3ᵗʰ Istanbul Publishing Fellowship Participant Comments

We talked about the Istanbul Fellowship program with one of our last year's fellows, the vice president of African Publisher Network, Mr. Mohamed Radi in the Frankurt Buchmesse.

A great professional program for the protection of intellectual property rights and for the exchange of rights in the sale, purchase, dissemination and exchange of culture among peoples.

This is a great opportunity to make Turkey a production workshop.

I think that the program, which was organized for the first time in such a comprehensive way, was extremely successful.

I had a chance to meet with publishers whom I would not be able to meet at other fairs.

The program has contributed to the development of broad-minded, different perspectives for publishers because it has helped to bring together world publishers and ensured better recognition of international publications by Turkish publishers.

This was a perfectly organized meeting with due care for all details. All in all, it was a wonderful opportunity to promote Turkey.

The program is very good and positive in that it provided a chance to meet foreigners and promote our country.

It is an invaluable opportunity for publishers who were provided with all kind of facilities. It is a gateway to copyright sales which shoud be utilized well.

I did not have any problems during the program. The program was conducted without any hitch and in accordance with its original purpose.

The meetings were good and productive. I believe these will get even better and more productive in the future.

It was great. One of the best in the world.

The program has a paramount importance to know more about Turkish publishing industries.

Great opportunity to meet foreign peers, thank you

It is really a great idea to connect the world with the Turkish Publishing World. The program provides a perfect opportunity for buying and selling copyrights.

Very efficient, gives a general idea about Turkish books and market, and open new doors to doing business.

It's a realy good place for international business

It was a wonderful opportunity to get a deeper understanding of children's book market, its trend and perspective in Turkey and, thanks to the diversity of the publishers invited, from other countries all around the world.

It was very good organized event. The most important thing that, the event was very productive.

It was a very prectical way to present and to know more about the Turkish publishing market.

For decades of time, I have been joining all those world book fairs not to mention of Frankfurt, Bologna, London and BookExpo but I can say the Fellowship Program has truly significant competitive edge with those in terms of “back-to-basic” and “grassroots” communication environment over international copyright and IP trade.

I think this was an amazingly well organized program. It gave me the opportunity to meet with very inspiring Turkish publishers and other foreign publishers.

The program was very well organized and provided a lot of very useful contacts and information.

The program has been very positive, I have now a lot of ideas of collaboration with Turkish publishers.

It's a great platform for young publishing houses like ours.

I love the Istanbul Fellowship Program. It's been one of the most satisfying and useful international experiences I've had in my international business career.

The program is good and satisfying overally speaking, such as the staff which was amazing and helpful, which makes me consider doing it again!

Great opportunity to meet other publishers, very well organized program, very friendly and helpfull staff.

The program was a lovely way to meet other publishers, share experiences and get to know the international market.

We had the chance to learn more about the Turkish publishing world in all its aspects, to meet many people from Turkey and from all over the world!

It was a great opportunity to know better about the Turkish publishers and to speak to collegues from around the world.

Excellent opportunity to share cultures through books.

The program is amazing, full with opportunities

The Program provided the participants with very good networking opportunities.

The overall atmosphere was wonderful and positive. The organizers and support staff were professional, friendly, and especially helpful in all aspects.

Very interactive and business focused. It offers the right opportunity for publishers to exchange works and deepen relationships.

It was very enriching and informative.

I would like to congratulate the Organisers for the awesome initiative! I find it wonderful that Turkey invests in culture, more specifically publishing and international relations!

Very well though/ planned and executed well. Every publishers i met supported and briefed very well.

In my opinion Istanbul Fellowship is one of the best organised fellowships. It will for sure foster the promotion of the Turkish literature around the world.

I got to meet a lot of editors and rights agents from Turkish companies, as well as numerous editors and publishers from other countries. I have a much better understanding of the Turkish Publishing scene now than I had before.

The program is well conducted and allow to establish bridges between international publishers.

Very well organized, interesting meetings, very helpful, polite and brilliant staff, a great experience.

This Fellowship was very good organized and very fruitful.

I think the organization was very well done and the chance to schedule and meet with colleagues, from Turkey and internationally is was fantastic. It was very beneficial for me.

This is a great chance to meet publishers from all over the world and have a new look at Turkish publishing.

It was a very good effort very well managed and a good platform to exchange and understand views and do business with publishers from all around the world.

It was a big, diverse, involved group, which I loved!

Great organization and selection of participants. It was one of the most productive programs I have participated in. I had the opportunity to know many different publishers and good business are following suit.

The programme was well organised and it provided me with a better understanding of the Turkish publishing industry and the opportunity available to collaborate with Turkish Publishers.