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Of!cial Magazine of Istanbul 2011,10th National Selection Conference of the European Youth Parliament Turkey

Goodbye, farewellThe hipster takes his ear on a Tour d’EuropeHow eastern is Eastern Europe?The speed of friendship

Table of Contents

INTERVIEWOlcay Soyalan explores the speed at which friendships are formed within EYP.

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SOCIETYSweden and Turkey - two completely di!erent countries. Emilie Tilstam examines her prejudices.

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LIFESTYLEElif Celebi gives her view on embarrasment in daily life, and explains why those certain stories should never be forgotten.

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LIFESTYLEAre you afraid to fail? You should not be. Failing is the way to success, and Dunja Tanovic knows why.

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EYP"is session has come to an end, but next up in Istanbul is the International Session. "ree members of the Organising team inform you about what is yet to come.

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POLITICSNoura Berrouba describes the importance of interpreting de-velopment in di!erent ways.

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LIFESTYLEFeel like listening to hipster music in an EYP manner? Emilie Tilstam gives you the full European guide.

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POLITICSSamuel Mushin explains the importance of overcoming prejudice in Europe.

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LIFESTYLEWatch out for the Fashion police! Ipek Karakaya investigates the sense of style of some session participants.

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EYPNoura Berrouba defends her favourite shape, the circle.

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EYP"is session is over, and something called PED is about to hit you. Melis Cin helps you prepare.

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EYPAs the #nal word, there are a couple of people we need to thank. Oyku Tali describes further.

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Dear Delegates, As Beyoncé once sang, this is the ‘end of time.’

As far as this session is concerned, it does not have to be the end. In EYP, one session is always before another one. We hope that the third issue of the Intercontinental will inspire you and distract you from the negative feelings that can be caused by the end of time, or to be precise, the end of the session.

It was our aim to give you a memorable taste of EYP journalism with our magazines. EYP is about politics and

people. Whereas the academic side of a session is sum-marised in the Resolution Booklet, EYP journalism

absorbs and re$ects everything our organisation consists of that is not of academic nature, but makes EYP what it it really is: fascinating indi-viduals and inspiring opinions.

"e 10th National Selection Conference of EYP Tur-key has come to an end. We would like to remind you

that this session can be the start of something bigger, if you want for it to be. It is our hope that you decide to start your own journey in EYP, a journey that will hopefully take you to countless places in Europe.

Yours truly,Your Editors,

Elsa Horn af Rantzien (SE) & Konrad Staeger (CH)

!e Intercontintal is brought to you by:

Noura Berrouba (SE)Elif Celebi (TR)Melis Cin (TR)Ipek Karakaya (TR)Sammy Mushin (CZ)Kaan Serdar (TR)Olcay Soyalan (TR)Oyku Tali (TR)Dunja Tanovic (UK)Emilie Tilstam (SE)

The end of time

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The speed of friendship

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Now that the end of the 10th National Selection Conference of EYP Turkey is looming, it is time to look back over the past few days and relive the things that have made you smile, laugh and maybe even cry. "is will certainly make the last hours of the session much more precious and joyful.

On the #rst day of the session, Dele-gates stood in a huge tent with mixed feelings, wondering what everything was going to be like. Being a Commit-tee with #fteen strangers was daunt-ing; strange faces, transient glances and the feelings of not knowing what

to do or how to act. Luckily, however, this only lasted a couple of seconds, because as soon the Chairpersons be-gan to use their magic, the group of random people were transformed into a team of friends. "e Chairs managed this though the exciting games they threw the Delegates into: carrying each other, throwing paper around the gym, crawling between each other’s legs and so many other things that most people would not even consider doing with their oldest friends.

By the Committee Work started, the Delegates knew the basics about each

other: what they enjoy, what they dis-like, whether they prefer co!ee or tea, vegetarian or meat eater, party animals, only child, are a fan of Beyoncé and whether they know the song Friday by heart. At this point, it is easy to be over-thrown by the amazing feeling of hav-ing so many nice, like-minded people around.

"is process clearly states there is no other place where one can make friends faster – the form of the EYP creates a unique opportunity. "e session is now over and it is time to leave, but with a mind full of unforgettable memories. It is safe to say that these memories, and this experience, would be nothing if it was no for the people EYP allows you to befriend.

During this session you might very well have witnessed the most ef!cient friend-making so far in your life. BY OLCAY SOYALAN (TR)

With a Swedish eye for Turkish culture

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Any Scandinavian would agree with me that the frosty emotional sti!ness from the north slowly melts as one looks fur-ther south throughout the continent. So Turkey, being far south, would natu-rally embrace me in its arms of Medi-terranean warmth and invite me into a bright world of $ourishing culture. Or at least that is how I pictured Turkey, but which of my expectations of Turk-ish culture have turned out to be accu-rate?

LiteratureExpectations: In 2006, Turkish litera-ture, through author Orhan Pamuk, received the ultimate approval by the Nobel prize. What more can a Swede ask for?But, in reality: Pamuk does not seem to be that popular amongst young people, however, there are many other Turkish authors such as Halit Ziya Usakligil and Resat Guntekin that are worth reading although they never won a Nobel prize.

LeisureExpectations: In contrast to our sterile Nordic white spas, Turks relax in viv-idly colourful mosaic temples called hamams, full of steam and exotic scents

where it is just as much about socializ-ing as about relaxing. In Sweden we sit down in cafés for a co!ee and a cinna-mon bun after school, work or a day in town. Turks on the other hand sit down in cafés and socialize together around a huge shisha. But, in reality: Hamaming is not as fre-quent anymore, but used to be a place where mothers of sons would #nd eligi-ble daughters in law. Shishas, however, are still frequently used (rumour has it that every other Delegate has brought one to the session?)

NightlifeExpectations: Turks do not go clubbing, they go swirling. At least that is what I have in mind when thinking of dancing Turkish people, wide skirts spinning around in a blurry haze of colours. But, in reality: Apparently this dance is called Semazen and practiced by the followers of the philosopher Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi in order to enter a state of trance. But then again, are not all dances a sort of trance?

FoodExpectations: Well, there are about 14 “kebab-Turks” in the Stockholm sub-

urb where I live, so I am guessing that there must be at least twice as many in all the Istanbul suburbs. "is vegetarian is just crossing her #ngers that Turkey will have falafel as well. Also, Turkish delights are not actually Turkish, be-cause I do not remember them being quite as delightful as I had hoped.But, in reality: "e delights are Turkish, but honestly not that bad. However, I have nothing but praise for the Turkish food – for those who have not yet tried the baklava it is a must before leaving. It is a shame that Swedes only associate Turkish cuisine with kebabs.

Shopping Expectations: When walking in a Turk-ish town as a tourist, random people may come up to you and invite you in for some apple tea. And you will be sit-ting there smutting your tea, when it occurs to you that you are about to be lured into buying beautiful, but expen-sive carpets. In general, sellers will be rather pushy in trying to make me buy something. But, in reality: I was not lured into buying carpets, but Turkish sellers are pushy. A Turkish chair simply stated that in Turkey, you do not #nd taxis, the taxis will #nd you. "at basically says it all.

A Swede travels to Turkey for the !rst time, where her prejudices pass through a reality check.BY EMILIE TILSTAM (SE)

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We have all had some really embarrass-ing moments we would like to forget in our lives. "ese mistakes feel like the worst thing that could ever happen and we are haunted by them for a long time, but should they be hated? Do we not stop cringing eventually and start to en-joy recalling them? After having some Delegates and some O%cials recount their shameful moments with a smile on their faces, I decided which ones where the best stories. It is now time to share these mementos with you:

“When I was 14, I was playing a game called ‘Leap Frog’ in a classroom and as I was jumping over my friend I slipped and landed on my wrists. I broke both

my arms and they were in casts for six weeks. It was horri#c but it’s quite a good story to tell now. ”

“I was supposed to hand my article to my teacher but I didn’t. When she saw me in the classroom at the break she started to talk to me about that assign-ment. At one point of the conversation she said ‘Why?’ trying to #nd out why I had not sent it. But I misheard her, and thought she has said ‘Bye’ and left the classroom without explaining anything. Awkward.”

“On the #rst day of the conference, I was asking a Delegate from my Com-mittee which school they were from.

One of them answered ‘St. George’s Austrian High School.’ I was not aware that was a such school in Turkey so I asked ‘Wasn’t it exhausting to come here from there? How did you arrive?’ He responded ‘by school bus, like eve-ryone else.’ "en I #nally understood that he was talking about a school in &stanbul...”

“When I was eight years old, we were in a restaurant with my parents having dinner and all of sudden I asked for a napkin from my mother. She couldn’t understand why but she handed me one. I took it and then moved away. I was not back for a long time that they worried about me so my parents started to look for me. My father found me at the gent’s scrubbing of the sinks; when he asked me why I was doing that I an-swered ‘Why not? "ey were dirty.’”

Embarassing moments should not be forgotten, because one day, they will put a smile on your face. BY ELIF CELEBI (TR)

It could only happen to me

Somewhere between the Greenpeace power point and ETICS insulation talk in yesterday’s Opening Ceremony, Miss. President mentioned Atychipho-bia; or the fear of failure, as it is more commonly known. "e majority of participants at this session have prob-ably, at some point or another, felt its e!ects. What people rarely realise how-ever, is that atychiphobia, unlike any other phobia, is a frequent and tragic barrier that restricts the su!erer from reaching their full potential. "ey can be so concerned with failing that they do not even try to achieve their goals."e usual suspects when it comes to atychiphobia su!ers are those who are high achievers; successful students or workers who have never really experi-enced ‘failure’, or at least their interpre-tation of the word. What these people do not realise is that without a certain

amount of failure, they will never expe-rience great success.

One of the most successful men of our time, Steve Jobs, was once described as “America’s greatest failure” after he was booted out of his own company, Apple, in 1985. According to Nick Schulz, Jobs had “failed better than anyone else in Silicon Valley, maybe better than an-yone in corporate America.” "e reason for Jobs later success comes from the fact that he learned from these mistakes and managed to look at his failures op-timistically. While he recognised that being #red from his own company was initially terrible, he went on to say it was the best thing that ever happened to him claiming that “it was [an] awful-tasting medicine, but...[he] needed it.”Unlike most phobias, atychiphobia has several main symptoms which can af-

fect the su!erers’ everyday actions and mentality. It stops them from asking for help due to their fear of what oth-ers would think if they admitted that they did not know everything. Further-more they can develop a twisted view of those around them, believing that eve-ryone else breezes through life and thus end up feeling bad for not being able to achieve ‘perfection’ like their friends and family. Other symptoms include irrational thoughts and not wishing to start new, exiting activities; after all how can you fail if you never even try?

If we look at the most successful people in history it is clear that if you do not make mistakes, you cannot succeed. American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said that “all in life is an experiment. "e more experiments you make the better” and history has proved him right. Never look at the negative side of failure, just look at what can be learnt from it.

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Atychiphobia, anyone?

No one likes to fail. What happens if one is so afraid of failing that she or he will not even try?BY DUNJA TANOVIC (UK)

No one likes to fail. But what happens if one is so afraid of failing that she or he will not even try, in the !rst place? BY DUNJA TANOVIC (UK)

Istanbul 2012 coming up!

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As the members of the Organising team, we are more than happy to announce that the 69th International Session of the European Youth Parliament will take place in Istanbul between March 23st and April 1st. Under the theme of “Bridging the Cultural Divides of Eu-rope”, the session, presided by Ruben Wagenaar, will gather 320 participants from over 30 countries. We are proud to be hosting such an important EYP event, and promise to dedicate our-selves one hundred per cent to make everything the best possible.

"e team of Istanbul 2012 is what will make the session unique. "e Head Or-ganisers Ezgi Teksoy and O'ulcan To-run are both experienced EYP alumni. With their excellent leadership skills,

25 truly special organisers have come together as a family, all tremendously enthusiastic about the session. "e pas-sion is truly there - everyone in the team is currently working extremely hard to make sure everything will run smoothly during the session. "e unity of the team is so strong that even the most di%cult challenges are fun to overcome. "e Organising team started working for the session in September and since then there have been two organising weekends that gathered all members of the team. During these weekends, teambuilding, meetings, presentations and brie#ngs pumped the team mem-bers with motivation. "ese three-day have allowed the team to get to know each other even better, and thus work more e%ciently.

As a team, we are truly dedicated to cre-ating an unforgettable conference. We have, for this reason, created a surprise for you: a game called “Ogulcanman.” To play the game and for more detailed information about the session, check our website www.istanbul12.org and our Facebook and Twitter pages. We are waiting for enthusiastic and energetic EYPers to join us for a marvellous ex-perience of Turkish hospitality and EYP magic in Istanbul. We hope to see you in Istanbul once again, but this time in March.

On behalf of the Organising team of Is-tanbul 2012,

Kaan Serdar, Olcay Soyalan, Oyku Tali

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Instead of 14 international Of!cials, as it was in the case of this National Selection Conference, next year’s Inter-national Session in Istanbul will gather 320 participants from over 30 countries.BY KAAN SERDAR (TR), OLCAY SOYALAN (TR) & OYKU TALI (TR)

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Just like a coin can be $ipped, so can the di!erent e!ects of development. On one side, we can see what economic devel-opment has lead to: cars rolling in our streets, computers in every home, peo-ple constantly typing on their high-tech smart phones and the entire world inter-connected by planes, trains, buses and cars. We have turned into one global community where communication is vi-tal and the loss of it is unimaginable. On the other hand, the same development has led to environmental catastrophes, an increasing gap between the third and industrialised world and dependence on technology. Mankind might be getting healthier, but the earth is de#nitely sick-ening.

As one of many, Barack Obama refers to development as the greatest force be-hind society and the masses praise it. It is said that change is good - that change is what keeps our society moving. "is is partially true regarding humanistic development; education, healthcare and factors such as mortality rate have all certainly improved. "e world’s popu-lation has become more educated, new medicines have been discovered and the risk of a child dying has massively decreased in the industrialised world. Despite this, there are still severe prob-lems for humanity; modern addictions and dependence on personal technol-ogy has increased, internet bullying is a

reality, governments are at risk of being hacked online and machines are taking over jobs previously done by people. All of these things we have development to ‘thank’ for.

It is not only from a humanitarian point of view that development can be bad. Environmentally, our actions are caus-ing severe problems. "e nuclear catas-trophes in Fukushima and Chernobyl are two examples; the increasingly grow-ing hole in the ozone is another. Earth is consistently being damaged. People claim that connecting the world through infrastructure is a good thing; that it connects people and remove boarders. "e question is how much we are ready to pay. Transport is releasing emissions at an expensive rate: 30% of the current CO2 emissions are caused by transport.

‘Change is good, change is what keeps our societies moving’. "e cost of our development and our change might very possibly be prices too high to pay. Development is not always necessary, things do not always have change. ‘A man touched down on the moon and a world was connected by our own science and imagination’ were Barack Obama’s words in his acceptance speech. What Barack Obama forgets to do is to $ip the coin and see what can be found be-hind it.

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s Development is often praised as society’s greatest victory. Is that necessarily true?BY NOURA BERROUBA (SE)

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Ireland!e Script: "ree Dubliners playing blue-eyed soul music that has become popular material for several American television series’. Listen to: “"e man who can’t be moved”

United Kingdom!e Libertines: "e punk revival band of the notorious Pete Doherty and Carl Barat. Listen to: “Can’t stand me now”!e Beatles: Not contemporary indie music, but a hipster has to know his Beatles. Listen to: Everything (but start with “Blackbird”)

FranceDaft Punk: Electronic duo. Listen to: “Technologic”Justice: Electronic duo (do we see a pat-tern here by any chance?) Listen to: “We are your friends”

GermanyRammstein? Tokyo Hotel? No, the hip-ster would not go to Germany for the music.

Switzerland!e Delilahs: Not that big yet, but stay tuned; rumour has it that a Swiss at this session (not sayig who she is) will be starring in a coming video. Listen to: “I wanna be a housewife”

SwedenLykke Li: "is singer-songwriter has made her way into hipster-hearts all over the world with her electronic indie pop and cryptic hipster-hand gestures.Listen to “I follow rivers”Kent: "ese #ve boys call themselves Sweden’s biggest rock band, and have many loyal hipster-followers from way back in the 90s. Listen to: “Musik non stop”

Finland“We like to sing about death” is a com-mon answer you will get if you ask a Finn what kind of music Finland has to o!er. And although pain is a good theme for hipster music, it should per-haps be a bit more subtle.

DenmarkBlue Foundation: A band dating back to 2000; their music has been described as “folk music for modern people” by its front #gure Tobias Wilner. One of their songs even made it all the way to a Twilight soundtrack. Listen to: “Eyes on #re”

TurkeyHipsterism is not as tangible in Turkey, But their music scene is de#nitely up-and-coming, with bands such as Softa and Post Dial.

As you can see, indie rock music takes up a lot of space in the hipster iPod, but for most of the time, the speci#c genre of music is not too important. "e es-sential thing is just to be very demand-ing in your music taste and constantly search for new music that preferably is completely unknown. If you do not have the time for frenetic searching, just say that you listen to “"e [insert #rst word that comes to mind]”, for ex-ample “"e Talk” or “"e Suspenders”. No one will ever actually check if they really exist, and you will accordingly succeed at being hipster.

Now that we know what a hipster is and how to recognize him/her(/it?), it is time to analyze what music hipsters lis-ten to in different countries. BY EMILIE TILSTAM (SE)

Lifesty

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music guide to Europe

East Europe – Does it offend you, yeah?

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Apart from the poles, you can identify four directions from any point in the world – north, south, east and west. You can use these directions in many ways; to describe a journey, #nd your way or de#ne an area. De#ning areas can be quite tricky. Especially when you have to #nd a point, line or a border where you can anchor your compass based de#nition. In some cases it is obvious, for example Americas are easy to tell apart. But what about the cases where it is almost impossible to set a clear line?

Europe for example; #lled with many cultures, nations, languages, countries linked together by geographic prop-erties, mutual history and economic structures. Although the connections through Europe are at an all time high, it would be foolish to say that Europe is a homologous area in all of its parts.

But people have an urge to categorize everything around them, even their continent. "e #rst and obvious cat-egorization of Europe is dividing it into Western and Eastern Europe.

Stating that Eastern Europe will be the left part on the map and Western Eu-rope will be on the right is easy, #tting and unconsidered. What this attribu-tion actually does in real life is to ap-ply stereotypes and generalizations on the countries in question. According to stereotypes, a typical Western Europe-an city is modern and clean, equipped with a working public transport system, people in suits and buildings that were built with the intention of touching the sky. "e typical Eastern European city is #lthy, old, crammed, equipped with a lousy public transport system, people called Boris and buildings that

were built with the intention of satis-fying contemporary dictators. Stereo-types like this are hurtful, wrong and immoral. But that’s what you get when you want to divide such unique area like Europe by a line. As you can see, Eastern Europe stereotypes are quite in-sulting. Visions of people with golden teeth driving around in old Mercedes, in track suits with shiny, pointy shoes are outdated, just as much as boot cut trousers with pockets on the knees. "anks to pan-European integration, the di!erence between reality and stere-otype in east located countries is getting larger every day, but the o!ensive tone is still present in the Eastern Europe categorization. In times of holistic European unity there is a need to cut back on the ste-reotypes of the past, and in situations where categorization is needed, stick strictly to a factual level, therefore an-nihilate disrespect towards potentially a!ected countries.

Wild West or Calm East? Opinions differ whether an es-tablished western capitalist society or a resurgent eastern block can be found in the east of Europe. BY SAMUEL MUSHIN (CZ)

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Keep calm and suit upHey you, delegate! Do not move. You have the right to remain silent. Every piece of clothing on you can be held against you –the Fashion Police is in action.BY IPEK KARAKAYA (TR)

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Dimitris – the Greek charm

No wonder he knows how to look fa-bulous! Comb(n(ng colours (s usually the s(mplest way to be fash(onable, and I can see that D(m(tr(s masters th(s art qu(te well.

Melis – the elegant kedi

As a member of the Press team, Mel(s def(n(tely knows how to dress l(ke a ked(. Her black and wh(te dress show that she (s well aware of her style.

Ipek – the Fashionista

"(s art(cle was brought to you by your Journal(st and fash(on(sta Ipek.

Beyoncé – the real diva

In the eyes of th(s Press team, Beyoncé (s st(ll the und(sputed d(va and the real fash(on(sta.

A Delegate going for stripes

A str(ped jacket – that (s what I am tal-k(ng about. F(nally a dar(ng Delegate. Dress(ng up w(th patterned p(eces (s usually d(!(cult, as it is easy to overdo-it is easy to overdo- easy to overdo-se. Nevertheless, th(s man (s fearless and knows how to handle h(s patterns.

Secretary Style

"(s Delegate clearly looks very classy (n her wh(te sh(rts and black penc(l sk(rt. If only she had red glasses – she would be an ideal Mad Men character.

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Going around in circlesWhat is a square when you have a circle? An article in defence of the round shape.BY NOURA BERROUBA (SE)

When thinking of circles, the #rst things that comes to mind are words like geometry, diameter and radius. "e circle, however, is not only a matter of geometry and math. Be-ing one of the most used shapes in the world, the circle’s necessity and functionality is proved; the wheel is only one of the revolutionary inven-tions that the shape of a circle has contributed to. In EYP, the circle is the main shape in discussions, games and group gatherings. One might ask oneself why straight lines, squares or triangles are very rarely or never used in EYP context.

"e circle is perhaps the most natu-ral shape. "e moon, the sun, plan-ets and stars are all natural circles - these being the cornerstones of our entire existence. "e natural bene#ts of the shape of circles are well used in many stages of EYP as the shape creates a $ow that can be seen as ‘endless’. Furthermore, the lack of edges, such as those in squares and

triangles, causes a $ow of thoughts, ideas and emotions to be sent and bounced around in the area of the circle.

"e feeling that the end of time is not in the near future due the eternal shape of circles causes a de-creased amount of stress. Having a countdown or deadline can be very stressful. In a tense group where the discussions are not going anywhere, decreasing the amount of stress is therefore essential. "e circle is therefore highly important during Committee Work.

Another reason to the circle’s con-tributing e!ect in EYP is the chance it gives everyone to be seen and heard. In a circle everyone can see each other since there are no corners in the way. Depending on the an-gle the person is sitting or standing in, everyone can face each other. To have Delegates hear each other is es-sential for a Committee both dur-

ing Teambuilding and Committee Work.

At last, if using other shapes when positioning a group, signs of posi-tion of authority can appear de-pending on where people are stand-ing. In a circle, everyone can see each other at all times. No one can be hidden or hide behind any items or people. Additionally, no one can position himself or herself in a po-sition where they would be either downgraded or upgraded. "e circle is therefore indispensable since in-equality disappears.

In all honesty, the circle is one of the main shapes in EYP and the world. Saying hello and bienvenue at the start of a session, everyone can be scared of lonely and not #nding friends. "e circle helps in decreas-ing tension, binding people and de-creasing stress. It also creates a $ow in discussions and conversations since no one is being left speechless. Bearing all these bene#ts in mind, the circle could easily be compared to a halo with all its goodness and positive e!ects.

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Dear Delegates,

Unfortunately, we have reached the end of the 10th National Selection Confer-ence of EYP Turkey. Although you might be upset at this point, I am cer-tain that your minds are full of unfor-gettable moments that you will cherish for years to come. I hope this session has changed your perception of the world and so for the better. Just think about your new circle of friends, as well as the international O%cials that have come here to share their own percep-tions. We have certainly all been a!ect-ed. During these four days, you have played games that would, from an out-sider’s perspective, seem crazy. Not only have you shared ideas in your Commit-tees, but you have also learnt to listen to each other. I hope these memories will be with you for a long time – I surely remember my #rst session very well.

One of the features of EYP is that ses-sions completely isolate you from the

outside world, forcing you to only con-centrate on the world that is within the session and nothing else. "is fea-ture is beautiful. However, when you get pushed into the ‘real world’ again, there is an unknown feeling that might overthrow you. "is phenomenon is, in EYP language, referred to as PED, Post EYP Depression.

PED is expressed through extreme emotions, throwing you in between pure joy and pure misery. Worst is, in many cases, the #rst day after the ses-sion has ended – do not be surprised if getting out of bed seems impossi-ble. "rough the day, you might #nd yourself thinking back at the session and unconsciously smiling, this would be a sign that you have fallen for PED. If you feel the urge to tell o! your ses-sion Journalist because she is slow at uploading photographs on Facebook, this would be another sign. If you stalk other session Delegates by looking up their names in the resolution booklet

and then have a liking-frenzy of all the pictures of your Committee members, this would be the sign of the peak of your depression.

You will #nd that, after tomorrow, any conversation not referring to the session will sound meaningless to you. You will be thirsting for more EYP, which is the #nal trait of PED. Getting back to the normal monotonous life will take a while, probably a week or so, but re-member, PED is a luxury problem. "e best, and only, way to cure is to indulge in EYP – so stay involved. Look back and smile at all the beautiful memories, because an end always has to be bitter-sweet.

Yours truly, Melis

PED, your next luxury problem BY MELIS CIN (TR)

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Organisers,tesekkurler

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If you are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of one of the Organisers, you will see the broad smiles on their slight-ly tired-looking faces. "ey will prob-ably be running around in leggings and huge sweaters, communicating through their walkie-talkies and carrying huge boxes even though they are, most of them, tiny. It is easy to say that the core team of the session, the Organising team, are like buzzing bees. From the very start, they have dedicated them-selves to helping us and to making sure that every single, may it be ridiculous, request is possible. "ey have truly suc-ceeded.

On the #rst night, Zeynep opened the door of her house to the O%cials, serv-ing an exquisite dinner and by doing so became the star of the O%cials team. Ecem generously opened her home to the Editors when they arrived early, and during the session e!ectively solves is-sues, speci#cally related to the hotel. Nilay and Defne are doing a great job

helping the Advisors. Yaz, Eda, Nilay, Deniz, Elif and Beril make everything possible for the Chairs in their Com-mittee Work and Erdem #nds solu-tions to any problems related to IT. No favouritism, but the person closest to the heart of the Press team is Burak. He is truly superhuman, whether it is printing or food, he is always there. As a Press room Organiser, Burak feeds us non-stop with candies, cookies and crackers. Whatever is needed, we can trust him to try his very best trying to get is to us.

One thing is certain - as far as the ses-sion is concerned, these Organisers “run the world”. Yesterday, Kerstin said “"e faces, people and the atmosphere make a session memorable”. With the enor-mously helpful and positive Organisers and their hospitality, this session might very well be a once in a lifetime experi-ence. From the bottom of our hearts – thank you.

BY OYKU TALI (TR)

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