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Thursday, 18.04.2024, 03:23
Turkey: Distant and Close
According to Svetlana Samburska, the author of the
project, the Baltic Center Chair, the former Executive Director of the Turkish
Institute (TBCCI), within
the framework of which a lot of different Turkish events were organized, this project is not a
commercial one, this project is a tribute to the great and beautiful country -
Turkey. The project will contribute to the further development of international
relations in the fields of
economy, culture, education and tourism between Turkey, Latvia and other
participating in the project countries: Russia, Belarus, Lithuania and Estonia.
Exactly 10 years ago, in December 2009, RISEBA became the
founder of the only one Turkish
Institute in Latvia, created in the framework of the project “RISEBA - TBCCI” with financial support
from the Fund of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. The project was
supported by the Turkish Embassy in Latvia. The University of Bahçeşehir (Istanbul) became a project partner.
Turkey, because of the many magnificent historical and
cultural artifacts, is often compared with the “open-air museum”. It has long been close to the RISEBA University of Business, Arts and
Technology, as Turkish students also study at the RISEBA. The
Rector Irina Sennikova is sure that RISEBA, as an intersectoral university, combining many
cultures, prepares knowledgeable, creative and self-thinking people for the
world labor market who will be interested in participating in this kind of
project.
The project team unites like-minded high-level professionals, who love Turkey, are close to Turkey, and who
will be able to implement all the project activities at a high level: Signe Stipniece (Philologist, Latvian Language Teacher), Marina
Gunare (Professor of the Baltic International Academy, Director of
the Program “Tourism and Hotel Business Management”), Vera
Zubova (Accountant), Ludmila
Umarova (Economist), Girts
Barenis the Baltic
Center Partner, “Beyond
Brands Riga” Creative Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Designer and Creator of the project website), Rolands
Barenis (“Beyond Brands
Riga” Strategic and Communication Director), Anastasia Peskova (Strategic and
Communication Specialist, graduated
from a magistracy in Turkey), Vladislav Redkin (Director of the Belarusian Information
Center in Latvia), Jekaterina Mashoshina (IT Specialist), Yuriy Mashoshin (Associate Professor, Doctor of Law, Lawyer of the Baltic
Center) and Dilge Özcoşkun, Project
Coordinator, who knows the history and culture of her country and will provide
significant assistance in the worthy implementation of this project. Moreover,
she already has the experience in participating in the previous Turkish events organized by the Turkish Institute
(TBCCI).
Dilge is Turkish
by nationality, has been living in Latvia for 7 years and knows the Latvian language. She is a musician
by profession, graduated from the Jazep Vitol Latvian Academy of Music, studies
Chinese at the University of Latvia, plays viola at the Riga Chamber Orchestra
and the B-Sharp Academic String Orchestra.
Within the framework of the international project “TURKEY: DISTANT AND CLOSE” a video contest, publication of photo albums, business forums, exhibitions and other events of the Turkish culture are planning to be held. The main one will be the international video contest “100 COLOURS OF TURKEY” for the best video clip about this country. Girts Barenis, the Head the International Jury, emphasized that participation in the video contest, as well as in other activities of the project, will be free. Girts expressed confidence that the competition would attract the attention of participants from many corners of our planet.
Janis Holsteins, the Director of the program Audiovisual Media Art, confirmed the interest of
RISEBA students in participating in this project. Specialization of the program is the work in television
companies, cinema, independent production associations, Internet television and
other new media as a producer, director, operator, screenwriter. This curriculum is the only one in Latvia that allows to qualify a film and television producer, as well as the
only professional bachelor's program in audiovisual art implemented in Latvia.
The selection of the 100 most interesting and
high-quality video clips by the
Jury and Awarding Ceremony will take place
in 2023 - the year of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey.
According to the
terms of the video contest, the clips should not contain scenes of violence, cruelty,
racial hatred, etc. More detailed information about the project, the
competition and all the events will be on the website www.turkish100project.org.
During the event,
a video presentation of ebru art from the EBRU RĪGA studio was held. EBRU is one of the oldest forms of the Turkish art, which UNESCO in 2014 included in the list of intangible
cultural heritage. A master class by two ebru artists Irina Trumpele and Olga
Orlova demonstrated and taught all present an amazing technique of drawing on
water. And many of the guests even tried to create their own unique
masterpieces.
The guests of the
presentation were pleased with the views and landscapes of Turkey represented
by the Photon photo club, whose
leader for many years was a famous
Latvian journalist Yuri Zhitlukhin.
Among the photographs that were printed using special modern technology, there
are several works of the photographers from Latvia - Valentin
Leitan and Alexander Borsch.
The students Ksenia and Natalya from the RISEBA
Professional School „Victoria”
provided a great help in organising the
presentation. Students of the school actively participated in all previous
Turkish events organized by the Turkish
Institute. The Director Angela Dubinska believes that knowledge and skills
acquired at the school and practice in the Turkish project guarantee her
students success in their professional careers.
Sergey Kugelev, a well-known Latvian musician, guitarist, leader of the Kugelevi Band Family, whose two sons Peter and Pavel graduated from the RISEBA
Professional School "Victoria", came to congratulate the participants
and guests of the presentation. Sergey sang two songs that had long been world hits: Nocturne by Alexander Kublinsky and Yellow Leaves by Raymond Pauls, which all the
guests of the event sang along with.
On behalf of the Baltic
Center the most sincere thanks to Irina Sennikova, the Rector of RISEBA University of Business, Arts and
Technology, and all participants of the event for their help and support in
organising the presentation of the new Turkish Project concept.