Minute of the meeting.

1. MINUTES OF AL4ED MEETING IN KONYA
23/4/2015 Konya Dedeman Business Centre
Participating Partners:
Turkey: 3
Italy: 3
Latvia: 1
Greece: 2
France: 3
Norway: 3
UK: late arrival, joined for lunch
9:00 all the participants were in the conference room in Dedeman Hotel and
we started our working session with an ice-breaking game, designed by Bilal
Yavas, our host.
After the game Bilal showed us the program of the mobility in Konya and we
discussed it.
Coordinator presented the activities developed at local level between October
2014 and April 2015. After the coordinator’s presentation all the partners
showed their works focused on art and landscape and also music and
landscape.
At 11:30 Mr. Cengiz Buyukkarog show us his art's works made in copper. An
unbelievable style of art in which Mr. Cengiz's masterpiece works was
recognized at International level. We had the occasion to try, with the master,
the decoration of the copper. (Photo 1)
We made a lot of questions about this style of art and overall about the
techniques used to created this amazing works.
At 13:00 we had lunch in a typical and "very traditional" restaurant eating the
Turkish pizza.
After the lunch we visited the Mevlana Museum and we had a nice
sightseeing and walking around the centre of Konya with Bilal as our special
guide. We visited one of the oldest Seljuk mosques, now is museum.
The day finished with a nice dinner all together in a traditional restaurant in
the centre of Konya with revolving platform taking us virtually around to view
the city.
The following day we planned to go to Cappadocia – one of the most amazing
natural landscapes in the world, where the Nature was an artist and created
this world famous masterpieces./ 24/4/2015 Reports on activities will be sent
separately by each partner. This experience is for the lifetime.
Minutes taken by Simone Petrucci

2. 25/4/2015
Second Meting in Konya - Dedeman Business Centre
Participating Partners:
Turkey: 3
Italy: 3
Latvia: 1
Greece: 2
France: 3
Norway: 3
UK: 2
The Partners from Greece were presenting their programme for our next
mobility 19-23 May 2015 in Ionnina.
The Coordinator asked all partners to update and prepare their Pedagogical
Cards for that meeting, because we shall discuss the Final Report and
outcomes which we stated that we have to achieve during the project. We
also have to finalise presentations of our products. Our Coordinator said that
he needs to receive it before the meeting and he will draft material for the
Final Report.
The Remaining partners had their presentations of activities during the period
from the last meeting in Paris in September 2014.
Norway: presented beautiful film and they involved all of us in special
traditional dance which music was inspired by the landscape from Roros and
Gudbram vale.
UK: the activities of this partner were focusing on visual, literary and visits to
the gardens in greater London area which have significant historic
importance. The Warren House and Garden which we visited and learned
about it’s amazing 150 years of history, involved also Edward VII and Lord
and Lady Paget, teir daughter Leila Paget was one of the famous British
nurses and benefactors of the WWI, Literature involved Rumi poetry and
music events, where poems described the gardens and scent of flowers and
love for the nature as much as for people, lined with music and sound of the
“Divine”. The visual presentation was from the historic places on the Silk
Road, which final destinations integrated Turkey, Greece, Italy and wider
Balkans and Europe, especially France (Lyon) which was one of the first silk
manufacturers in Europe. The silk production involves the silk worm and
mulberry trees – all the subjects of our Art and Landscape topics and
explorations.
France: gave us a task to tell three adjectives, which would describe the last
three days of our activities in Turkey. The most of people used words as
magnificent, fantastic, enchanted etc. Each said also in their own language
and Simone took pictures of all our writings.
Simone reminded people again to send their ideas, comments, and IMPACT
on their learners as well as on the organization and locally. Also we needed

3. the list of the attendants to all our meetings – to be sent to Simone.
For the Report part :
The last day of our mobility, according to the plan, were also filled with
interesting and different experiences in art techniques – we all tried EBRU at
the Adult Education Centre of Konya. The centre teaches mainly languages
but also art, music and cultural subjects. Ebru is special technique, which
allow creation of amazing pictures on the surface of water mixed with a kind of
glue, and then it’s transferred on paper or textile. The lady who instructed us
in it was an amazing artist.
The last evening we watched the Whirling Dervishes dancing and were
introduced to this ancient rite. The spirituality of the dance and the elaborate
meaning of each movement were stunning. After this event we enjoyed the
dinner at the local Madrasa and a very kind hospitality of the Muesin Mervat’s
home.
Our hosts Mustafa and Bilal made this visit memorable and unique.
Minutes taken by Vesna Petkovic