15th Individual Disarmament Award-Winnin

15^th Individual Disarmament Award Ceremony
Umut Foundation Awards found their owners!

At the award ceremony held at Dedeman Istanbul Hotel of the “15^th Individual Disarmament Day Prize Contest” organized in the “Photography” branch this year, pieces in black-white and colored photo categories that were awarded and deemed worth for exhibition were announced. Awards found their owners…

 At September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day held by Umut Foundation to draw attention to the importance of individual disarmament and to strengthen social cooperation in this matter, the “March of Silent Shoes” activity was followed by 15^th Individual Disarmament Day Award Ceremony and Photograph Exhibition.

At the Award Ceremony, where Umut Foundation’s Founding President Nazire Dedeman made the opening speech, Istanbul Governor Muammer Güler also made a speech after Mrs. Dedeman.

Nazire Dedeman spoke as follows: “Our longing for individual disarmament increases each passing day, because this problem threatens all citizens’ “right to live”. I would like to stress out that September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day is important in terms of raising social awareness on this matter and providing the development of various approaches. There is a total of about 8 million firearms in our country as of today, about 2.5 million of which are licensed. If we include the families of arms owners, about 40 million people can access weapons at any moment. An average of 3,000 of our citizens lose their lives because of firearms. If we think of those left behind, at least 15,000 people are the victims of individual armament every year. Victimhood is great; therefore, fight against firearms is every citizen’s responsibility and Umut Foundation will keep fighting…”

Moreover, Mrs. Dedeman explained what can be done to take serious steps regarding individual disarmament and stressed out that it is extremely important that the Firearms Law should be enacted in a way that it is applicable under present conditions, assures our “right to live”, makes individual armament difficult and provides control at maximum level.

The Contest, supported by TFSF (Turkish Art Photography Federation) with the reference no: 2009/17, was held under 2 different categories, “Black-White Photographs” and “Colored Photographs”.

The Jury of the Contest, which aims to draw attention to the social dimension of individual disarmament by benefiting from the sociological indicators of “Photography” in social life, as well as its strength and opportunities in social communication, was constituted by the following people: Merih Akoğul (Photograph Artist, Academician at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), Coşkun Aral(Photograph Artist), Ayhan Aydın (Photograph Artist, Member of Istanbul Photography and Cinema Amateurs Club, Academician at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), Haluk Çobanoğlu (Documentary Photographer, Academician at Bahçeşehir University), Nazire Dedeman (Founding President of Umut Foundation), Nail Güreli (Honorary Trustee of Umut Foundation and Author of Milliyet Newspaper), İzzet Keribar (E.Fiap-Excellent Artist of the International Photographic Society), Prof. Dr. Nurçay Türkoğlu(Academician of the Communication Faculty at Marmara University) and Nadir Ede (Photograph Artist).

Award-winners were announced as a result of the evaluation made among 354 pieces of 108 participants:

Grand Award in the category of Colored Photo: Selami Özsoy

Second Award in the category of Colored Photo: Tacettin Yüksel

Third Award in the category of Colored Photo: Edip Kuzey Akten

Jury Special Award in the category of Colored Photo: Serkan Turaç

 

Grand Award in the category of Black-White Photo: Arif Tanju Korkmaz

Second Award in the category of Black-White Photo: Zeki Yavuzak

Third Award in the category of Black-White Photo: Mustafa Gezer

 

In addition, 47 photos were deemed worth for exhibition.

About Contest

Umut Foundation, which aims is to help to raise our youth, who are the safeguard of the future, as individuals who adopt the rule of law and trust in justice, who shoulder the responsibility of being citizens, who favour peaceful and non-violent means in resolving their conflicts and who are conscientious citizens, carries out the 15th of the awarded contests that it organizes on this path to encourage works on various fields. This year, the Traditional Awarded Contest on 28 September Individual Disarmament Day will be carried out on the topic of PHOTOGRAPHY because photograph is one of the communication means that predominantly shows people’s daily life situation.

Poster

Selection Comitee Meeting

• Merih Akoğul - Photograph Artist, Writer
• Coşkun Aral - Photograph Artist
• Ayhan Aydın - Photograph Artist, IFSAK (Istanbul Photography and Cinema Amateurs Club) member, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts Lecturer
• Haluk Çobanoğlu - Documantary Photographer, Bahçeşehir Univ. Lecturer
• Nazire Dedeman - Umut Foundation Founder President
• Nadir Ede - Işık University Fine Arts Faculty Lecturer, Fotopya Editor
• Nail Güreli - Honorary Trustee of Umut Foundation, Columnist of Milliyet
• İzzet Keribar - E.fiap
• Nurçay Türkoğlu - Marmara University Communication Faculty Lecturer

Competition Result

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY WINNERS

• BİRİNCİLİK ÖDÜLÜ: SELAMİ ÖZSOY- BOLU

• İKİNCİLİK ÖDÜLÜ: TACETTİN YÜKSEL- İSTANBUL

• ÜÇÜNCÜLÜK ÖDÜLÜ : EDİP KUZEY AKTEN- ADANA

• JÜRİ ÖZEL ÖDÜLÜ: SERKAN TURAÇ- İSTANBUL

WHITE-BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY WINNERS

• BİRİNCİLİK ÖDÜLÜ: ARİF TANJU KORKMAZ - İSTANBUL

• İKİNCİLİK ÖDÜLÜ: ZEKİ YAVUZAK - AYDIN

• ÜÇÜNCÜLÜK ÖDÜLÜ: MUSTAFA GEZER- İZMİT

RENKLİ BASKI DALINDA SERGİLENMEYE DEĞER GÖRÜNEN FOTOĞRAFLAR

• REHA BİLİR-K0NYA

• ESEN BAHAR PEKER-ANKARA

• GÜZİN TEZEL-İZMİR

• BERK BİLGİN-İSTANBUL

• TEVFİK KUDU-TRABZON

• SERHAT BAYRAM-İSTANBUL(2 AD)

• MUHARREM KURU-İSTANBUL

• HADİ ASLAN-İZMİT

• NİZAMİ ÇUBUK-DENİZLİ

• YEŞİM TETİK-İSTANBUL

• İSMAİL TÜTÜN-İSTANBUL

• ERCAN AYDENİZ-İSTANBUL

• AHMET ÇETİN-BURSA

• SEBAHATTİN ÖZVEREN-İSTANBUL(3 AD)

• SEVİM FİGEN AKYILDIZ-ANTALYA

• İBRAHİM AYŞIL-İSTANBUL (2 AD)

• ÇETİN KAYA-İSTANBUL

• YILMAZ TOPÇU-AYDIN

• MURAT TOSUN-AYDIN

• EREN ÖZKAPICI-İSTANBUL

• BERKER DALMIŞ-İZMİT

• ZEKİ YAVUZAK-AYDIN

• ARİF TANJU KORKMAZ-İSTANBUL

SİYAH/BEYAZ DALINDA SERGİLENMEYE DEĞER GÖRÜNEN FOTOĞRAFLAR

• HASAN HULKİ MURADİ-MERSİN

• GÜZİN TEZEL-İZMİR

• ESAT AVCI-İÇEL

• ÜMİT MÜFİT DİNÇER-İSTANBUL

• SEBAHATTİN ÖZVEREN-İSTANBUL

• İBRAHİM AYŞIL-İSTANBUL

• MEHMET YASA-İZMİR

• MUSTAFA GEZER-İZMİT (2 AD)

• HAMRA AYDIN-İSTANBUL

• YILMAZ TOPÇU-AYDIN (2 AD)

• MURAT TOSUN-AYDIN

• MEHMET ALİ POYRAZ-İSTANBUL

• BERKER DALMIŞ-KOCAELİ

• EVREN TOSUN-AYDIN (2 AD)

• TACETTİN YÜKSEL-İSTANBUL

• ERGÜN KARADAĞ-KÜTAHYA

• R.ERHAN SERMET-İSTANBUL

Application Form

PARTICIPATION FORM UMUT FOUNDATION PARTICIPATION FORM OF THE PTHOTOGRAPH CONTEST Alias                           :   Name-Surname of the participator :   Date and Place of birth      :   Address                                :   Tel Number                           :   Mobile Number                    :   FAX                                        :   E-mail                                    :    Photograph rank number and name     :                                                 White Black                                          Color    1.                                                                   1.    2.                                                                   2.    3.                                                                   3.    4.                                                                   4.   5.                                                                    5. I agree to donate the photographs that I participated in the contest to the Umut Foundation. Yes (      )                  No (     ) As the Owner of the Work, I accept and commit that I irrevocably and indefinitely assign to the Umut Foundation for the Education of Honourable Leaders the use of the work, which the provisions of the Specification and detailled information is given above, without charge in all activites and all other announcements and publicities of the Umut Foundation for the Education of Honourable Leaders and in all kinds of Umut Foundation’s visual, audio and written documents by stating my name.   Participation Signature:   Date                  :

Nazire Dedeman’s Award Ceremony Speak Text

Nazire Dedeman
Founding President of Umut Foundation 

September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day
15^th Individual Disarmament Day Award Ceremony

Dedeman Istanbul Hotel
28.09.2009

 

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Dear Governor and Esteemed Guests,

Welcome.

We depicted our protest with the march of silent shoes for the 9^th time at Taksim Square today at September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day.

Tonight, I am very happy for coming together here with you, my esteemed friends, at the 15^th Individual Disarmament Award Ceremony.

Our longing for individual disarmament increases each passing day, because this problem threatens all citizens’ “right to live”.

I would like to stress out that September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day is important in terms of raising social awareness on this matter and providing the development of various approaches.

There is a total of about 8 million firearms in our country as of today, about 2.5 million of which are licensed. If we include the families of arms owners, about 40 million people can access weapons at any moment. An average of 3,000 of our citizens lose their lives because of firearms. If we think of those left behind, at least 15,000 people are the victims of individual armament every year. Victimhood is great; therefore, fight against firearms is every citizen’s responsibility and Umut Foundation will keep fighting…

As you might appreciate, this problem can only be solved by means cooperation between the community and the government. Laws must be deterrent and make individual armament difficult. Our efforts are to ensure that laws regarding individual disarmament in our country are enacted based on an understanding of individual disarmament, which assures people’s “right to live”, as well as to warn authorities regarding the matter and to add Umut Foundation’s 16-year knowledge to any efforts which will make progress in this matter.

Today, we have declared at Taksim Square the Final Declaration of the study performed by Umut Foundation Committee on the Firearms Draft Law. It is extremely important that the Firearms Law should be reenacted in a way that it is applicable under present conditions, assures our “right to live”, makes individual armament difficult and provides control at maximum level.

We will summit this declaration to related authorities, mainly including the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Internal Affairs Commission. I would like to stress out once more: People’s right to live is sacred. The updated law must assure the right to live, not substantial interests…

We, as Umut Foundation, take duty and feel proud to add our 16-year knowledge to all these efforts.

 

I would like to mention that during the performance of our mission support of every citizen is required more than ever, as much as the support of law-makers and law enforcement bodies, statesmen and local administrations and other civil society organizations, in order to become further stronger.

I believe that your role as a mediator and your support will further strengthen the individual disarmament move. Popularization of our fight with the participation of citizens will be a precise message to those circles who value substantial interests more than human life.

Esteemed guests,

We have organized 15^th of the September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day Traditional Prize Contest, which we, as Umut Foundation, hold every year, in the “Photography” branch this year, because photos are one of the communication means, which describe people’s situations in daily life the most effective way.

Thus, with this contest, we aimed to draw attention to the social dimension of individual disarmament by benefiting from the sociological indicators of “Photography” in social life, as well as its strength and opportunities in social communication,

We desire to share with the community by means of peaceful images and photos on individual disarmament the message that thought-provoking, declaratory and highlighting images can be non-violent and peace can only be spread to the community by first being created between two people.

I sincerely thank the esteemed members of the Contest Jury for their contributions: Mr. Nail Güreli, Mrs. Nurçay Türkoğlu, Mr. İzzet Keribar, Mr. Nadir Ede, Mr. Merih Akoğul and Mr. Ayhan Aydın.

Moreover, I wish to thank all participants who supported our individual disarmament fight with their works, while warmly celebrating award-winners

Before beginning the Award Ceremony, I thank and invite to your presence Dear Governor Muammer Güler who showed his support in this matter by participating September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day.

For a better tomorrow with full of hope…

Photos

Press Release

15^th Individual Disarmament Award Ceremony
Umut Foundation Awards found their owners!

At the award ceremony held at Dedeman Istanbul Hotel of the “15^th Individual Disarmament Day Prize Contest” organized in the “Photography” branch this year, pieces in black-white and colored photo categories that were awarded and deemed worth for exhibition were announced. Awards found their owners…

 At September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day held by Umut Foundation to draw attention to the importance of individual disarmament and to strengthen social cooperation in this matter, the “March of Silent Shoes” activity was followed by 15^th Individual Disarmament Day Award Ceremony and Photograph Exhibition.

At the Award Ceremony, where Umut Foundation’s Founding President Nazire Dedeman made the opening speech, Istanbul Governor Muammer Güler also made a speech after Mrs. Dedeman.

Nazire Dedeman spoke as follows: “Our longing for individual disarmament increases each passing day, because this problem threatens all citizens’ “right to live”. I would like to stress out that September 28^th Individual Disarmament Day is important in terms of raising social awareness on this matter and providing the development of various approaches. There is a total of about 8 million firearms in our country as of today, about 2.5 million of which are licensed. If we include the families of arms owners, about 40 million people can access weapons at any moment. An average of 3,000 of our citizens lose their lives because of firearms. If we think of those left behind, at least 15,000 people are the victims of individual armament every year. Victimhood is great; therefore, fight against firearms is every citizen’s responsibility and Umut Foundation will keep fighting…”

Moreover, Mrs. Dedeman explained what can be done to take serious steps regarding individual disarmament and stressed out that it is extremely important that the Firearms Law should be enacted in a way that it is applicable under present conditions, assures our “right to live”, makes individual armament difficult and provides control at maximum level.

The Contest, supported by TFSF (Turkish Art Photography Federation) with the reference no: 2009/17, was held under 2 different categories, “Black-White Photographs” and “Colored Photographs”.

The Jury of the Contest, which aims to draw attention to the social dimension of individual disarmament by benefiting from the sociological indicators of “Photography” in social life, as well as its strength and opportunities in social communication, was constituted by the following people: Merih Akoğul (Photograph Artist, Academician at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), Coşkun Aral(Photograph Artist), Ayhan Aydın (Photograph Artist, Member of Istanbul Photography and Cinema Amateurs Club, Academician at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), Haluk Çobanoğlu (Documentary Photographer, Academician at Bahçeşehir University), Nazire Dedeman (Founding President of Umut Foundation), Nail Güreli (Honorary Trustee of Umut Foundation and Author of Milliyet Newspaper), İzzet Keribar (E.Fiap-Excellent Artist of the International Photographic Society), Prof. Dr. Nurçay Türkoğlu(Academician of the Communication Faculty at Marmara University) and Nadir Ede (Photograph Artist).

Award-winners were announced as a result of the evaluation made among 354 pieces of 108 participants:

Grand Award in the category of Colored Photo: Selami Özsoy

Second Award in the category of Colored Photo: Tacettin Yüksel

Third Award in the category of Colored Photo: Edip Kuzey Akten

Jury Special Award in the category of Colored Photo: Serkan Turaç

 

Grand Award in the category of Black-White Photo: Arif Tanju Korkmaz

Second Award in the category of Black-White Photo: Zeki Yavuzak

Third Award in the category of Black-White Photo: Mustafa Gezer

 

In addition, 47 photos were deemed worth for exhibition.