12 people, institutions and organizations from 6 countries will be awarded at the end of the May, 2013 in the ceremony held within the context of the Turkish Day in the USA.
Yahya Akengin, the president of Turkish World Writers and Artists Association (TÜRKSAV), told in the press conference in Ankara that one of the most important issues taken into consideration in determining the 17th Turkish World Service Awards was to attract attentions to the measures taken against preparations of some groups to get Turkey into difficult situations in 2015 with the unfounded Armenian claims. With this aim holding the ceremony in USA would be more appropriate, he stated.
Expressing the arrangements to organize a panel on “Turkish World Lobbying” besides participation to Turkish Parade in New York and the award ceremony, Yahya Akengin, from the standpoint of “one nation doesn’t possess two lobbies” as Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signified time to time, underlined the importance of initiatives to inform Turkish world and draw brother countries’ attentions to the issue against malicious Armenian propagandas.
Saying that “Actually, Turkish nation needs to clarify the truths not to defend himself or to make propaganda about unfounded Armenian claims. To express regrettably, it is known that the number of those who don’t really know the background of this issue in Turkey and the Turkish world is not low.”, Chairman Akengin emphasized that they can feel the existence of institutions and non-governmental organizations that have already started to move in the U.S. and Europe with these thoughts and added that issue was considered in determining the owners of the awards. He continued his words as follows: “The groups, alleging Turkey should apologize and producing materials for Armenian diaspora’s propagandas, are supposed to understand that imperialist states of that time should apologize to both Turkish and Armenian people for the humanitarian plight that resulted from their policy of setting at odds. As TÜRKSAV, this is our thesis.”
At the press conference “Balkan Sorrows Poetry Anthology”, prepared and released by TÜRKSAV on the account for 100. Anniversary of the Balkan Wars, was introduced and presented to the press.
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17th TURKISH WORLD SERVICE AWARDS WINNERS
KYRGYZSTAN
-President Almazbek ATAMBAYEV
(his supports and services to Turkish unity and Turkish world ideal)
TURKEY
– Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the U.S, Namık TAN
(His supports to Turkish NGOs in the United States, his approach to provide cooperation and service coherence among them, his unifier role in cultural and social activities on Turkish world in USA)
-Artist Rauf TUNCER
(leitmotifs of Turkish history in his works)
-Orhan HAKALMAZ
(His well-qualified efforts and services for Turkish folk music)
AZERBAIJAN
-Ambassador to Washington, Elin SÜLEYMANOV
(His supports and contributions to Turkish world lobbying against Armenian diaspora’s unfounded claims)
USA
-President Ergün KARLIKOVALI on behalf of Assembly of Turkish American Associations
-President Faruk TABAN on behalf of Turkic American Alliance
-President Ali ÇINAR on behalf of Federation of Turkish American Associations
(These three umbrella organizations’ common stands, attitudes and services for the sake of Turkey’s international interests)
-Prof. Edward FOSTER
(His contributions to cooperation studies between universities in Turkey and USA and his prsentations by translation of Turkish literature)
-Prof. Hasan Bülent PAKSOY
(His studies on Turkish epics)
KAZAKHSTAN
-Poet and Writer Muhtar ŞAHANOV
(His services for Kazakhstan’s freedom and independence locally, his contribution to Turkish world culture in general and as a present for his 70th birthday)
Macedonia
-Prof. Numan ARUÇ
(His services for Turkish world culture and art in Macedonia Science and Arts Academia)
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