 Turkish art and design students were presented awards by the UNHCR. |
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has recognized a number of Turkish academics and art students for their exhibition “Young Artists Talking about Refugees.”
The UNHCR has presented awards to the fourteen art and design students from Istanbul Kültür University who produced work for the exhibition, which was curated by academics Deniz Yengin and Dide Akdağ, under the direction of Istanbul Kültür University’s Dean of Art and Design Professor Zafer Ertürk.
As part of a wider social responsibility project, the exhibition was held at the Ankara Contemporary Arts Museum from Dec. 14 to 19 and aimed to foster social awareness about refugee issues, with the ambition of encouraging hospitality toward and solidarity with refugees.
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