EU Information Network Go Local Go Beyond Borders" Photo Exhibition at the Historical Mardin Post Office

EU INFORMATION NETWORK 2008

EU Information Network delivers the “Go Local Go Beyond Borders” photo exhibition to the Historical Mardin Post Office. Accompanied by local tunes the participants of the event organized in cooperation with Diyarbakır EU Information Relay and Delegation of the European Commission to Turkey will join an impressive journey of 80 photos depicting how the citizens in Turkey are informed of the EU.

The event will host vivid shots from local and regional events, particularly within the scope of European Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue, held by the EU Info Relays in Adana, Antalya, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, İzmir, Kayseri, Mersin, Samsun, Trabzon, Van and Edirne as well as EU Information Centres in İstanbul and Ankara. The exhibition highlights the role of cultural dialogue and communication in the information of citizens on the European Union and makes reference to the concerts and exhibitions held in several provinces in cooperation with the embassies of the EU Member States in Turkey. The “Go Local Go Beyond Borders” photo exhibition was first held on 26-29 August 2008 at the European Parliament in Brussels and attracted large number of visitors.

The exhibition which will be inaugurated on 20 November 2008 at the Historical Mardin Post Office will be open until 23 November 2008. Semir Ortaç Group will deliver a concert at the opening.

With the objective of meeting the information needs about the EU at local level, EU Information Network was rendered operational in 1996 by the European Commission Delegation to Turkey and local partners of Chambers of Commerce and/or Industry in 14 provinces. The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the European Parliament Brussels Information Office in the framework of the Project entitled “Support to EU Information Relays Network in Turkey”, which was signed in 2007 between the Delegation and Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce (GTO) to ensure the coordination of the activities undertaken by EU Information Relay Offices.

For information:

• Selda Paydak
  Sector Manager for Press and Communications, Delegation of the European Commission to Turkey
  selda.paydak@ec.europa.eu
  Tel: 312 459 87 00
• Burcu Çelik
  Project Co-ordinator, Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce
  bnakip@gto.org.tr
  Tel: 0 342 220 30 30