{"id":986,"date":"2012-07-22T13:22:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?p=986"},"modified":"2012-07-22T13:22:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T13:22:51","slug":"sanja-and-ljubica-in-mersin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Sanja and Ljubica in Mersin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two young ladies, members of the Media Education Centre, Sanja Nikolic and Ljubica Lukic went to the Workshop in Mersin, Turkey. This is their Turkish diary:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 1: Journey&gt;&gt; Just hold to the left<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?attachment_id=998\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-998 aligncenter\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Landskape-before-landing-in-Adana-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Getting up at 5am. Reaching the Nikola Tesla Airport via public transportation and getting on board. \u201cLook, we have airplane earphones, yeeyy!!! But where are they supposed to be plugged in??&#8230;\u201d After a half hour wondering, we spotted the plug-in spot on the seat of our neighbor passenger. Giggling. Be sure to let the airport employers know you come from Serbia (or Yugoslavia) and they will politely guide you, in clear English-Serbian mixture, to the \u201cdomaciterminali\u201d. First great impression, after feeling a bit lost in a huge Istanbul airport&gt;&gt; \u201cto the left, just go to the left\u201d was the right conclusion after going to the right turned up to be wrong every time. Even in Adana, where the sun mixed with rain was already waiting for us. And of course, FINALLY J, in Mersin also turned up to be wrong to head to the right. But after reaching the seashore and meeting an interesting old man, Kemal beg, in his perfect English, we climbed the Green Tower. HELLO MERSIN!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 2: Greetings and meetings J<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7am: meeting with the morning sun and the sleepy sandy beach. Expecting the new roommates. 9pm: tennis balls, neckties, crayons, time schedules&gt;&gt; HELLO TEAM! LET THE TRAINING BEGIN! Tomorrow is a new day!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?attachment_id=1017\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-view-from-the-Green-Tower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 2: Greetings and meetings J<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7am: meeting with the morning sun and the sleepy sandy beach. Expecting the new roommates. 9pm: tennis balls, neckties, crayons, time schedules&gt;&gt; HELLO TEAM! LET THE TRAINING BEGIN! Tomorrow is a new day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?attachment_id=1016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1016\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-river-of-learning-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 3: Building a team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a quick (early)morning swimming, we\u2019re back to work, getting (more) familiar with the topics and daily schedule. 26 alphabetical offers to Gods of Mersin andwith some energizers and group games, over the NGO market and a \u201cdangerous swamp\u201d, we made it to the team building. Trust. Concentration. Responsibility. Patience. Reflecting. Social evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 4: Gender studies and violence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the mere beginning of the day, the team started working seriously on the topic of violence against women. But, first we had to get acquainted to the terms of gender studies. Each group, male and female teams, used their creativity to make representation of the society\u2019s expectations and prejudices about the role of genders. These creations led to the next important topic: violence, violence against women and its consequences. After such an exhausting day and serious topics, there was the intercultural evening as an earned relaxation, and what is the best way to end up a day than with the traditional dances.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?attachment_id=987\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-987\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-987\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Welcome-to-Serbia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 6: Trip day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally time to go to the spot: visiting I?TAR Kadin Dan??manl? kMerkez? (the Centre for Women), where everyone had a chance to ask everything he\/she was interested in about the Centre and its activities. A few hours <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #444444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ciprobuyonline.org\/cipro-price.html\">buy cipro 500mg<\/a> later, back in the \u201coven\u201dand straight ahead to the city centre, where the persecution of an exchange office begins. After a few circles, we reached \u201cthe holly office\u201d and only afterwards was the time for wondering through the city. BUT, of course there has to be some \u201cbut\u201d, the time is up and we move on towards Kis Kalesi and the amazing sea castle. A few-hour group break, and guess where did everyone go! But no, in the end we didn\u2019t swim to the castle, though some of us managed to conquer it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?attachment_id=1013\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1013\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-castle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 8: THEATRE OF THE OPRESSED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Body language, expressing emotions via body, without any word. We look at each other and we start to laugh: some of us look really ridiculous with exaggerated facial expressions. So yes, sometimes is very hard to express your emotions, but happiness and sadness, for example, were similarly presented. After the warm up, the real theatre preparations began. Oppressed, oppressors, it wasn\u2019t easy to stay serious all the time, but the theatre of the oppressed, and forum, was successful. Later on, ideas for some future projects were presented and new possible friendships and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?attachment_id=1015\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1015\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-holly-office-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 9: EVALUATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After getting more acquainted to Youth in Action Programme and preparations of some possible future projects of ours, the evaluation moment came\u2026everyone was going from one part of the room to the other, mingling and chatting joyfully, but some sort of sadness could be felt in the air. \u201cDid you pack your bags? When do you have your flight?\u201d and so on, and so on\u2026 Farewell party was our last group activity, a few hours after midnight some people will already be gone. And the best way to say goodbye was oriental dance to which nobody could resist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?attachment_id=989\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-989\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-989\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Body-emotions-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Day 10: BYE, BYE MERSIN, HELLO BELGRADE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By 9am almost half of the group was gone. Only the most \u201cpersistent\u201d ones could have been seen at breakfast time. We pack our last things and decide to use a few hours left for a visit around the city accompanied by our wonderful local friend. After some of us got lost among spices and fifty different types of tea (which lasted and lasted and lasted till we found our way out ;)), we have to thank her family for hosting us and for being so nice and kind. We unwillingly leave Mersin behind and head towards the airport. After the greeting surprise on our arrival, now a small disappointment\u2026 too bad that at the end of this wonderful trip one of us had to argue at the exchange office for stealing some money (just to be clear: they stole it, not we!). But by the time we saw the confluence of Sava and Danube up from the sky, the \u201cbad thing\u201d is already forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two young ladies, members of the Media Education Centre, Sanja Nikolic and Ljubica Lukic went to the Workshop in Mersin, Turkey. This is their Turkish diary: Day 1: Journey&gt;&gt; Just hold to the left Getting up at 5am. 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