The Erasmus+ Across Bosphorus Event  was held in İstanbul on October 24,  2017 as part of the 30th Anniversary Campaign of the Erasmus+ Programme.

Our association was invited to the event. On behalf of the association, the EVS Projects Coordinator Irem Ebru Kuru, our Vet volunteer Iman Sulejmani of our “Go Beyond the Limits” project and our former volunteer Fatih Akliman of our “Look Beyond” project, which was held in Maribor, Slovenia in 2015 – 2016 participated.

The event which was the national flagship event of Turkey opened with the official speeches by Director of Turkish National Agency Mesut KAMİLOĞLU, Director General for Europen Commission Education and Culture Martine REICHERTS, Head of EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Christian Berger and Undersecretary of the Ministry for European Union Ambassador Selim YENEL.

 

  

Following the speeches, Erasmus+ Forum was  held with Erasmus+ beneficiaries. Erasmus+ beneficiaries shared their experiences and opinions on the future of Erasmus+ in the forum section. Approximately 200 people, consisting of representatives of the National Agencies of other countries,  students and volunteers attended the event.

  

In the event, projects implemented  in our country under Erasmus+ and photographs from “Erasmus+ Through My Lense” contest were also exhibited.  An award ceremony was held for the winners of photo contest. Following the ceremony, event participants wrote their expectation for the post-2020 Programme period to the “Erasmus+ tree” and immortalized the event with enjoyful photos taken with photo booth. A symbolic birthday cake was cut under waving Turkish and Erasmus+ 30 flags.