of Taksim Platform and academician Betül Tanbay; city and regional planner, social scientist İlhan Tekeli; legal advisor and member of Bir Umut Association Erbay Yucak.

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ICVB Hosted AC Forum 2013 in Istanbul The annual meeting of AC Forum (Associations and Conferences), the most important platform of congress organizing associations and conferences in Europe, was held in Istanbul on 24-26 January 2013. This platform, which was founded by the 9 leading associations and conferences of Europe in 1999 under the name of AC Forum contains associations and conferences which organize the most important congresses in the World. With the AC Forum meeting, invited to Istanbul by the ICVB (Istanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau), Istanbul was presented to the leading congress and meeting organizers. The AC Forum event in Istanbul was highly supported by the governmental and local authorities of Turkey and Istanbul. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Governorship of Istanbul, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce was among the sponsors of this distinguished event in Istanbul.

Moreover Turkish Airlines the official airline of Turkey was the partner of the event together with ICVB. ICVB’s distinguished members; Swissotel, Hilton Istanbul, Haliç Congress Center, Istanbul Congress Center, Kalyon Hotel, Sedef Fair & Congress Services, Consys, Visions supported the event which was hosted

by ICVB with great success. After a very intense program that lasted 2 days, a city event was held at Kalyon Reji on Friday, 25 January 2013 titled “Istanbul City Host Dinner” by Dr. Murat Yalçıntaş, Chairman of both Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and ICVB, which Kadir Topbaş, Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor, and the representatives of the industry attended. In addition to the 50 European association leaders, representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Board Members of TUGEV – ICVB, Deputy Governor of Istanbul Kazım Tekin, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Tourism Workshop Director Tülin Ersöz and the representatives of Turkish Airlines attended the party held at Kalyon Reji, which is located in Kalyon Hotel in Sultanahmet and surrounded by historical Byzantine walls of Istanbul. The event started with the traditional Dervish Show, the event was presented by Ece Vahapoğlu famous Turkish author and journalist.

Murat Yalçıntaş, the host of the evening, stated that Istanbul achieved a great success in congress tourism in the last 10 years and became a shining star in the world: “We are capable of receiving 30 thousand delegates in the congress valley in Taksim, right in the middle of Istanbul. We are also capable of receiving thousands of congress delegates along the coasts of Golden Horn, in the airport region, or on the Anatolian side.” He said that Istanbul was a significant destination not only for congresses but for governmental meetings, championships, cultural and art activities and festival. He stated that Istanbul is the strongest candidate for the 2020 Olympics. Acknowledging the importance of congress tourism, Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Kadir Topbaş

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stated that he was proud that Istanbul became the number one city in the world for hosting congresses that were attended by 500 participants or more and that it took the second place in the over-300 category in a very short period of time. He provided information about the efforts they made in making Istanbul a city of congresses, art, culture, and activity. Vice President of Corporate Communication Zeki Çukur at Turkish Airlines, who is one of the greatest supporters of ICVB in bringing the AC Forum meeting to Istanbul, stated that Turkish Airlines was the airline company that flew to the most countries in the world and that it would become the airline that would fly to the most destinations.

He added that they attached great importance to congress tourism and that their cooperation with ICVB constituted a very successful example in this regard. Michel Ballieu, the CEO of the European Cancer Organization and Chairman of AC Forum,

took the floor and said that they were very impressed with the hospitality of ICVB. He reminded that members of the AC Forum represented 250 thousand delegates every year, and that they were leaving Istanbul with very positive feelings. Murat Yalçıntaş and Kadir Topbaş presented a special Iznik tile plate to Michel Ballieu which was produced by the İznik Foundation to commemorate the day. The night continued with a dance show presented by the Marche Event called “I am Istanbul”, which was prepared especially for the night. The show, which lasted 16 minutes and was performed with a special curtain and a stage, told the story of Byzantine Istanbul, the Conquest of the City, the War of Independence, and Modern Istanbul. The show, whose theme was “Istanbul, a magnificent city where passion meets emotion, the home of the greatest and unique civilizations in the history of the world, which was passionately desired by sultans and kings”, was watched by the guest with great interest.

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Governments of Turkey and Greece Sign Accord on Istanbul 2020 Greece has pledged its full support to Turkey’s bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games after the Prime Ministers of both countries signed an historic agreement, underlining once again the power of the Olympic Movement to build bridges. The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, signed the agreement with the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Antonis Samaras, following their meetings at the second High Level Cooperation Council in Istanbul yesterday and on Sunday. The agreement is one of more than 20 signed at the summit aimed at boosting bilateral relations across sectors like tourism, energy and telecommunications. A joint

declaration from the offices of the Prime Ministers committed both countries to “engage in cooperation with regard to the technical and related aspects in the organisation of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games” and “explore ways of enhancing the benefits of the Olympics for the two countries” and the entire region if Istanbul is awarded the Games. Hasan Arat, Chairman of the Istanbul 2020 Bid Committee, attended the signing ceremony in Istanbul, along with a number of senior ministers and business leaders from Turkey and Greece. He said: “The ties between Turkey and Greece have been strengthened today, thanks to the power of the Olympic Movement to build bridges. The closer cooperation between our countries will be a valuable and lasting legacy of our bid.” IOC member and President of the Turkish NOC, Ugur Erdener, said, “This is a very symbolic agreement for Turkey as we look to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games to our country for the very first time. Greece is the spiritual home of the Olympic Movement and I hope this connection will continue to grow the huge passion for hosting the Games. 94% of the people of Istanbul are behind Istanbul 2020. We have had very close relations with Greece on sport for many years. I believe that this agreement will create even more opportunities.”

In Brief Can Unluer

Elif Balci Fisunoglu

Christian Goke

Ebru Akyurekli

Michael Schlueter

Nadir Kadakal

Viktoria Riley

Ali Turk

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Leon Baum is the new hotel manager of Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul.

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The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has appointed Daniela Wagner as PATA European

Coordinator

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Divan Ankara Hotel announced the appointment of Can Ünlüer.

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Starwood Hotels and Resorts announced the appointment of Valentin Schoubs as the

General Manager of two new properties; Sheraton Bursa and Aloft Bursa.

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Istanbul CVB GM Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu named Chairman of ICCA Mediterranean Chapter.

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Dr. Christian Göke as the new CEO of Messe Berlin GmbH as of 01 July 2013.

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Seda Ibişoğlu Durak appointed Elite World Istanbul Hotel as Sales and Marketing Manager.

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Tijen Günyol Dilber has been appointed as the General Manager of Legacy Ottoman Hotel.

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Elite World Istanbul Hotel announced the appointment of Sarhan Keyder as the General

Manager of the hotel.

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Ebru Akyürekli Bartoncini, named named General Manager of Solto Alaçatı Hotel.

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Michael Schlueter, was the General Manager of Le Méridien Istanbul, newly appointed

Valentin Schoubs

Seda Ibisoglu Durak

Sami Turkay

General Manager of The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa.

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Allan C. Federer named General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow.

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Dedeman Bostancı and Dedeman Park Bostancı that both will be opened in Istanbul in 2013

will be managed by Nadir Kadakal as General Manager.

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Orhun Inkaya has been appointed to Palazzo Donizetti Hotel as General Manager.

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Tuncay Marlalı has been appointed as the GM of Nidya Hotel Galataport.

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Viktoria Riley has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Anantara Hotels,

Resorts & Spas in Phuket, Thailand.

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Sami Turkay returned to Kaya Hotels & Resorts groub.

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Fuat Koroglu is the new General Manager at Kempinski Hotel Guiyang.

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Air Berlin PLC announced the appointment of Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, as the

new CEO of the airline.

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Ali Türk has been appointed as the GM of Dedeman Istanbul Hotel.

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EIBTM – Barcelona The 25th edition of EIBTM, the global hub for the meetings, incentives and business travel industry, organized at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain.

EIBTM welcomed over 15,200 meetings professionals to Barcelona from 27th

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to 29th November for three days of business, education and networking. The event showcases over 3,100 international organisations, represented over 7,000 products and services including venues, hotels, destinations, technology, business travel and event service providers to Hosted Buyers, Trade Visitors and media attending. Trade Visitors who pre-

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registered for EIBTM were entered into a prize draw and had to chance to win a trip for two to Istanbul with Turkish Airline flights and a three night stay at the 5 star Wow Hotel & Convention Centre as well as 2 city tours courtest of Dekon DMC and Tekser Tourism. A total of 56 companies were representing Turkey with a stand at EIBTM.

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European Exhibitors Presence Quadruples for GIBTM 2013 GIBTM 2013 (www.gibtm.com), the leading event for the meetings, incentives and business travel industry in the GCC Region, has witnessed a substantial increase in European exhibitors signed up to take part in the show. The increased presence in suppliers attending from Europe has been supported by the introduction of a specialist European exhibitor pavilion and ‘Market Focus Spotlight’ networking sessions, which will take place on 26th March at 8:30am. New European exhibitors already confirmed to attend GIBTM include Serbia Convention Bureau, Circuito Ascari, The Marmara Collection, Adile Sultan Sarayi Palace, Athens Convention Bureau, Georgian National Tourism Agency, Madrid Convention Bureau, and Cnidus. Hungarian National Tourist Office who will also be attending, returning to the show for their third year commented, “We have exhibited at GIBTM since 2011 and it has given us the perfect introduction to key stakeholders from both the Gulf region and from Asia. “Through GIBTM we have been able to arrange quality meetings, which have resulted in us introducing Hungary as a new destination to MICE industry professionals in the Middle East. We are very much looking forward to attending GIBTM

2013,” concluded Aniko Ferenczy, Director, Hungarian Tourism PLC. Recent research conducted by Reed Travel Exhibitions confirmed an increase in the number of Middle Eastern buyers, who specified a direct interest in placing outbound business into Europe. In addition to this 65% of MENA buyers surveyed also reported an increase in events placed over the next 12 months, and 54% reported an increase in budget.

Lois Hall, GIBTM Exhibition Manager, Reed Travel Exhibitions commented, “We are delighted with the level of interest from European buyers this year. Exhibiting at GIBTM provides the perfect platform for European exhibitors to build profitable relationships with MENA buyers and showcase themselves in this sector of the industry. We already have a significant number of European exhibitors singed up for GIBTM 2013, most of which are attending the show for the first time. “Air links between the Middle East and Europe are also improving, making Europe a much more feasible destination for Middle Eastern meeting planners. Direct flights are available from Abu Dhabi to several European airports including; London Heathrow, Paris, Dublin, Frankfurt, Berlin, Amsterdam and Geneva,” Hall concluded. GIBTM 2013 takes place on the 25th – 27th March, 2013.

The 2013 winners of the coveted Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) Awards have been announced, recognising excellence in stand design and presentation, and acknowledging Roslyn McLeod for her significant contribution to the industry. Craig Moyes, Portfolio Director for Reed Travel Exhibitions and Karen Bolinger, CEO of the Melbourne Convention Bureau, presented Roslyn McLeod, Managing Director of Arinex with the Industry Person of the Year Award at the AIME CEO Summit yesterday. While presenting the award, Craig Moyes acknowledged Ms McLeod’s position as an international leader in the field of business events and praised her contribution to the industry in Australia. “Roslyn McLeod was one of Australia’s first professional conference organisers when she established Tour Hosts, and as Managing Director of the company now branded Arinex, she remains a key player in the industry,” said Mr Moyes. “Throughout her long career Roslyn has always shown a real dedication to contribute to the industry and through her involvement in a number of bureau-led bids, she has contributed to millions of dollars’ worth of event business being won for Australia.”

Other awards presented this year included Best Stand over and under 36m², Best New Exhibitor Stand and Best Environmentally Sustainable Stand, as well as a new award for Best Innovative Stand. Adi Ben-Nesher, Managing Director of Event Skills, judged the best innovative stand and was

looking for exhibitors that included originality, efficiency and effective use of space. The winner of the inaugural award was Business Events Sunshine Coast. “Business Events Sunshine Coast really created engagement and interaction with their effective use of the space. It felt intimate and visually appealing, they really used the area in a smart way,” Mr BenNesher said. The Best Stand 36m² and Under was awarded to Spicers Retreats Hotels & Lodges for taking the concept of luxury hotels to the next level with a visually exciting stand and a team who committed to the theme by dressing in luxe bathrobes. India Tourism took out the Best Stand Over 36m² Award, recognised for creating a welcoming and eye-catching display that captured the essence of the country and product.

Best New Exhibitor Stand went to City of Sydney for their bright and impressive backdrop which stood out from the competition as well as the overall atmosphere of the stand inviting visitors to engage with the highly professional team.

AIME also recognised exhibitors who have gone the extra mile to make their stand environmentally friendly. For the second year in a row, the award for Best Environmentally Sustainable Stand was presented to Accor Asia-Pacific for their efforts in creating a stand with limited impact on the environment.

The materials on the stand are 100 per cent reusable and its flooring system has a lifespan of 10 years or more, with a certified structural base from Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA). AIME was held on 26-27 February at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC).

The combined strength of CITS International MICE, MPI International (Shanghai) and TTG Events as co-organisers resulted in a bigger and better 6th edition of IT&CM China and a number of firsts. According to Darren Ng, Managing Director, TTG Asia Media, pre-event registration for IT&CM China 2012 hit a record 1,302 registered delegates from 45 countries

and territories. From more than 1,000 buyer registrations, about 380 from 40 countries and territories were selected for hosting. Half were from China and the rest were from outside the country.In addition, 800 trade visitors attended the exhibition and the IT&CM China Seminars, and 72 international and Chinese media from 25 countries and territories covered the event. IT&CM China will be held between 17 to 19 April 2013 at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.

AIME Held in Melbourne

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Thessaloniki Hosted Successfully the ICCA Joint 4-Chapter Summit 2013

ICCA Joint 4-Chapter Summit 2013 was held between 31 January and 2 February 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Highprofile professionals of the meeting industry gathered for the event. The summit was jointly organized by four ICCA Chapters – Mediterranean, UK/Ireland, Central European and Middle East, aiming to deliver inter-chapter education and create business synergies opportunities among its members.

The ICCA Joint 4-Chapter Summit, originally initiated by the Mediterranean Chapter, was attended by Professional Conference Organisers (PCOs), Convention & Visitors Bureaus, conference and exhibition centres and congress tourism businesses, all playing a key role in raising the profile of their cities as a major conference destination. Featuring international speakers of the highest level, the ICCA Joint

ICCA Mediterranean Chapter Chair and ICCA Board Member, noted “One of our goals was to forge synergies with destinations close to Thessaloniki to enable business development to take place before-during and after the Chapter Summit”. Martin Sirk, Chief Executive Officer of ICCA said “It is time to understand that the Meeting Industry is not only playing an important role in the development of tourism sector in a country but also in the growth of the national economy itself”. “We are very pleased to having hosted this event in our city which will hopefully boost the city’s conference potential and promote its tourism product’, said Valentini Amarantidou, head of ARTION Conferences and Events that had submitted in the past the bid for the Summit jointly with the Thessaloniki Convention & Visitors Bureau. One day before the Summit, an ICCA Masterclass was also held which was attended by industry professionals and ICCA members, covering issues of membership benefits and opportunities, database use, developing utilizing one’s ICCA membership etc. The event sponsors Helexpo, Grand Hotel Palace, The Met Hotel, Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Concert Hall and Splendid Travel Center supported the organisation and made it a successful one. On the third – the last day of the summit ICCA Mediterranean Chapter Chairperson Miranda Ioannou, who held the position for four years, handed over the chairperson position to Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu- Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau General Manager. Valentini S Amarantidou Artion Conferences and Events General Manager will be the Deputy Chair of the Chapter and they will serve for

4-Chapter Summit brought together experts and highprofile professionals in panels on: creativity; sponsorships and other creative solutions in dire times; digital strategies; technologies for the Meetings Industry; green meetings/ hotels certification and innovation; strengthening/recovering during/after crises; fast track to securing association business; synergies for companies and students. Miranda Ioannou,

a 2 year term and will come to an end of term in February 2015, when new elections will take place. The Chapter is composed of ICCA members who are registered in Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, South-East France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, and Turkey. Currently the Chapter has 124 members from 12 countries located in the Mediterranean region and it is the largest geographical Chapter of ICCA.

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Gallipoli in a Nation’s Remembrance

As we are writing about the Gallipoli 1915 Through Turkish Eyes from the book of Prof. Oral as our cover story, we wanted to include “Gallipoli in a Nation’s Remembrance” by the words of Les Carlyon in his Oration at the Australian War Memorial Anniversary. Also, we are giving information about the ANZAC wording and what it stands for.

Australian War Memorial Anniversary Oration on 11 November 2004

by Les Carlyon

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lan Bond, that case-hardened warrior from the corporate wars, was in a little trouble in 1983, and this time it wasn’t financial. The Australian yacht—his yacht, really—was trailing by three races to one in the America’s Cup. Bond still thought victory possible. He made a reference to Gallipoli. Then he spoke the deathless words: We had our backs to the wall there and we won that one. We shouldn’t take easy shots: this man later

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bought his own university.

A few years Australian cricket team were taken to Gallipoli before going on to England for their ritual war against the old enemy. The idea, one presumes, was to immerse the team in the atmospherics of a story that has become our HOMERIC tale. Some might have been puzzled by the pilgrimage. Wasn’t Gallipoli a defeat? Didn’t the Turks enforce the follow on? There’s an old

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saying that says victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan. No orphan has ever been so warmly embraced as Gallipoli.

What has happened with the Turks and Australians is very unusual after a war of defeat and/or victory. There is mutual admiration. There is good humour, affection even, between the descendants of the men who fought each other with such brutality. The

phrase “war with honour” is true of Gallipoli. In Australia Gallipoli is also a state of mind, a place in the heart. Gallipoli is part of the folklore. Gallipoli has become a church and even secular churches need myths. Gallipoli had become a faith and faiths are hostile to analysis. Gallipoli is bigger than the facts wrote, Bill Gammage .GALLIPOLI JUST IS. What we all know is that it has become a larger part of this nation’s remembrance. When a lot of people thought the story might begin to fade, when all the Australians who fought there have passed on, the tale has taken on a lambent glow. Now, Gallipoli, it seems, belongs to all of us, all of the nation. It is above politics. It is not linked to the military causes of the day. It stands alone and apart.

It has found a place of its own.

Gallipoli is the campaign that goes past the brain and wriggles into the heart. Gallipoli was not the only war Australians fought, so what is this feeling? It is from the feelings, the heart.

There are several things about Gallipoli that make it special. It is the first big thing that Australia, the new nation, did in the world.

Then there is the place itself. It

gets into your soul. Every time I smell thyme I think of Gallipoli. It has a pagan beauty and is more Asian than European. The water has all the colours of a peacock’s tail. The sunset make you wish you could paint. There is time of senselessness. Every now and then you think you are lost in antiquity.

You climb a hill and you can see Troy on the plain over the water.

Climb another and you can see where Xerxes crossed on his way to Athens 2400 years ago. The Anzac position has a charm: a sense of foreboding and foreignness on the one hand, and of uncommon beauty on the other. It is like no place on earth.

The poetic associations go beyond the place itself. It is a natural story in three acts. It has heroes and villains. It has the Hamlet- like figure of Ian Hamilton, a brave man but a poor commander.

And there is Kemal ATATURK, a man who believed in himself, who made his mind up quickly, who could reduce a problem to its essentials and never shrunk from the solutions that he deemed necessary. Hamilton was a romantic and Kemal a realist, and they are both the stuff of literature.

In folklore Gallipoli is all about ‘what ifs’. Speculating about ifs’ and concentrating on failures of military command tend to miss a much larger point. Gallipoli was first of all a political failure.

There are two Gallipoli’s, one that belongs mostly to folklore and mythology and another that belongs to facts and reality.

Getting ashore was not that hard.

Hanging on, up on that second ridge, for eight months - that was hard. The Australians defended absurd positions like Pope’s Hill, with a cliff behind them and the Turks a few yards ahead of them.

They looked after each other: Gallipoli was all about mate-ship.

They kept their good humour. The miracle is that these men didn’t lose heart, even when they knew it was all lost. These were greathearted men, says Charles Bean.

Gallipoli says something good about the Australian people and the Australian spirit.

Ninety years after the event, the Gallipoli story is alive as a unexplainable victory of lost war.

And what we say here or there might not be remembered in time, but the world can never forget what the two nations and their brave men did there.

What is ANZAC Day?

ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia’s most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought

by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.

What does ANZAC stand for?

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACs, and the pride they took in that name endures to this day.

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Why is this day special to Australians?

When war broke out in 1914, Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only 13 years. The new national government was eager to establish its reputation among the nations of the world. In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to the allied navies. The ultimate objective was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul in Turkey), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, an ally of Germany.

The Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stalemate,

and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated, after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed. News of the landing on Gallipoli had made a profound impact on Australians at home, and 25 April soon became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in the war.

Although the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives, the Australian and New Zealand actions during the campaign left us all a powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as the “ANZAC legend” became an important part of the identity of both nations, shaping the ways they viewed both their past and their future.

Early commemorations The 25th of April was officially named ANZAC Day in 1916. It was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, a march through London, and a sports day in the Australian camp in Egypt. In London over 2,000 Australian and New Zealand troops marched through the streets. A London newspaper headline dubbed them “the knights of Gallipoli”.

Marches were held all over Australia; in the Sydney march, convoys of cars carried wounded soldiers from Gallipoli attended by nurses. For the remaining years of the war, ANZAC Day was used as an occasion for patriotic rallies and recruiting campaigns, and parades of serving members of the AIF were held in most cities.

During the 1920s ANZAC Day became established as a national day of commemoration for the 60,000 Australians who had died during the war.

In 1927, for the first time every state observed some form of public holiday on ANZAC Day. By the mid-1930s, all the rituals we now associate with the day – dawn vigils, marches, memorial services, reunions, two-up games – were firmly established as part of ANZAC Day culture.

With the coming of the Second World War, ANZAC Day also served to commemorate the lives of Australians who died in that war. In subsequent years the meaning of the day has been further broadened to include Australians killed in all the military operations in which Australia has been involved.

ANZAC Day was first commemorated at the Memorial in 1942. There were government orders prohibiting large public gatherings in case of a Japanese air attack, so it was a small occasion, with neither a march nor a memorial service. Since then, ANZAC Day has been commemorated at the Memorial every year.

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What does it mean today?

Australians recognise 25 April as an occasion of national remembrance, which takes two forms. Commemorative services are held at dawn – the time of the original landing – across the nation. Later in the day, exservicemen and women meet to take part in marches through the major cities and in many smaller centres. Commemorative ceremonies are more formal and are held at war memorials around the country. In these ways, ANZAC Day is a time when Australians reflect on the many different meanings of war.

The Dawn Service The Dawn Service observed on ANZAC Day has its origins in a military routine which is still followed by the Australian Army today. During battle, the half-light of dawn was one of the most favoured times for an attack. Soldiers in defensive positions were woken in the dark before dawn, so by the time first light crept across the battlefield they were awake, alert, and manning their weapons; this is still known as the “stand-to”. As dusk is equally favourable for attacks, the stand-to was repeated at sunset.

After the First World War, returned soldiers sought the comradeship they had felt in those quiet, peaceful moments before dawn. A dawn vigil, recalling the wartime front line practice of the dawn ‘stand-to’, became the basis of a form of commemoration in several places after the war. There are claims that a dawn requiem mass was held at Albany on 25 April 1918, and a wreath laying and commemoration took place at dawn in Toowoomba the following year. In 1927 a group of returned men, returning from an ANZAC function held the night before, came upon an elderly woman laying flowers at the as

yet unfinished Sydney Cenotaph. Joining her in this private remembrance, the men later resolved to institute a dawn service the following year. Thus in 1928 150 people gathered at the Cenotaph to for a wreath laying and two minutes silence. This is generally regarded as the beginning of organised dawn services. Over the years the ceremonies have developed into their modern form and also seen an increased association with the dawn landings on 25 April 1915.

Today dawn services include the presence of a chaplain, but not the presence of dignitaries such as the governor general.

They were originally very simple and followed the military routine. In many cases, attendance at the dawn service was restricted to veterans, while the daytime ceremony was for families and other well-wishers. Before dawn, the gathered veterans would be ordered to “stand to” and two minutes’ silence would follow. At the end of this time a lone bugler would play the Last Post and then conclude the service with Reveille, the bugler’s call to wake up.

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In more recent times families and young people have been encouraged to take part in dawn services, and services in Australian capital cities have seen some of the largest turnouts ever. Reflecting this change, those services have become more elaborate, incorporating hymns, readings, pipers, and rifle volleys. Other services, though, have retained the simple format of the dawn stand-to, familiar to so many soldiers.

Gallipoli 1915 Through Turkish Eyes by Prof.

Dr. Haluk Oral is the result of twenty years of efforts to collect documents, objects and memoirs,approaches the fighting at Ariburnu as the Anzac sector was known to the Turks, one of the most vital chapters of the Gallipoli Campaign, from the point of view of personal perspectives.

We have presented some parts of the contents of this very well studied book that represents the facts of the Gallipoli Campaign and the era through Turkish Eyes.

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Gallipoli 1915 Through Turkish Eyes The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 has a special place not only in the memory of the Turks but also in those of the peoples of England, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and Germany. This significance was most eloquently expressed

by Mustafa Kemal [Ataturk], himself a Turkish hero in the campaign, who later founded the Republic of Turkey, when he stated: YOU WHO HAVE SHED YOUR BLOOD ON THE LAND OF THIS COUNTRY, ENGLISH, FRENCH, AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALENDER AND INDIAN HEROES. YOU ARE LYING IN THE EARTH OF A FRIENDLY COUNTRY, THEREFORE REST IN PEACE. YOU ARE LYING NEAR AND IN THE EMBRACE OF THE MEHMEDS OF THIS COUNTRY. YOU THE MOTHERS, WHO SENT YOUR SONS FROM FAR AWAY COUNTRIES, WIPE AWAY YOUR TEARS. YOUR SONS ARE NOW LYING IN OUR BOSOM AND ARE AT PEACE. HAVING LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS LAND THEY HAVE BECOME OUR SONS AS WELL. Every year the commemorative ceremonies held at Gallipoli on March 18th and April 25th are a tangible realisation of the truth of these words.

This book, which was first published in 2007, presents the saga of the Gallipoli Campaign, through a series of vignettes drawn from the lives of those who fought, and, all too often,

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died in it. Among these are the tales of the bloodstained map which once belonged to the Australian Lieutenant Penistan fames Patterson, the story of the canteen which bears the name of Australia’s Lieutenant Burdett Philip Nettleton, as well as the story of Dr. Charles S. Ryan, who in 1878, while serving in the Ottoman army as a medical officer, had been a highly decorated hero at the defence of Plevna. Thirty-seven years later, as an ANZAC medical officer, he was on the other side of the line. He recorded the carnage of battle in a series of poignant photographs. It also tells the story of a Turkish soldier, renowned for his epic strength, a certain Ibrahim from the village of Ibradi.

Following its initial publication, this work quickly drew the attention not only of the Turkish reading public, but also of readers around the world. It quickly found its way into the bibliographies and texts of the academic community of Gallipoli specialists worldwide. Among those who have referenced it in recent publications are such well known Gallipoli experts as John Hamilton, Edward Erickson, Stephen Chambers and Peter Hart. Based on previously unknown documents published in it, the British historian Peter Hart was the first to accept its conclusion that the Turkish forces did not have machine guns in the opening hours of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli. Further, as a result of its publication, Stephen Chambers and I are currently co-authoring a work on the campaign.

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THE FIRST DAY OF THE LANDING AT ARIBURNU: THE ALLIED SIDE It is 4:30 a.m. on the morning of April 25. The Allied forces are about to land.

While the French will land at Kumkale on the Asian shore, and the English at Cape Helles, the men of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps will come ashore more than a kilometre to the north of their intended landing point, landing near Arıburnu. The advanced forces are made up of the 9th, 10th, and 11lh Battalions of the Australian 3ld Infantry Brigade, with the 12lh Battalion following close behind. One of our heroes is among the 1500 strong group that will be the first to land: Lieutenant Patterson. From the diary of his friend, Lieutenant Ivor Margett, comes the story of how this lieutenant, who became the subject of our tale on the last day of his life, landed at Arıburnu, soon to be known as Anzac Cove, thousands of kilometres from his homeland: As we neared the peninsular of Gallipoli, the Captain of the Destroyers gave the order for silence and for the men to stop smoking. And thus in darkness and in silence we were carried towards the land which was to either make or mar the name of Australia. On either side of

us we could dimly see other destroyers bearing the rest of the Third Brigade.

I am quite sure that very few of us realized that at last we were actually bound for our first baptism of fire, for it seemed as though we were just out on one of our night manoeuvres. But very soon we realized that it was neither a surprise party nor a moonlight picnic. At about 4 a.m. we heard the first sounds of firing and at 4.10 a.m. we first came under fire at about 200 yards from the beach. The Captain of the destroyer gave the order “Man the boats, men” and without the slightest hesitation the first tow filled their boats, took up their oars and started to row for the beach amid a perfect hail of bullets, shrapnel, and the rattle of machine guns. Col Clarke, Col Hawley, Capt Northcott, Major Elliott, Capt Burt, Lieut Patterson, Lieut Room, Lieut Jorgenson, Lieut Rafferty were all in the first tow. There was some delay in the steam pinnace picking up the tow ropes of these boats but eventually they started for the shore. I turned around to get the second tow ready, when the man just in front of me dropped, hit in the head. This was the first casualty and

very soon there were several others hit.

There was some difficulty in getting the second tow ready, but eventually when a alongside we got in and started for the beach.

Three men were hit before the boat struck the shore. When she hit the beach, I gave the word to get out and out the men got at once, in water up to their necks, in some cases men actually had to swim several strokes before they got their footing. It was almost impossible to walk with full marching order, absolutely drenched to the skin and I fell twice before I got to the dry beach where I scrambled up under cover of a sand ridge.

I ordered the men to dump their packs off, load their rifles, and waited a few seconds for the men to get their breath.

It was just breaking dawn and, as we looked towards the sound of the firing, we were faced by almost perpendicular cliffs about 200 feet above sea level.

And as we were of the opinion that most of the fire was coming from this quarter, it was evident that this was the direction of our attack. Therefore, after a minute or two, having regained our breath, we started to climb

THE FIRST DAY OF THE LANDING AT ARIBURNU: THE TURKISH SIDE The Allied forces that landed were met by about 250 soldiers of the 9th Divisions 27th Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Şefik Aker. Though they opened fire on the landing forces, their effectiveness was limited. Following the first group, another 4000 Anzac soldiers had landed by 06.00 a.m., and a further 8000 later in the day. The covering force captured three mountain guns as it advanced towards the ridge between Chunuk Bair and Kabatepe. As for the Turkish side, the remainder of the 27th Regiment, based near Maydos (Eceabat) moved forward, having received the order to do so at 05.45 a.m., and at 07.55 a.m. attacked the Australians, who had gotten very close to the ridge where they were positioned. Towards 11.00 a.m., the 57th Regiment came to the 27th’s aid and attacked the Australian forces near Chunuk Bair. The regiment’s commander, Major Hüseyin Avni, was accompanied by the commander of the 19th Division Lieutenant-Colonel Mustafa Kemal.

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MUSTAFA KEMAL AND THE INITIATIVE In his memoirs, Şefik Aker wrote that Mustafa Kemal had come to his aid without waiting for an order from his corps commander.2 Many other sources, including 5th Army Commander Liman von Sanders and Esat Pasha, confirm this.

As for Fahrettin Altay, General Staff Officer of the 3rd Corps Commander Esat Pasha, his take on the story is slightly different: The 27th Regiment, which had moved towards Arıburnu at half past six, established contact with the adversary on Bloody Ridge at half past eight. During this time, Mustafa Kemal was complaining about not yet having received orders, fust as he was getting ready to move with the 57th Regiment and an additional battery and cavalry squadron, the order came from army corps headquarters to move immediately with all units towards Arıburnu and to push the adversary back to the sea... This is why he only established contact with the enemy at half past ten near Conkbayırı [Chunuk Bair], and attacked, pushing them back to the sea.3 As for Mustafa Kemal himself, as he was recounting what happened on that day during a conversation with well-known Turkish journalist Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın some years after the battle, he stated that he had received a report from Halil Sami, commander of the 9th Division, saying there had been a landing at Arıburnu that morning at 06.30.

Apparently he had been expecting the landing to happen there.

Mustafa Kemal continued his statement as follows: I stopped waiting for something to happen, and sent notice that the first infantry regiment at the village of Bigalı where I had my headquarters (...) and a mountain battery should be in readiness to go into action at any moment, and that their commanders should come to me to receive orders.4 So, we can conclude from a comparison of the various sources that, after having waited for orders for some time, Mustafa Kemal finally decided to move forward with the 57th Regiment before he had received such an order.

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A WAR THAT LEFT ITS MARK ON ERA: THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN The Gallipoli Campaign, which turned into an epic due to the glorious resistance and casualties of both sides, was the most intensively ‘technological- strategic’ war ever fought by Turkey. It was also rife with ‘firsts’ in the world history of warfare.

It introduced technology and warfare techniques that most probably had not existed up until then.

It was the first time in history that land, air and sea forces had coordinated so closely. Due to the topographical structure of the area, the fighting was much more intense in comparison to previous amphibious operations.

In addition to normal airplanes, hydroplanes were also used. Aircraft carriers and fixed balloons continuously supported land operations. Submarines became a permanent part of fleets. All of these innovations were the other side of the Great War that became famously known as the ‘trench war’.

The navy and the army were two kinds of fighting forces that had up to then mostly acted independently of each other. The Gallipoli Campaign proved the importance of coordination in war for the first time. The importance of the air force during sea and land operations also became clear for the first time during this battle. The Gallipoli Campaign opened a whole new chapter in ‘warfare’.

The most important characteristic of the Gallipoli Campaign was that contrary to the great battles of the past, it had not been waged on an open field. The place where the battle was fought was probably the hilliest ever. Neither the Canal operations, nor the Palestinian front were similarly situated. However, the Straits were of utmost strategic importance. If the Dardanelles, which comprised the actual gate to the seat of the throne, were to fall, the fall of Istanbul and of the Ottoman Empire would become inevitable. On the other hand, from the point of view of the Allied States, the only way of making the Ottoman State collapse, of convincing the Balkan states to support them and to send weapons and ammunition to Russia and to get wheat in exchange (and thus indirectly to prevent the Bolshevik Revolution), was to breach the Dardanelles. It was for these reasons that the leaders of the two opposing alliances, Germany and

England, attributed great importance to Gallipoli during the war. Germany had understood how important Gallipoli was for the defence of the Ottoman State and had realized the necessity of making it a ‘fortified’ position since the very beginning of the war. England, and in particular Churchill, had insisted that the Dardanelles be the first location to fall as soon as war ensued.

The Gallipoli Campaign was fought so intensively because both sides were in agreement about the importance of Gallipoli. Actually, Gallipoli, or to be more exact, straits in general had been one of the most important elements of international relations for centuries before the Great War. Straits were locations where sea lanes could very easily be controlled. It is for this reason that we can mention a separate ‘history of straits’ within world maritime history. The Suez Canal, Le Sund, and Gibraltar were concrete examples of this. Since the moment the Ottoman State began to lose its former might, both straits began to attract the appetites of the then super powers; the fact that the Straits remained under Ottoman sovereignty, albeit formally, was due mainly to international power struggles. During the 19th century, as wooden ships were substituted by iron-clad ships, the defence of the two straits grew increasingly difficult.

It was only thanks to developments in cannon technology, and the introduction of new war technologies like mines, steel nets etc. that the Straits became defensible once more.

From the beginning of the 19th century the Ottomans had entrusted the destiny of the Straits to the balance of power between the super powers.

If you consider that during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II, the Ottoman Navy did not venture much outside the Golden Horn, you see how important this power game was. While during the glorious days of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman galleys controlled all corners of the Mediterranean, the quick transformation in the nature of navies by technology eliminated this possibility, and so by the beginning of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was mostly cornered within the Sea of Marmara. The İmroz and especially the Mondros defeats during the Balkan War had once more proven the

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importance of the navy. As the Greek battleship Averof took all the isles of the Aegean Sea (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) one by one, the Ottomans could do nothing but look on, helplessly.

It is difficult to find a place in the history of warfare where sea and land have been so intricately woven together. Gallipoli was both sea and land...

And what is more, it was a window opening onto the East. The power that seized that area could easily exercise dominating influence over the entire Black Sea, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and through the TrabzonTebriz road, even Iran. Gallipoli was at least as important as the Suez Canal. No attacking force would have chosen such a hilly terrain upon which to fight if that location had not been of enormous strategic significance.

‘Trench warfare’ where the distance between trenches was in places as little as seven or eight metres was unheard of anywhere in the world.

Gallipoli was the only front where a soldier might literally slip and fall into an enemy trench. Trench warfare was a massacre at Gallipoli, where death became a virtually inescapable fate.

Trench battles were a true fight to the bitter end, in which men challenged death. Both warring parties at Gallipoli were devoid of a rear. On the one side there was the sea, on the other steep hills, with the trenches in between being veritable traps. It was for this reason that soldiers were basically nailed to their positions. On May 1, and during the following days, 16.000 Ottoman, and 14.000 British soldiers died in the trenches. It was this kind of environment that led the two warring sides to a brotherhood of destiny.

The basis of the present day amicable relations between the power’s that fought at Gallipoli, were laid by the common destiny shared then and there. On no other front was such closeness established between people so close to death. People from the farthest points of the earth had never before felt this near to each other.

Atatürk’s words concerning the Allied soldiers who fell at Gallipoli, or the monument at Gallipoli of the Turkish soldier carrying the wounded Anzac soldier, are both concrete examples of this.

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Fly & Sail

Turkey at London International Boat Show

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urkey participated to London International Boat Show which held at 12-20 January 2013. As the third highest producer of luxury yachts in the world, an unspoilt coastline of 8000km of spectacular beauty and with 352 Blue Flag beaches, Turkey ranks among the top sailing spots in the world. Sailing enthusiasts can enjoy a tradition of regular international boat races and festivals throughout the year while the more leisurely can discover the serene ‘Blue Cruise’ on a traditional wooden boat and a breathtaking coastline accessible only

by boat. A multitude of anchoring points offer fantastic settings for snorkelling, swimming and diving, as well as the opportunity to explore secret bays, local fishing villages and vibrant resort towns. New marinas are opening all the time; the latest planned include for Dalaman on the Mediterranean coast, Oren on the Aegean coast close to Bodrum and in Istanbul representing a capacity of 1435 floating and 780 hard standing.

World-Class Marinas

Turkey has a wealth of world-class marinas with 36 international standard marinas and 12 municipality operated marinas with a total capacity of 14,230 floating berths and 5,605 hard standing. All are located between Istanbul in the north and Mersin in the south, though plans are underway to develop the unexplored potential of the Black Sea region. In Istanbul both Atakoy Marina on the European side and Setur Kalamis-Fenerbahce (Amiral Fahri Koruturk) Marina on the Asian side offer 24-hour service. Larger cruise-liners most often dock in the larger ports of Istanbul or Kusadasi, both of which are perfectly situated for access to some of Turkey’s most interesting historic sites.

Turkish Marina Management has an excellent reputation amongst international sailing crews for taking care of the yachts and their crew.

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Newly opened marinas; Cesme Marina, Izmir: 373 berths and 80 hard-standing capacity Didim Marina, Aydin: 580 berths and 600 hard-standing capacity Kas Marina, Antalya: 450 berths and 150 hard-standing capacity Mersin Marina, Antalya: 500 berths and 500 hard-standing capacity Teos Marina, Sigacik, Izmir: 525 berths and 80 hard-standing capacity West Istanbul Marina: 600 berths and 300 hard-standing capacity Yalova Marina, Istanbul: 240 berths and 80 hard-standing capacity

The Blue Flag Campaign Turkey has been awarded a total of 352 Blue Flag Beaches and 19 Blue Flag Marinas for 20012/13.

The Blue Flag is one of four projects under the co-ordination of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and the Environmental Education Foundation of Turkey (TURCEV), which designates which beaches and marinas have the right to display a Blue Flag and is judged on the basis of cleanliness of water, environmental concerns, security, safety and services. In order to maintain Blue Flag status, the marina or beach must meet the assessment criteria every year. In addition all marinas and beaches have to provide information panels on the cultural and natural assets of the sea and provide the data on Blue Flag accreditation. Marinas have an additional criterion to fulfil: a ‘rapid response plan’ in case of fire, accident or similar events.

International Bodrum Cup The Bodrum Cup is a unique international yacht regatta and annual tradition, celebrating the end of the cruising season in Turkey and uniting Bodrum’s charter fleet with private wooden yachts from around the world. This most exciting of competitions is held annually in October, exclusively for classically constructed wooden vessels, both for skilled yachtsmen and novices, who can stow away as passengers or join the crews for the last adventure of the sailing season. www.bodrumcup.com

Other International Festivals and Regattas; International Yachting Festival and Race, Marmaris, March & October International Bosphorus Cup, May, Istanbul Istanbul Channel Regatta - International Offshore Races, Marmaris to Rhodes, June International Istanbul Optimist Week, Istanbul, June-July IODA World Team Racing Championship and IODA World Sailing Championship, Cesme, July International Turkish Navy Cup, Istanbul, July International Istanbul Sailing Week, Istanbul, August International Ataturk Dam Sailing Competition, Sanliurfa, September Bozburun International Gulet Festival, Bozburun, Marwari’s, October Yacht Building Industry; Turkey is the third highest producer of luxury yachts in the world with the yacht building industry being primarily located in the Istanbul region and also in some parts of the Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Region. The yachts built in the Aegean and Mediterranean regions are mostly exported to Germany and Greece. As a first for Turkey, an industrial zone of 500,000 square metres specialising solely in yacht production and maintenance is being currently planned for the Manavgat district of Antalya province on the Mediterranean coast.

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Blue Cruise

Enjoy a relaxing holiday aboard a gulet, a traditional wooden sailing boat, otherwise known as a Mavi Yolculuk or ‘Blue Cruise’. Much of Turkey’s coastline is only accessible by boat, making sailing the ideal way to explore this secret beauty, stopping off at your leisure to explore a historic site or visit a charming village. The tale of the gulet began in Bodrum, with the book Mavi Yolculuk, in which the author Cevat Sakir Kabaagac described his idyllic ‘blue cruise’ voyage around the coast of Bodrum with the local sponge fishermen. Gulets have since evolved from traditional fishing and cargo vessels into their present form, perfect for a relaxing holiday away from the crowds; most vessels have large sunbathing decks, dining area and cabins below – most also have motors as well as sails. Gulets can be fully chartered by a group or are sold on a cabin basis by tour operators – style and comfort can vary greatly according to price. Most gulets also travel a specific route on the Aegean or Mediterranean coastlines, taking in the azure waters, a multitude of isolated bays and tiny islands. For those who prefer less time at sea, day trips can be arranged from any resort, either by booking through your operator, local agency or visiting the local harbour first thing in the morning.

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The Çanakkale Art Prize

by Niyazi ADALI

Former Consul General Representative of the Gallipoli Memorial Club of Sydney

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he Çanakkale Art Prize was established in 2006 with the sponsorship of the Gallipoli Memorial Club of Sydney, Australia. The Club is an association of veterans who participated in the Battles of Gallipoli during the World War I, as well as other fronts where Australian forces fought together with their Allies.

The Çanakkale Art Prize is a painting competition where Turkish, Australian and New Zealand citizens can participate according to the rules established and announced every year at the following website: www.gelibolumemorial.net A parallel Art Competition is run in Australia which is open to Turkish and New Zealand citizens also, residing in that country.

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The Creed of the sponsors is the obligation of the community to preserve the special qualities of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship which were personified by the heroes of the Çanakkale Wars and bequeathed to all humanity as a foundation for perpetual peace and universal freedom.

Every year since 2006, participating artists contribute to this cause by their work.

Contestants send their paintings by March, to be evaluated by a Jury. Numerous prizes are granted and a collection of works are exhibited in Çanakkale, Istanbul and Ankara.

The Çanakkale Exhibition takes place on 25 April, which is the anniversary of the landings in 1915. Every year, numerous Australian and New Zealanders as well as

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high level dignitaries from both countries attend the commemorative ceremonies.

The Çanakkale Art Prize Exhibition is part of the ANZAC ceremonies. Statesmen of Australia and New Zealand who represent their countries attend the inauguration.

Ankara Exhibition of 2012

Gamze Soykan Deniz Gökduman

Deniz Gökduman

The Ankara Exhibition is an important part of the yearly programme of the Competition.

This year the Seventh Çanakkale Art Prize Competition was inaugurated on 23 November 2012 in the ceremonial halls of the Turkish State Information Services premises.

The opening ceremony which was followed by a reception and refreshments was attended by high level dignitaries.

Present were Governor of Çanakkale Mr. Güngör Azim Tuna, Mayor of Gallipoli Town Mr. Mustafa Özaçar, Acting General Director of State Information Services Mr. Mustafa Özden, President and members of the Turkish Gelibolu Association, Charge d’Affairs of the Ankara Australian Embassy Broughton Robertson, DVA Representative Matthew McKeon, members of the Australian and New Zealand Embassies, diplomatic corps, business, art and media circles and a large audience.

Welcoming speech was made by Department of Veteran’s Affairs Ankara Representative Matthew McKeon who emphasized the importance of the memory and tradition of the Gallipoli Campaign, valued and cherished by all sides. He also pointed out to the importance of the role played by such activities and the power of art in mobilizing the sentiments of the public both in Turkey and Australia. He expressed the appreciation and thanks of the authorities for the organizers and supporters of the Competition, namely the Gallipoli Memorial Club, Çanakkale 18 March University and those all taking part in the performance and realization of the Project.

Corresponding Speech was made by Mr. Mustafa Özden, Acting Director General of the State Information Services, who welcomed the guests on behalf his Organisation. He expressed the continued support of his Department for cooperation with the Australian side. He also pointed out to the expanding ties between the peoples of both countries, the importance of commemorating Gallipoli and the

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joint activities in the field of art. He expressed his hope for ever expanding ties and greater understanding to lead to more cooperation in all spheres.

The Ceremony continued with a reception in a warm atmosphere. The guests had the opportunity the view the Prize winning paintings of the Competition together with some twenty more exemplary pieces.

State Information Services presented an accompanying Exhibition of photos titled “Atatürk and Çanakkale”, which contained rare images of the era.

The Joint Exhibition remained open to the public between 23 November - 11

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Bülent Ufuk Çamlıbel December 2012.

The announcement of the Eighth Çanakkale Art Prize Competition is already made. The works of the participants will be collected until March 2013 and selection process will be completed by 15 April.

The Competition will be continued until 2015 which will be the Centenary of the World War I Landings in Çanakkale.

The sponsors are planning special activities for that year, which will be announced in the coming period.

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More Than a Restaurant !

Turkey’s traditional animal breeds are dying out as a result of hybridisation with the sole aim of producing more meat. Dairy foods such as yogurt and cheese are deteriorating in quality as a result. NAR Restaurant seeks out foods that have not yet lost their traditional flavours. Our cuisine makes use of a wide diversity of local foodways based on research in cooperation with leading individuals and organisations by the Culinary Arts Centre, which was founded by NAR Restaurant and the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

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ar Restaurant is based on the principle of adapting the traditional cooking methods and foodways of Ottoman and Turkish cuisine that have evolved over many centuries to our modern values and lifestyle. Our foremost aim is to preserve a shared heritage that is beginning to disappear for the benefit of present and future generations.

The fertile yet arid lands stretching from the Mediterranean basin to Central Asia are the origin of most of the world’s edible plants, while the seas of the region, with their varying salinity levels, are a source of a huge range of seafoods.

The range of traditional ecological foods that are fast disappearing today are being revived and processed by traditional methods for NAR Restaurant.

Restoring these foodstuffs to our tables is NAR’s fundamental mission.

NAR Restaurant has an indoor seating capacity of 100 people for a la carte meals and 130 people for banquets. The front terrace can seat 40 people for banquets and the side terrace 28 people for banquets.

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There are three terraces, with a capacity of 70 people.The sections of the terraces facing the Covered Bazaar are mainly used for dinner receptions, while those overlooking the main road house the cafe and a la carte restaurant. The roof terrace is open during the summer months, and is a perfect venue for private receptions.

In addition there are three seminar rooms for corporate and private meetings, two seating 25 people and one seating 35 people. Since these are divided by movable partitions, the rooms can be thrown into one, creating a large room seating 80-100 people.

NAR Restaurant offers a menu of dishes representing traditional and historical Turkish cuisine, ranging from palace dishes to regional specialities. Since the Turks appeared on the stage of history they have created cultural syntheses that have left their mark on all the regions where they have lived, and the Turkish contribution to cuisine has been wide ranging.

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NAR Gourmet gives new life to traditional Turkish food products that have imparted flavour to the cuisine for centuries, and now at NAR Restaurant offers a special menu with a rich diversity of dishes incorporating these delicious flavours.

NAR Restaurant’s interior design is dominated by modern Turkish style, creating an appropriate setting for the visual extravaganza of the Turkish culinary art. The restaurant offers a matchless menu of memorable and flavour-filled specialities.

NAR Gourmet’s foremost mission is to promote traditional Turkish culinary culture overseas, and NAR Restaurant approaches this mission with a broad vision under the leadership of famous chef Vedat Başaran.

The main objectives are researching and promoting Turkish cuisine and historical Ottoman cuisine, the recreation of forgotten historical dishes, and the presentation, promotion and tasting of traditional and ecological food products whose origins go back thousands of years.

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Meet at TROY and Archeology

Meet the Antique City of TROY

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One of the oldest settlements in the history of mankind, the ancient city of Troy differs from the other ancient settlements of its era in many ways.

If this difference is not understood with its positive or negative aspects, the ancient city of Troy for visitors can lead to a disappointment. Dreaming of a captivating city and remembering, visualising the great epic poet Homer’s description in his poetry, visitors come here expecting to find that dream city.

This is the positive aspect of this fertile land with its production, trade, war and love stories.

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The epic poems of Homer are the monumental works for the whole world as the foundation and development of the written culture from the antique period to our day. The oldest and most fluent epic poetry of Iliad and Odyssey had the inspiration from the daily life of this city. Therefore, the people having read these epic stories come here with great expectations. Since 18th century, the people that have read this epic poetry and interested in history and archaeology had the desire and yearning to find Troy. The only documentation present was the Iliad of Homer and

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according to some this was just a dream city that could not be real. However, some determined researchers believed that, this epic city could be found through the description and explanations through this epic poetry. Indeed, it was in the 19th Century the city of Troy was discovered.

There are several reasons why most of the visitors to the city today find it disappointing, because it is difficult to imagine and understand this site through the meaningless remains of the chaotic walls surrounding the city. The reasons for this are as follows:

Meet at TROY and Archeology

Homer and his Epics Homer’s epics of Iliad and the Odyssey had attracted thousands of people in the ancient times of the Roman era and even before that. They were read and thought in the schools and even became the essential part of their rituals. The Trojan wars, war heroes, the adventures of the gods and goddesses who participated in this war, kings and other mortals in the relations of war and rotating cabinets were all described in Homer’s Iliad in a fluent expression. So who was Homer? Where and when did he live?

Those questions kept people’s minds always busy. This curiosity made many researchers pursuing the topic by researching in the most important libraries of the time in Pergamum and Alexandria. The outcomes of the research and excavations in the ancient city of Troy by the masters made so far identified, which are subject to Iliad the date of the famous Trojan war, BC, 1180. The great poet of the century Homer lived in the eighth century, which the experts agree on.

It is an accepted agreement that Iliad was written around BC.730. According to the Iliad described wars of Trojan and the actual timing of the Trojan wars, there seems to be a difference of 450 years. This also shows us a sacred event such as Homer’s epics has been moved from ear to ear for centuries.

Because of this, the descriptions of the war stories, battle scenes had been used in different objects as well as compositions.

(Friezes of the temple of Apollo Smintheus, Polyksena sarcophagus decorations and descriptions of many ceramic vases, etc.)

Epics of the culture of the world form the basis of written and oral history about the great poet was born but so far there is no

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definitive determination. A lot of research was also made on the place and country of birth of the great poet, and it was accepted that he was an Ionian poet. Some of the information about Homer was also become known to us through his expression and linguistic characteristics used in his legends. Poet uses the language features of epics, and the Ionian dialects Aiolya close relationship with the neighbourhood as the boundary of the land thus reigned at the intersection of two civilisations, the old name of present-day Aegean region, the Izmir region of Smyrna. Homer is the name of the poet in Ionian. The discussions about Homer may last for many years to come, now a day’s weather Homer was blind or not is the subject of a debate. Created

by Homer, epic tradition paved the way for other poets, and various different epics were thought to be created by him; however the only two of his epics known to the public, such as the holy book survived to the present day. Around BC 730 Iliad and twenty years later epic Odysseus was written. Iliad describing the final years of the Trojan War is written in 16000 series and in 24 sections.

Odysseiaise was also written in 12000 series and in 24 sections. To emphasise once again, if the great poet Homer did not existed, there would have been no great epics either. In other words, like today, all of Troy, the ancient city is a very important position in the world would not have known.

Therefore we need show more attention to Homer’s epic city, and live it up to its great expectations.

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Meet at TROY and Archeology

The History of Troy were defined by various names was burned as a result of 10 years of war in 1180 BC and destroyed. Troy VI was one of the most powerful and rich commercial centres of the region. Schliemann’s found treasure, especially the treasure A containing quite a large number of gold and coins documents this wealth quite clearly. In the period of so called Troy VII during the war, Trojans tried to get through that difficult period by constructing very small dwellings. However in BC 1100 a large fire ruined Troy once again, and the “Dark Ages“ The city of Troy was first built with the height of 16 meters started which lasted until the VIII Century AC during which above sea level on the bedrock. This part is surrounded by time Troy remained as a weak settlement. plains formed by rivers; on the west of Troy by River (Kara Menderes) and on the east side by Simois (Dümrek). This plane Anatolian Greek colonisation, the sanctuary was established by the occupation of Troy by the Greeks. And it was after this is more or less located in the sea level. When I was a child, occupation the name was known as Ilion. For this reason, the these rivers used to overflow, so that completely submerged name of the city’s many places in the epic Iliad was called below the plain of Troy and it would become a gulf opened “sacred Ilion” to the entrance of the straits. Like the representative maps of 5000 years ago, there would be the view of the gulf and sometimes it would continue for several months. Therefore in Troy maintained its nature of the sacred legendary position even after the VIII Century. Many kings, emperors and pilgrim this plane winter vegetation could not be grown and because visited the city in this saga. The King of Persia visited the of this reason the plain was known as the “Marsh Plain”. In holy Iliad before the war to eliminate the Greeks in BC 480. year 1953, the marshes dried up intentionally and because He sacrificed 1000 cattle in the sanctuary on behalf of God of this, a bird paradise which was a true wonder of nature Athena, but because of the plague epidemic he could not diminished into history. I feel very lucky to have seen this proceed to his expedition. before it’s destruction.

From the beginning of the first archaeological findings in 1850 until the recent excavations of 1938 it has become clear that the Antique City of Troy was first established roughly around the year 3000 BC. A professor at the University of Tübingen in 1988, Manfred Osman Korfmann and his team after the recent excavations of the ancient city and the data provider BC Dated to the year 3500.

Throughout history such disasters like, earthquake, fire, and wars had destroyed the city of Troy at least 9 times in a row, building debris created by the height above sea level rose 30-32 meters .. Troy VI layers, described by Archaeologists and historians as Homer’s Troy, Priam’s Troy, Classic Troy VI

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Also Alexander the Great also came to Troy in BC 334 with his large army before he defeated the Persians. He ordered his commander Lysimachus to build a temple in the name of Goddess Athena in Troy.

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Holy Ilion Between BC 85 and AC 500 many have visited Troy; such as Augustus, Hadrian, The Roman Emperor Caracalla. Augustus believed that his ancestors were from Troy had ordered the Temple of Athena to be re-done as well as many other buildings in the city. Odeon (Small Theatre) was also build and repaired in the period of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Great theatre, baths, sports facilities were build and the mountain water brought to the holy city of Iliad by building aqueducts made of ceramic pipes.

Half-size marble statue of the Emperor Hadrian was found in the last excavations in front of the Odeon in 1988 and now is on display in Canakkale Archaeological Museum.

Roman Iliad (Troy) which was the centre of the priesthood in BC 500 even considered to be made the capital of the Eastern Roman and Byzantine Empire by Constantine the Great. But in the following years Troy suffered from a major earthquake. In 1200 AD some traces of settlement were detected in Troy but in the years of 1400 AD these disappeared completely, leaving the city buried in a huge silence. The region came under Ottoman rule around 1400 AD. Researchers interested in studying some of the epic Iliad, over time, have pondered as to where the city of Troy, and to conduct research in various areas of the city after it fell into a ruin. Thus, 5000 years of the city, just 350 years has maintained silence.

First discovery and excavations of Troy One of the oldest settlements of humanity in history, the ancient city of Troy’s location was not identified until the end of XVIII century. Researchers studying ancient civilisations and history enthusiasts tried to find the ancient city of Troy by reading the Homer’s Iliad epic and tried to get hints from it. Those researches tried to locate Troy by using descriptions of the fixed geographical points mentioned in Iliad such as Scamander (Kara Menderes) River, Simonies (Dümrek) and Ida (Kaz Mountains- Olympos). However within the same area there were more than one old settlement and various different tumulus and Forth and because of this many times they were dragged into wrong points French archaeologist Jean Baptiste Le Chevalier came to the region in between 1785-1786 and he suspected wrongly that the Ancient City which was within the boundaries of the village in the Ballidag and Pinarbasi were part of Troy Ancient City. 35 years after French Le Chevalier, in 1820 Franz Kauffer of Germany came to the region and issued resorts and maps of Troy and they were much more accurate estimates than the previous one. In 1822 Scottish researcher Charles Maclaren declared and published that South of the River Simonies and the North of the Scamander’s, the hilly area was the legend city of Troy.

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Fame & Game

UK Sports Minister Meets Istanbul 2020 Bid Leadership

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urkey following a high-level UK trade mission which featured meetings with senior stakeholders behind the Istanbul 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid. Minister Robertson met with Turkey’s Sports Minister, Suat Kılıç, and IOC member and President of Turkey’s NOC, Uğur Erdener, in Ankara before flying to Istanbul to meet with the Chairman of the Istanbul 2020 Bid Committee, Hasan Arat. The trade mission comprised over 20 UK companies, including several behind the successful hosting of the London 2012 Olympic Games such as Populous and British Telecom.Commenting on the ministerial-led UK trade mission, Suat Kılıç, Turkey’s Sports Minister, said: “I attended the London 2012 Games which were of the highest standard.

Turkey is also very ambitious to host major global sports events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. Therefore it is appropriate that we should welcome Minister Robertson and the delegation of expert UK companies to discuss how Turkey and the UK could collaborate in the future.

The meetings have been very productive and I believe both sides have learnt a great deal.”Concluding his final meetings in Turkey, Hugh Robertson, UK Minister for Sport and Tourism, said:“This milestone trade mission comes at a time when contact

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between Turkey and the UK has never been stronger.

These are extraordinarily exciting times for sport in Turkey. The Istanbul 2020 bid encapsulates this excitement, bringing together the city’s fantastic history in a country that showcases the best of Asia and the best of Europe.

Therefore to have so much recent expertise from UK companies involved with London 2012 here in Turkey in one visit has been extremely valuable for both sides. Our experience in constructing and delivering great global events is at Turkey’s disposal.”The UK trade mission is driven by Turkey’s dramatic rise as one of the world’s leading hosts of international sport events. Istanbul has hosted more than 40 major events over the last seven years, with the Olympic Candidate City hosting 12 major international sport events last year alone, including the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, the FINA World Swimming Championships and the WTA Tour Championships, cementing its position as a trusted and capable host in the process.Hasan Arat, Chairman of Istanbul 2020, said:“It is a great honour for Turkey to

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welcome this high-level UK trade delegation so soon after London 2012 which set a new benchmark of excellence for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It has been invaluable for us to meet with Hugh Robertson and the UK companies and learn first hand from their experience as we make our final preparations for the IOC Evaluation Commission visit to Istanbul in five weeks.” Uğur Erdener, IOC member and President of the Turkey’s NOC, said:“This has been an important visit for Turkish sport. There are representatives here from so many companies that made London 2012 successful. As Turkish sport is rising significantly on the world stage, I am sure that we can learn a tremendous amount from each other and enjoy many years of mutual cooperation.”

For more information : www.istanbul2020.com.tr

Meet at the Music Festival

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he Istanbul Music Festival sponsored by Borusan Holding since 2006 will be held between 4 and 29 June around the theme “Time and Transformation”. Programme of the 41st Istanbul Music Festival was announced with a press meeting held at Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus providing venue and catering support to the festival’s press meetings for the last four years. IKSV Chairman Bülent Eczacıbası, Borusan Holding Member of the Board of Directors and Borusan Culture and Arts Chair of the Board of Directors Zeynep Hamedi and Istanbul Music Festival Director Yesim Gürer Oymak participated to the press meeting.

The 41st Istanbul Music Festival will host approximately 500 local and foreign artists including Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Shlomo Mintz, Mario João Pires, Khatia Buniatishvili, Magdelena Kožená, Kim Kashkashian, Sol Gabetta, and two of world’s leading orchestras, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Munich Chamber Orchestra in Istanbul.

22 concerts in total including orchestral concerts, chamber music, recitals, and original programmes will take place within the 41st Istanbul Music Festival.

The festival, aiming to embrace the city and meet the audience in different venues, will use the Surp Vortvots Vorodman Church for the first time this year. Hagia Eirene Museum, Süreyya Opera House, Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center, Galata Mevlevi House Museum, Galata Rum Elementary School, Istanbul Modern, and İş Sanat Cultural Center will be among the venues of the festival. İKSV Chairman Bülent Eczacıbası addressing a speech during the press meeting announced that there is a new collaboration for promotion and announcement posters of the Istanbul Festivals and stated: “patterns, lines, and handwritings of the foremost representatives of different branches of art will turn into festival posters with the designs of the graphic designer and IKSV Corporate Identity Advisor Bülent Erkmen. You can see the fingerprint and handwriting of Sarkis, one of the foremost contemporary artists, on the 41st Istanbul Music Festival poster. These collaborations benefitting from the inspiring power of interdisciplinarity will continue in 2013 for the Film and Jazz Festivals and in the future with the participation of various artists.”

Eczacıbaşı highlighted that the projects for the young will continue within the Istanbul Music Festival. After stating that they aim to carry classical music to different parts of the city and reach wider audiences with the free-of-charge concerts to be held in different venues throughout Istanbul, Eczacıbaşı concluded his speech: “We would like to present our sincere gratitude for Four Seasons Hotel at the Bosphorus hosting us today, to the festival sponsor Borusan and to all organisations and institutions which continue their support. Thank you for your effort to announce our events to public.”

Borusan Holding Member of the Board of Directors and Borusan Culture and Arts Chair of the Board of

Istanbul Music Festival Directors Zeynep Hamedi stated “As Borusan, we consider raising the education and culture level of our society, and holding the responsibility to build a modern society as our corporate values. While supporting high success, innovation, and continuous improvement, we consider working for contributing to the society as a duty. Our founder and honorary chair Asım Kocabıyık put these values on the base of the corporate philosophy of Borusan. We, as the generation taking over the administration from him, follow his route.

Apart from our culture and art events, it is a source of happiness for us to support the Istanbul Music Festival organised by IKSV, which has a great share in development of our society, and to be the sponsor thereof for the last eight years.”

Istanbul Music Festival Director Yesim Gürer Oymak underlined the theme of the festival this year and stated “Last year, we conducted a very detailed archive search for celebrations of the 40th year of IKSV and the Music Festival. Festival programmes during the first years are highly different from today’s programmes in terms of content. I found out that we now have a festival programme in which we bring different artists together, that we premier projects and commissions specific to our festival only, that we open more places to young musicians, that is more adventurist and more open to new ideas. These 41 years have matured the festival while at the same time inevitably changed it.” Some of the works and projects in the festival programme have titles with a direct reference to “time and transformation”; some others deal with the physical change; still others present the change resulting from performing of a style, which is specific to a given era, with a brand new musical language in another era.

Yeşim Gürer Oymak also mentioned that the festival have commissioned Turkish and foreign composers since 2011 and worked for enriching the contemporary music repertory. Oymak stated “A great number of festivals and orchestras now know the Istanbul Music Festival as an institution which commissions.” The director also mentioned youth projects during her speech on the festival programme and underlined the importance granted by the festival to such projects: “I hope that music lovers will support and encourage our young artists, our future hopes by applauding them.”

THIS YEAR’S THEME IN THE FESTIVAL: “TIME AND TRANSFORMATION” Works and concerts within the theme “Time and Transformation” will be presented in the 41st Istanbul Music Festival. Munich Chamber Orchestra considered as one of the brightest torches of the German polyphonic music will perform Penderecki’s work pointing to a landmark in the world history as well as Symphony No:45 “Farewell” of Haydn related with the festival theme and will be accompanied by one of the most sensitive pianists of the young generation, Khatia Buniatishvili awarded with ECHO and Choc.

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Jordi Saval awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2008 Istanbul Music Festival will present his new project “The Cycles of Life” focusing on the time and transformation theme on 11 June at Hagia Eirene Museum with Hespèrion XXI he is the founder thereof.

The concert with songs, celebrations and requiems on different phases of life is built on the rich musical and oral mosaic of Balkans. Piano duo Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü will perform suites and waltzes from Rachmaninov and Ravel on 7 June at Istanbul Modern.

Piano Trio Forte, who got together with their friendship and common love for music due to their passion for chamber music along with their solo careers, will perform works focusing on changes resulted from time on 22 June. The concert by the violinist and conductor Shlomo Mintz, known for his diversity in style and strong technique and Cameristi Della Scala on 18 June will “carry the past into future” at Hagia Eirene with neoclassic Holberg Suite where Grieg adapted dances and styles of the previous century as well as Bach and Schubert. Berlin Counterpoint Ensemble concert with the subheading “Time and Transformation” overlaps with this year’s theme of the festival.

Programme OPENING CONCERT BEAUTY & LOVE UFUK & BAHAR DÖRDÜNCÜ “Dances for Two Pianos” GAUTIER CAPUÇON & GÜLRU ENSARİ OPEN CONSERVATORY FESTIVAL PRESENTS ITS YOUNG SOLOIST THE CYCLES OF LIFE Hespèrion XXI & Jordi Savall MEDITERRANEA L’Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar featuring Mísia FESTIVAL ENCOUNTER: ROBY LAKATOS & CİHAT AŞKIN DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN ERTÜNGEALP & PIRES DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN & VADIM REPIN MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI CAMERISTI DELLA SCALA & SHLOMO MINTZ BERLIN COUNTERPOINT ENSEMBLE VENICE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA & MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ BACH WITH DAVID FRAY PİANO TRİO FORTE FAIRY QUEEN AMSTERDAM SINFONIETTA & SOL GABETTA KIM KASHKASHIAN & PÉTER NAGY ARKAS TRİO BIPO & MAXIM VENGEROV

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Exhibition

ILTM 2012 – Business for Luxury Travel – held in Cannes ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) – the invitation-­‐ only event where the finest of luxury travel experiences are created and launched – facilitated over 51,000 individual meetings between the industry’s elite when it took place December 3-6 in Cannes. The 2012

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event welcomed the rising stars of the future in several focused events created to provide insights based on the first-­‐ hand experience of this new generation of travelers and their knowledge of the travel marketplace. With an Education Programme covering subjects as diverse as ‘The role of children in the family travel planning process’ and ‘Gastronomy driving

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travel decision making’, ILTM also hosted 1350 VIP buyers who met with 1350 high-­‐ end travel suppliers throughout the event – an over 10% increase on 2011. ILTM 2012 is better than previous years and demand for Turkey is increasing. American and Brazilian buyers are interested especially for Istanbul and Cappadocia.

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MICE Destinations

ANKARA

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nkara the capital of Turkey is located in the centre of Anatolia province. With a known history of around 3000, Ankara has seen great heights in the past. Around 3000 years ago, the Hittites established a city by the name of Akuwash (old name for Ankara) at the intersection of two trade routes in Turkey. During its earlier phase, Ankara was ruled by Phrygians, Macedonians (under Alexander the Great),

and Romans. Seljuk Turks captured the city in 1071 AD and renamed it as Enguriye. Most important moment in the history of Ankara came when Atatürk founded his provisional government here in 1920, and in 1923 when it became the capital of Turkish Republic.

The city has seen a number of changes since then, however it has been successful enough in maintaining a fine balance between the old and the new and thereby living up to its unique identity

as the “Melting Pot of East and West”.

Today, Ankara is a sprawling urban mass thoroughly organized and well - planned and much European in look than most of the cities in Turkey. Its wide-open roads, large hotels, restaurants and government offices distinguish the city. Besides, there are several tourist attractions and meetings in the city making it an ideal destination for the tourists and mice industry.

Convention & Exhibition Centers of Ankara Name

Number of Halls

Total sqm

Largest Hall Capacity (Theatre)

City At a Glance Population: 3,627,098 Traffic Code: 06 Telephone Code: 0312

Ankara Hilton Hotel

8

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600

How to go Ankara’s international Esenboga Airport is well connected to other cities in Europe as well as to important destinations in other parts of the world.

What to do The foundations of this citadel were laid by Galatians to be completed by the Romans. Byzantines and Seljuk made major changes later on. The citadel is located atop a hill in the old city where one can see some fine examples of traditional architecture of Ankara.

What to see • The Ankara Citadel • Had Bayram Mosque • The Museum of Anatonian Civilisation • The Hatti Monument • Anıtkabir • Victory Monument • The Temple of Augusts • Monument of the Republic • The Roman Bath • Yeni Mosque • The Column of Julian • Kocatepe Mosque

Ankara Plaza Hotel

6

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500

Buyuk Anadolu Hotel

13

1.800

2.000

B.Surmeli Hotel

7

1.900

900

BW.Hotel 2000

3

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700

Crowne Plaza Ankara

12

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750

Hotel Bilkent Ankara

7

1.650

760

Hotel Dedeman

6

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500

Rixos Grand Ankara

14

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1.000

Sheraton Ankara

7

1.650

700

Swissotel Ankara

9

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1.200

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ANTALYA

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n the picturesque old quarter of Kaleici, narrow, winding streets and old wooden houses abut the ancient city walls. Since its founding in the second century B.C., Antalya has been continuously inhabited. The region, bathed In sunshine 300 days of the year, is a paradise of sun-bathing, swimming and sports activities like windsurfing, water skiing, sailing, mountain climbing and hunting. If you come to Antalya in March or April, in the mornings you can ski the slopes and in the afternoons swim in the warm waters of the Mediterranean. Important historical sites await your discovery amid a landscape of pine forests, olive and citrus groves, and palm, avocado and banana plantations. The Turquoise

Coast is the tourism capital of Turkey.

Its full range of accommodations, about 35 000 delegates, sunny climate, variety of excursions and activities, and its warm hospitality make it a sought-after venue for meetings and conferences. The Antalya Covention Bureau, ACB, is an independant, nonprofit making organisation. Founded in 1995 as an off-shoot of the Antalya Promotion Foundation (ATAV) which has became a member of the European Federation of Conference Towns (EFCT) in1997. More information; A Culture, Exhibition and Congress Center was opened in 1996 in the Konyaalti Quarter. The Congress hall itself is in a glass pyramid.

City At a Glance Population: 1.132.211 Traffic Code: 07 Telephone Code: 0242 How to go Antalya airport is 10km east of the city centre, and has direct flights from Europe. It is well connected to other parts of Turkey, and daily direct flights from Istanbul and Ankara.

What to do With its palm-lined boulevard, internationally-acclaimed marina, and old castle with traditional architecture, all set amidst a modern city, Antalya is a major tourist centre in Turkey. In addition to the wide selection of hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and shops, the city also plays host to a number of sporting events throughout the year, like International Beach Volleyball, triathlon, golf tournaments, archery, tennis and canoeing competitions. The Cultural Centre, which opened in 1995, hosts cultural and art events in the fields of music, theatre, and creative arts. The main area of interest in the city is central old quarter within the Roman walls, known as Kaleici, and there are many good museums.

What to see • Archaeological Museum • Truncated and fluted minarets • Hadrian’s Gate Old Harbour • Perge, Side, Aspendos • Düden and Kursunlu Waterfalls • Antalya Castle

Convention & Exhibition Centers of Antalya Name

Nmbr Total of Sqm Halls

Largest Hall Name Capacity Theater

Nmbr Total of Sqm Halls

Largest Hall Capacity Theater

Adora Hotel

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1000

1100

Miraje Park Hotel

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930

1500

Antalya Culture Center

2

1100

817

Porto Bello

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1150

1000

Cornelia Delux

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1000m2

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Rixos Sungate

16

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2800

Cornelia Diamond

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1475m2

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Silence Beach Hotel

11

1100m2

1100

Crystal Hotels

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1925m2

2200

Rixos Downtown

15

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750

Dedeman Hotel

12

480m2

700

Mardan Palace

9

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1350

Divan Talya

13

-

1000

Wow Kremlin Palace

4

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1050

Kemer Resort Hotel

10

-

1000

AKKA Antedon Hotel

2

-

1074

Limak Atlantis

-

-

1000

Queen Elizabeth

10

-

1500

Rixos Lares

13

1041m2

1350

Amara Dolce Vita

6

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1382

Miracle Resort Hotel

10

1200m2

1100

Xanadu Resort Hotel

13

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1135

Mirada del mar

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800

Maxx Royal

11

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ISTANBUL

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he former capital of three successive empires-Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman-the city is a fascinating mixture of past and present, old and new, modern and traditional.

The museums, churches, palaces, mosques and bazaars, and the sights of natural beauty seem inexhaustible.

As you recline on the shores of the Bosphorus at sunset contemplating the red evening light reflected in the windows and slender minarets on the opposite shore you understand, suddenly and profoundly, why so many centuries ago settlers chose to build on this remarkable site. In addition to its unique historical and cultural background and innumerable

attractions, modern hotels, exclusive restaurants, nightclubs, cabarets, bazaars and shops make Istanbul a superb site for meetings, conferences and conventions. Istanbul is fast becoming one of the most popular international congress and exhibition destinations. The opening of the Lütfi Kirdar Istanbul international Conference Center (I ICC) doubled the capacity of congress facilities in Istanbul. The I ICC is ideally located in the modern district of Harbiye, at the center of the city’s business, cultural and commercial life, surrounded by some of Europe’s top quality hotels. Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau (ICVB) has all the contacts and information for your meetings in Istanbul. More information;

City At a Glance Population: 14.000.000 Traffic Code: 34 Telephone Code: 0212 (European side) 0216 (Asian side) How to go Istanbul city has modern and new international airport, which is well connected by regular flights, with most important destinations in Europe, Middle East, ana North America with. Besides, vast networks of flights fly between Istanbul and various other cities of Turkey. Ataturk International Airport is 20 km from city centre. Helicopter service is also available between the cities.

What to do While in Istanbul there is so much to do and look forward to. The museums, castles, palaces, great mosques, bazaars and sights of natural beauty seem inexhaustible.

Being a cultural and historical centre, exploring the grand heritage of the city should be the top most priority. Shopping which can be a pleasure in the markets of Istanbul should form another important part of your itinerary. More than anything else a walk down the lanes and by lanes of the many bazaars in Istanbul can be a great experience, if interested in feeling the culture and lifestyles of the people of this amazing land.

What to see • Dolmabahçe Palace • Küçüksu Pavillion • St. Irene • Blue Mosque • Topkapi Palace • Mosaic Museum • Covered Bazaar • St. Sophia • Kariye Museum • Beylerbeyi Palace • Yerebatan Cîstern • Miniaturk

Convention & Exhibition Centers of Istanbul Name

Number of Halls

Total sqm

Largest Hall Capacity (Theatre)

Abdi Ipekçi Sport Center

1

-

10.500

Adile Sultan Palace

15

5.625

500

Feshane Fair Center

3

5.500

Grand Cevahir Hotel

22

-

2.750

Haliç Congress Center

20

86.000

3008

Istanbul Hilton Exh. Cn.

9

2.824

1.500

Lutfi Kırdar ICEC

21

3.000

4.980

Military Museum Culture Cn.

5

2.462

1.000

Open Air Theater

1

-

4.000

TUYAP Fair & Congress Hall

3

16.000

1.000

World Trade Center

2

52.000

WOW Convention Center

7

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4.000

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IZMIR

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zmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country’s largest port after Istanbul.

It is located in the Gulf of Izmir, by the Aegean Sea. It is the capital of Izmir Province. Izmir is the inheritor of almost 3,500 years of urban past, and possibly up to that much more in terms of advanced human settlement patterns. It is Turkey’s first port for exports and its free zone, a Turkish-U.S. joint-venture established in 1990, is the leader among the twenty that Turkey counts. Its workforce, and particularly its rising class of young professionals, concentrated either in the city or in its immediate vicinity (such as in Manisa), and under either larger companies

or SME’s, affirm their name in an increasingly wider global scale and intensity. Izmir is widely regarded as one of the most liberal Turkish cities in terms of values, ideology, lifestyle, dynamism and gender roles.

The Izmir Convention & Visitors Bureau (Izmir CVB) was founded in 2007 by Izmir Tourism Promotion Foundation (IZTAV), as a non-profitable, independent of any marketing structure information exchange bureau. Izmir CVB’s mission is to promote the city’s rich cultural and natural assets and it’s great potential on a national and international level and is seeking guidelines and best practice to develop the city’s congress tourism.

City At a Glance Population: 3,627,098 Traffic Code: 35 Telephone Code: 0232 How to go Adnan Menderes Airport, 16km south of the city centre, has several daily flights to Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya. There are also regular flights from many European cities.

What to do While in Izmir see the sights, the Arkeoloji Müzesi (Archaeological Museum), near Konak Square, houses a superb collection of antiques including the statues of Poseidon, and Demeter which, in ancient times, stood in the agora. Neighboring the Archaeological Museum, the collection of the Etnografya Müzesi (Etnographical Museum) contains folkloric artifacts among which are fine collections of Bergama and Gördes carpets, traditional costumers and camel bridles. Situated on Atatürk Caddesi is an old Izmir house used by the founder of the Turkish Republic, the Atatürk Müzesi (Atatürk Museum) exhibits photographs of the leader as well as some of his personnel effects. The SelcukYasar Müzesi (SelcukYasar Art Museum) is a private museum on Cumhuriyet Bulvari with a collection of 20th century Turkish art. And wander in the bazaar, sip drinks and dine at the pleasant waterfront restaurants.

What to see • Agora • Clock Tower • Kadifekale • Ephesus – Selcuk- Virgin Mary • Seferhisar

• Pergamum – Bergama - Milet - Dydima • Kemeralti • Asansor • Alacati • Cesme

Convention & Exhibition Centers of Izmir Name Aegean University Hall

Number of Halls

Total sqm

Largest Hall Capacity (Theatre)

6

-

1.000

Altinyunus Holiday Resort

9

-

650

Adnan Saygun Culture & Art Cen.

6

29.500

1.225

Ataturk Culture Center

7

-

800

Hilton Izmir

16

-

700

Izfas

5

-

1.000

Sabanci Culture Palace

6

6.000

538

Kaya Izmir Convention Centre

26

5.500

1.500

Sheraton Cesme

22

-

-

Swissotel Izmir

22

7.299

1.550

Tepekule Congress & Ex. Cen.

14

-

1.100

DM Companies

INTRA TOURS Incoming services in Turkey since 1980 Company Overview Intra Tours-DMC is a market leader in incoming tourism to Turkey from Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece and is also very active in the USA, UK and South American markets. Its brand, INAIR Aviation provides important air transport services to both the incoming and outgoing sectors. As well as operating incoming services throughout Turkey, Intra Tours-DMC, through her dedicated M.I.C.E department, also organizes congresses, symposia, seminars, meetings, motivational programs, international exhibitions and incentive programs for international and domestic markets.

Ertugrul “Arturo” Karaoglu President

Services Intra Tours - DMC have also received many awards for the quality of our excellent services and was honored awards with SKALITE ‘09, ’10 and ‘12 “Quality in Tourism” for the third time.

As a whole, Intra Tourism has been an important brand in Turkish tourism since 1980 and welcomes yearly 50.000 tourists from various international markets.

M.I.C.E Meetings ❍ Incentives ❍ Congresses ❍ Events n Luxury Travel n Platinum Service n F.I.T. Services Private arrangements for individuals and small parties Tailor Made Holidays n Hotels & Resorts ❍ Seaside Operations ❍ Hotel Contracts and Handling n Groups, Special Interest, Cultural and Study Tours n Blue Cruise Yacht Charter & Cabin Rental n Guaranteed Departure Tours on Seat in Coach basis ❍ English ❍ Italian ❍ Spanish ❍ Portugese ❍ French n Online Booking Faciliy -B2B ❍ Hotels ❍ Transfers ❍ Excursions n Aviation & Brokerage Full or seat basis spot or chain charter operations n

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Affiliations

Headquarters, Istanbul

Intra is a member of the following organizations:

Ergenekon Cad.62/603 Bomonti Sisli 34380 Istanbul TURKEY Phone: (90-212) 234 12 00 , 44INTRA - Fax : (90-212) 241 08 85 e-mail: mail@intraturkey.com - www.intraturkey.com Branch Offices : Antalya, Kuşadası, Bodrum

TURSAB – ASTA – SKAL –ACTA - SITE

ORION TOUR

ERSAN ATSÜR President

Company Overview

Services

ORION TOUR was established in 1969 in order to meet the fast growing demand for FIT and GIT land tours throughout Turkey. Since then, the company has become one of the top leading tour operators in the country with energetic and well-experienced staff, necessary to run an efficient and smooth operation. Through Orion’s computerized systems and worldwide connections, you are assured of reliable and professional services.

ORION TOUR DMC has successfully arranged many meetings and symposiums and is, therefore, armed with a lot of knowledge and experience. ORION TOUR successfully organized the International Symposium on St. Nicholas (Santa Claus, Father Christmas) for years. This International Symposium was solely organized and managed by us and scholars from various European countries, U.S.A and Canada participated in this International Symposium for over a decade. Only few years ago, the annual meeting of the World Council of

Wear TV – 125 pax Lux – 120 pax Citibank – 135 pax Nutrimetrics - 700 pax Shaklee - 1200 pax Shell - 850 pax Hoechst - 350 pax Ciba-Geigy - 250 pax Panasonic - 350 pax Eagle-Star - 225 pax Hoover - 195 pax Bridgestone - 450 pax NATO-Conference on Education and Training on Operational Research - 1300 pax AIA - American International Assurance Company - 225 pax Telcom South Africa - 150 pax Thira Parma Phillipinnes - 325 pax Sony Singapore - 125 pax InnKeeper Australia - 175 pax

Churches in Turkey was also planned, organised and successfully managed by Orion Tour.

Furthermore, annual meetings and congresses for Wear TV, Lux, Citibank, Nutrimetrics, Shaklee, Shell, Hoechst, Ciba-Geigy, Panasonic, Eagle-Star, Hoover, Bridgestone, NATO-Conference on Education and Training on Operational Research, AIA - American International Assurance Company, Telcom South Africa, Thira Parma Phillipinnes, Sony Singapore and InnKeeper Australia were all carried out by our company.

ORION TOUR has and offers a whole range of well-experienced and reputable guides to meet and cope with the demand and interest of and to provide the comfort and care for our guests.

Most of these professional guides are multilingual and we provide a whole range of foreign languages; from the common and well-spoken languages of English, French, German and Arabic to the relatively less frequently requested languages like Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin).

Affiliations Orion - tour is a member of the following organizations:

ASTA - JATA - PATA - SITE - TURSAB - UFTAA

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ORION TOUR - Tourism Organisation & Travel Agency Address: Halaskargazi Cad. No:166/3 Sisli 34360 Istanbul/TURKEY Tel: +90(212)2326300 - 2319570 Fax: +90(212)2412808 - 2414953 www.oriontour.com e-mail: orion@oriontour.com.tr

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DM Companies

prontoDMC

Thomas Paternoster Director

Company Overview

Services

prontoDMC is a strategic business unit of Prontotour Group, Turkey’s leading travel corporation established in Istanbul in 1993. Since then, Prontotour Group with its 105 professional team members has become a benchmark of success in the industry with a high market share. prontoDMC specializes both in the MICE and the Leisure segments with two distinctive departments and dedicated staff for each single activity. We offer a wide range of products and comprehensive solutions, from FIT and luxury programs, group travel, strategic solutions related to weekly charter operations,

to incentive trips, client entertainment, event management and conference travel projects.

Our reputation is not only built on experience but also on flair and imagination, flexibility and innovation, exceptional standards, pride in our work, solid working partnerships with our clients and our unique ability to exceed expectations. prontoDMC is committed to being the “Supplier of Choice” through product and service excellence. Our emphasis is on being a responsible, innovative business partner providing value-added services for our customers. We always have quality in mind - the loyalty of our customers is our reward.

■ Incentives ■ Meeting Planning & Special Events ■ Conventions & Conferences ■ Team Building ■ Leisure Incoming Services ■ Handling Services For Tour Operators ■ Fit Arrangements ■ Group Travels ■ Cultural Tours ■ Charter Flight Services

Memberships

Headquarters, Istanbul

prontoDMC is a member of following organizations:

Büyükdere caddesi 16/5 34360 Sisli - Istanbul / Turkey Phone: +90 212 373 91 92 – Fax: +90 212 224 41 69 e-mail: contact@prontodmc.com – www.prontodmc.com Branch Offices: Antalya, Bodrum, North Cyprus

IATA - TURSAB

SETUR TRAVEL AGENCY Company Overview

Setur is a part of Koç Group of Companies.

Setur carries all its activities with corporate management, customer satisfaction, social responsibility and environmental protection principles in international standards.

Setur is involved in every activity in the field of tourism and also possesses a significant portion of Duty Free Market in Turkey with its stores at airports, border gates and ports.

Besides, Setair, an aviation unit of Setur, has a fleet of 2 jet planes, 2 helicopters and one seaplane.

Furthermore, “Setur Marinas” performs the only marina chain of Turkey with its eight marinas along the Turkish coasts.Setur owns Turkey’s biggest on-line tourism portal bookinturkey.com which presents flight ticket alternatives, transfer services and online booking options to international and domestic.Setur officially registered its quality

Oktay Temeller M.I.C.E. Manager

References

with ISO 9000-2001 standards in 2002.

Setur M.I.C.E. department ,with its 30 years of experience in congress industry, has succeeded many important organizations including the OSCE Summit in 1999 and NATO Istanbul Summit in 2004. Setur provides a complete solution partnership and prepares all kinds of organizations such as national and international congresses, dealer and training meetings, incentive visits, ceremonies, product launches, corporate meetings. Setur M.I.C.E. designs the most appropriate solutions for your brand and provides single handed services to give the most suitable message at the right time, in the right place, and with the right content.

In every step of the way, the team acts as a part of your team and shares their extensive information, knowhow and experience with you.

FIAT Annual dealers meeting FORD Cargo launch FIAT Linea launch OPET Annual dealers meeting AYGAZ Annual dealers meeting FORD Annual dealers meeting FORD Fiesta launch FORD Kuga launch KOC HOLDING Anatolia meeting ARCELIK Annual dealers meeting RMK Marine Coast Guard Ship delivery event DIVAN HOTEL ERBIL opening event OTOKAR 50.year celebration event ARCELIK IFA BERLIN fair organization

Memberships

Headquarters

Setur is a member of the following organizations :

SETUR TRAVEL AGENCY Bağlarbaşı Kısıklı Cad. No: 24 34662 Altunizade Phone: (+90 216) 554 37 00 Fax: (+90 216) 474 94 29 E-mail: info@setur.com.tr Web: www.setur.com.tr

IAPCO, ICCA, ASTA, ICVB

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