MEETINGS

1st WINPEACE Meeting. Kos-Bodrum, 30 April - 3 May 1998

Turkish and Greek women's initiative for peace received a touching encouragement by the warm welcome of the local Greek Orthodox and Moslem religious authorities of the island of Kos

Press Conference in Bodrum. Members of WINPEACE posing in front of the patchwork made by Turkish and Greek women, as a token of the cooperative spirit that unites them

2nd WINPEACE Meeting. Athens, 20 - 22 November 1998

Turkish and Greek members of the peace network WINPEACE visit the Izmir born famous Greek writer, Dido Sotiriou, at her home in Athens, presenting a token of their esteem and affection

WINPEACE members at work during their meeting in Athens

3rd WINPEACE Meeting. Rhodos, 21 - 24 October 1999

Greek members of WINPEACE welcoming their Turkish colleagues at the port of Rhodos

WINPEACE Press Conference, given by Turkish and Greek peace network members at the Prefecture of Rhodos, 23rd October 1999

4th WINPEACE Meeting. Ankara, 5 May 2000

Ankara Film Festival

WINPEACE Visit to Brussels. 8 - 11 October 2000

European Parliament member, Anna Karamanou, invited twenty-six members of WINPEACE to Brussels in October. The primary aim of the visit was to attend a Parliamentary committee meeting - Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunitties. The trip also gave the members an opportunity to better acquaint themselves with the functioning of the European Parliament, in particular gender-equality issues, and to discuss the role of women in changing the culture of confrontation to a culture of peace and cooperation.

The women also joined the World March of Women Against Violence and Poverty, which took place between two Belgian cities.

WINPEACE members had the opportunity to talk with Anna Diamantopoulou, the EC Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, as well have discussions with Mr. Giorgios Katiforis, member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, and attend a briefing by Ms. Theolin, the president of the EC Commission for Women. The members also had the opportunity to sit in on the discussions for the EU-Turkish Relations at the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament.

5th WINPEACE Meeting. Petra, Lesvos, 15 - 17 December 2000

The Role of Rural Women in Regional Development

Joint meeting announcement. Petra is important for this meeting’s agenda because it is the location of the Greece’s first Women’s Agricultural Cooperation, which was established in 1983

Turkey and Greek members begin the joint meeting

Saying farewell at the port

6th WINPEACE Meeting. Istanbul 22-24 April 2001

April 23, WINPEACE members together at Hotel Armada, İstanbul after a press meeting.

7th WINPEACE Meeting. Naphylion October 2001

WINPEACE have met at the lovely city of Naphylion on a beautiful October month, where they have worked hard for existing and future projects,enjoyed the beauties of the city and organized a press meeting.

8th WINPEACE Meeting. Istanbul 9-11 November 2002

WINPEACE members have met once more at the historic Pera Palas Hotel in Istanbul. The three days were full of activities, and hard work. The first day was spared for a special WINPEACE meeting, where projects, and WINPEACE activities were discussed, and the 5th anniversary of WINPEACE has been celebrated.

The second day was organized as an NGO and press meeting, where more than 100 people attended, and attracted media coverage and attendance. The aim of this meeting was to introduce WINPEACE and her projects to a wider audience and to public, and find ways of cooperation of different NGOs and institutions between the two countries, where WINPEACE could act as the initiator.

The third day was a long day, where two prominent historians were invited as speakers, Halil Berktay from Turkey and Christina ............. from Greece, with the aim of learning real historical facts concerning the hostility, attitude, and relations between the two countries, and also to see how historians, on a different platform have been achieving success in working together. The session was much succesful, and WINPEACE members have seen and realized that there couls be other ways of looking at and evaluating facts.

AND WE HAVE FUN!