2ᵗʰ Istanbul Publishing Fellowship
23-28 February 2017
Yesilkoy CNR EXPO Fair Center
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Second İstanbul Publishing Fellowship Program took place in 23 – 28 February 2017 with 30 participants from 21 different countries. These 30 participants were separated into three groups based on publication types such as “child books publishers”, “cultural and literature books publishers” and “classic, academic and foreign language learning books publishers”.
30 rooms were booked in a 5 stars hotel in Sultanahmet region and our participants stayed there for 6 days. Hosts or hostess’ left in charge for each participant. In addition, six days transportation service is provided in order to ensure that participants’ access to programs and hotel.
Opening lunch was held in 24 February with participants and Turkish publishers. After lunch, fair tour and a presentation about TEDA Grant were made. Trips, Bosporus tour and publishers meeting were organized in remaining days.
In the end of the 2nd İstanbul Publishing Fellowship Program in 2017, exchanged books’ rights number was increased to 439.
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Participant Comments
Muhammed Mustafa SıbaiVice-President of Arab Publishers Association, Al Warrak Publishing CEO
As a participant on both first and second Istanbul Fellowship Programs, I think this program is an important result of relations between Arab Publishers Association and Turkish Press and Publishers Copyright & Licensing Society.
Even though being the first fellowship program, we saw that it brings very successful results. Last year fellowship program had great outcomes on introducing Turkish publishing in Arab countries and translations from Turkish to Arabic. I think fellowship programs became an important bridge between civilizations, Arab culture and Turkish culture. Therefore, cultural and literature translations between languages are the most important results of cultural transfer and I think this will take more important role in the future. I strongly believe in the importance of continuing this relations day by day and also believe that especially on Turkish side, Turkish Press and Publishers Copyright & Licensing Society-led efforts and workings will bring some huge impacts soon.
Mohammad al-KhatibLebanon / Digital Future Publishing House CEO
Istanbul Fellowship Program is a successful organization that represents the Turkish publishing industry in Arab world in a best way. This program has an important place for transferring cultural relations between Turkish public and Arabian public. It has a significant role in not only the transfer of experience about cultural relations but also building strong commercial ties between Turkish and Arabian publishing industries. As Turkish and Arabian publishers, we all see that we share a common history, geography, past and a lot of common grounds in current structure.
Due to Istanbul Fellowship Programs, we felt that we can take important steps about building a new future and contribute the rising generations’ education in cultural and textbooks senses together. We believe that in addition to our cultural values, having a common sense in religious values and sense of belonging to values will create a stronger tie in our common works in publishing industry. In my opinion taking a part in this program, our publishing house have a significant role in translation of some Turkish books into Arabic language.
I believe that we will be a leader publishing house for translating Turkish books into Arabic and make them spread in Arab world. Especially with these works, I think Arabian public will know Turkish culture and civilization better, witness this civilization closer. At this point, the importance of this fellowship program occurs. I believe this relation of us will grow more with next fellowship programs in the upcoming years and think that these kinds of programs will have a great role in rebuilding the cultural relations between Turkish and Arabian publics.
I thank to the organizers of this program.
