6th Individual Disarmament Award-Winning

September 28, 2000

70 articles out of totally 550 articles published in national press,which are concillatory and making people desire for dissolving the disagreements in peaceful ways, are accepted for the contest in the first election by being searched over all articles by Umut Foundation.At the same time,’Search for Common Ground’ that is founded in United States of America decided to perform its prize ceremony in Turkey by searching all the articles published in written press of Middle East countries and working collaborately with Umut Foundation.

Jury Members:
Prof.Dr.Ali Atıf Bir
Prof.Dr.İlter Turan
Prof.Dr.Mehmet R.Gürkaynak
Nail Güreli
Nazire Dedeman 
Ruhat Mengi

Prize-Winners:
Championship Prize- Savaş Kalafat- ‘To Participate in Crime’-08/04/2000- Star
Honour Prize- Ferai Tınç- ‘Wildness is not a Vaunting Matter’-09/04/2000- Hürriyet
Honour Prize- İsmet Berkan-‘Families of Martyrs and Execution’-19/01/2000-Radikal

Article Writers who are elected by Search for Common Ground and seen proper for prize:
The Daily Star Magazine- Mark Sirois- Friends on the Other Side
Jerusalem Report- Isabel Kershner- Blue and White Palestinians
The Boston Globe- Ricki Morrel- Unlikely Allies

35 article writers who are from various newspapers of Middle East countries including Turkey participated in the symposium organized by Umut Foundation in Istanbul Dedeman Hotel and positive common points have been reached by discussing along 3 days the theme of media contribution to peace.

Individual Disarmament Prize Ceremony is performed in Istanbul Dedeman Hotel on 28 Sep 2000.

All the prize-winner foreign article writers and the champion article writers of Individual Disarmament Prize of Umut Foundation also took prize from ‘J.Zel Lurie Researcher Journalist Fund’.

Before the prize ceremony,35 article writers who are from various newspapers of Middle East countries including Turkey participated in the symposium organized by Umut Foundation in Istanbul Dedeman Hotel and positive common points have been reached by discussing along 3 days the theme of media contribution to peace.

We give thanks to all the participants.