The Metropolitan Municipality and Beyoğlu, Beykoz, Pendik, Sarıyer and Üsküdar District Municipalities opened their resources and facilities to NGOs and hosted special dinners for the guests. Bilgi University, Human Rights Association, Mazlumder, Amnesty International TR Section, Lawyers Association, PEN Center of Turkey and Publishers Association, have also contributed to the 4th Gathering.
Program
19 November 2005 Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00 “ORTAK PAYDA (Common Denominator)2005 Enlarged Working Group Meeting” 12:00 – 16:00 “Children are Speaking” (Venue: Mehmet Akif Ersoy Art…
19 November 2005 Saturday:
10:00 – 18:00 “ORTAK PAYDA (Common Denominator)2005 Enlarged Working Group Meeting”
12:00 – 16:00 “Children are Speaking”
(Venue: Mehmet Akif Ersoy Art Center/Pendik)
Organised by: Human Rights Association Istanbul Branch (supported by Pendik Municipality)
14:00 – 18:00 “Legal and Social Dimensions of Freedom of Expression”
(Venue: Çamlıca Cultural Center /Üsküdar)
Organised by Association of Members of Legal Professions (supported by Üsküdar Municipality)
20 November 2005 Sunday:
10:00 – 18:00 “ORTAK PAYDA 2005 Enlarged Working Group Meeting”
11:00 – 12:00 Voltaire’s 311th Birthday Celebration
(Venue:Tevfik Fikret Museum/Bosphorous)
Organised by Association for Freedom of Expression
11:00 – 17:00 “I am a kid! I think, I participate, I play”
(Venue: Beykoz Municipality Cultural Center)
Organised by Amnesty International-Turkey Section (supported by Beykoz Municipality)
21 November 2005 Monday:
10:00 – 11:00 Opening Ceremony at Bilgi University
11:00 – 18:00 International Forum at Bilgi University
(Future of Freedom of Expression after 11 September)
Organised by “Center for HR Education and Researches” of Bilgi University.
19:00 – 20:00 To Freedom… (A cultural event for guest writers)
(Venue: Muammer Karaca Theatre /Beyoğlu)
Organised by: P.E.N. Turkey Center (supported by Beyoğlu Municipality)
(V. Vassilikos, E. Schoulgin, T.M.Kpomassie, C. Hove, F. Chebbi , J.Azzura, F. Sejadi, M. Uzun)
22 November 2005 Tuesday:
10:00 – 12:00 Trial Observation at the Justice Palace (2 cases of publisher Ragip Zarakolu)
(Venue: İstanbul 2nd. Criminal Court of First Instance /Sultanahmet)
14:00 – 18:00 “Freedom of Expression in Turkey. WHAT HAVE WE GAINED,WHAT HAVE NOT?”
(Round Table discussion on freedom of expression in Turkey)
(Venue: Muammer Karaca Theatre/Beyoğlu)
Organised byP.E.N. Turkey Center (supported by Beyoğlu Municipality)
Guest List
The Participants of the 4th Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom of Expression:
Agnes Callamard (Article 19)
Alexis Krikorian (IPA – International Publishers’ Association)
Bill Strachan (AAP – Association of American Publishers)
Chenjerai Hove (Writer, Norwegian PEN)
Corrine Kumar (Sociologist – India)
Eugene Schoulgin (International PEN Board Member)
Eva Norstörm (Euromed HR Net)
Fadhila Chebbi (Poet – Tunesia)
Fatemeh Sejadi (Author, Swedish PEN)
Hal Fessenden (AAP – Association of American Publishers)
Jeloul Azzura (Author – Tunesia)
Jonathan Sugden (HRW – Human Rights Watch, Turkey Reporter)
Kemal Kıraç (Federation of Immigrant Associations)
Kjell Olaf Jensen (Norwegian PEN – President)
Klaus Slavensky (FREEMUSE – The World Forum on Music and Censorship)
Mahsa Vahdat (Singer – Iran)
Mehmed Uzun (Author, Swedish PEN)
Niloufer Bhagwat (Lawyer – India)
Ole Gunnar Solheim (Norwegian PEN)
Ronald Boss (Dutch PEN)
Terry Carlbom,(Swedish PEN)
Tété-Michel Kpomassie (Author, French PEN – Togo)
Vassilis Vassilikos (Writer, former Representative of Greece at UNESCO)