RECEPTaCLERECEPTaCLE

editorial

Dear reader,

these last couple of days must have been a thrill. We all met new people, saw new sights, experienced new sen-sations and read this paper, of course.

I will stop demanding or asking things from you. The fi rst two editorials were enough for that. Instead, I just want to clarify one thing.

This was, is and will re-main to be the newspaper of the 11th National Selection Confer-ence of EYP Turkey. You will be remembered as a participant of

the 11th nationals and that will be the way some of us will de-fi ne ourselves for the upcoming times.

I hope that you will proudly wear your name and prove yourself whiles chal-lenging and pushing personal boundaries with the added val-ue of being a participant of the 11th nationals for a while.

Generally speaking, I would like to say thank you. If you are reading this, it means you have gone through it all and you are still here, at the last day. I applaude you for that.

Hopefully, we can go home and look back at this with only pleasing memories. Every-one has ups and downs during sessions, but somehow I hope that this grand fi nale will be a new high not a new low for all of us.

What if we keep look-ing for the same sensations fur-ther on? Would you like that? I know I would.

Dear reader, the pocket session has come to an end, but that does not mean that it all is said and done. Let’s keep in touch?!

Yours truly - K.C.

Tuna Dökmeci(Turkey)

Cem Horasan(Turkey)

Ecem Aydoğan(Turkey)

Manar Youssef(Sweden)

Berk Manav(Turkey)

Hugo Dürr(Sweden)

Şayen Tokyay(Turkey)

Can Şehirlioğlu (Turkey)

journo/video editor

Tua Malmberg(Sweden)

Lāra Niamh Eckert Reinfelds

(Switzerland)

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afet is awesome

Oh my dear AFET. Excited, ambitious AFET. I will miss you all so much. But we

still have one last day. (Night, by the time you are reading this.) So let’s make that boat trip rock! Just like we did with our unique adventures every day.

So let’s start from the be-ginning of our story.

Under the shade of the tree, I had many new friends-to-be. Shared hilarious moments of chicken pilot and my com-mittee became a blindfolded snake. Played a massive cat and mouse game and encountered their biggest challenge yet: the spider web. They almost threw Yağmur over the web!

And the committee work be-gan. Passionate discussions fre-quently turned hot and deep. Sometimes too deep!

Umut had come here just because of her friend Talya, but after all he has experienced, he forgives her now. Ezgi also thought spider-web rocked and will remember how much fun she had here. Berfi n had come here initially in search of hot guys and you can see her stand out, as she wears the casual pants during the opening cer-emony. Orhan just out-shouts eveybody during an overly en-thusiastic game of street fi ghter. (That was the most fun of all, thank you for that!) He is also famous for creating our com-mittee motto: “Attırıyoruz” as in, we rock! Deniz can be re-called for her visits to the cor-ner of indifference and her cool glasses.

Our delicate İrem Avşaroğlu visited us from Kayseri and she bonded very quickly with everybody. I heard that Henriikka looks like pika-chu when angry at us. Aslınur could guess my nickname “Berkişko” and will be giving a passionate defense speech for AFET. İrem Gürsesli loved our zulu dance and has never played suck and blow actually, as I correct my previous state-ment. Furkan should also con-tinue to play the “attachment”

or the “bağlama”. Ekin is from Kabataş herself and hosted us really well. Yağmur stands up ignited for discussion, she is an ambitious friend. Ali exclaims once more: “We rocked!” in its Turkish, famous version. Final-ly Ömer, who rocked with his ideas, speeches and solutions. Ozan, our orga also bonded with the team.

Henriikka defi nitely de-served the cheer and chanting she got from her new Turkish friends at the end of the day. I loved all my time with you guys. This is EYP, and you made it special. I hope I’ll see you again in another session, as this one stays unforgettable.

The ever so international Berk Manav gives you an insight on AFET, the committ ee on Foreign Aff airs.

juri-sters

The committee on Le-gal Affairs (JURI) have been tackling the is-sue of how to prevent

copyright infringement. It has been two days of hot discussion and familiarisation through teambuilding. But who are these colourful individuals of the committee? Their journal-ist has been taking photos like a maniac and making notes on all that has been said. Here you have a compilation of the thoughts of the JURI delegates.

Meltem Göksu Kan-demir, a bright and impatient girl. Her fondest memory comes from teambuilding whilst play-ing the Orange Passing game with Ahmet. She admits to dropping the orange four times just to be able to smell his per-fume once more. Ahmet Durak, admired by Meltem, conveni-ently mentions that the Orange Passing game was his favourite too. He is known for his unique-ly looking eyebrows, and his Japanese. Birkan Denizer ex-pressed his joy at being kissed on the upper-lip by Meltem during the Bunny Game, and I believe that this forms quite a triangle between the two and Ahmet.

Onat Büyükakkuş, the oriental and attractive one of the committee (his own words), claims that he will remember when he got lost in Kabataş

school, while searching for the bathroom. Well done Onat. Beste Boduroğlu has been standing and holding the pen a lot during committee work. Her favourite moment, along with Arda Acar, was when a motor-cycle exhaust shot, and Vera (chair), terrifi ed, threw herself at the ground in a pathetic at-tempt in protecting herself.

Elif Gümüşkesen’s fa-vourite time here was when she was carried through the spider web during teambuild-ing. She is looking forward to the GA with anticipation, as this is her fi rst EYP experi-ence. Kaan Göksal thrives in his abundance of hair, and thus seems to have style enough to cover the whole committee. Ali Garip Emecan, known for be-ing late. Arda (JURI) has made the greatest impression on him, with his humour and coolness. Talya İşcan and Hazal Söyücengil shared a funny mo-ment during teambuilding, when both running in panic in search of bathrooms, with low success rate. They are both ex-cited for the GA, and cannot wait to start debating.

Kemal Ergin, self-im-posed “tough guy” of the com-mittee, hipster, charming, child-ish and immature. He will miss the times he has had with his committee, for they have been plentiful. Sonat Cakmak, looks forward to the General Assem-bly to be epic. He also declared his idea that JURI’s journo (yours truly) has acted mascot for the committee. Thank you Sonat!

Hugo Dürr proudly presents the committ ee on Legal Aff airs. JURI’s more than recognized.

Inglorious ENVI we started off the beginning of team-building with a name game, in order to get to know one

another. The lovely delegates chose a descriptive word that started with the same letter as their name and had quite a laugh at their poor journo who had a hard time pronounc-ing the Turkish names and of course remembering them.

Defne, who chose daisy, picked a fl ower to represent her word, while the others thought of funny facial expressions and actions for theirs. This was only to be preparation for what was to follow. More name games followed, where the delegates had less problems than the two

offi cials, or so it seemed. The fi rst day of commit-tee work went by well, nobody lost his or her nerve and the committee managed to come together nicely.

The day before they had been strangers – the next day they were a team. Maybe it was because they had to auction each other off, with one lucky delegate be-ing bought for 3 Trillion Lira. Maybe it was because they all have a lovely sense of humor, as far as one could judge form the constant laugh-ter in the room.

Maybe it was because ENVI is made up of colourful, different, bright, friendly, hap-py, different, smart, sensible and considerate personalities.

Most defi nitely it is be-cause they rock. BIG TIME!

green bosphorus

Lāra Niamh Eckert Reinfelds shares her story. All we can do is ENVI her.

Elegant Ekin Irmak KarelStrong Semih Kara

Impressive İdil KorbekImpossible İlayda Gülsu Demir

Real Renda İmerDaisy Defne Kayserilioğlu

Cool Ceren ArslanMarvellous Melis AtakanActive Arda Alp Albayrak

Sweet Selin KolbaşıNice Nahit Mucellit

Obese Oğuzhan Kandemir

And Angry Ali Kerem Araboglu & Laughing Lāra Eckert Reinfelds

i-tremendous

Hot discussions, shout-ing, arguing, and disagreeing. Will all of this lead to a good

solution? I don’t know but I cer-tainly hope so. What I do know is that these pockets are one of a kind. They are ITREmendous.

Want to know a little something something about every single one of them? Well this must be you lucky day.

ITRE’s beautiful chair Melisa Kumar states that these little pockets have a trouble with keeping the time. On the other hand they are full of energy with high moti-vation and great ideas. Ad-dition to that they are both smart and strong.

The talkative of them all must be Jane Doe with a warm and kind heart. She thinks her committee is great but they have an obsession with details that they have to let go. Pinar Topçan is a girl that you’ll al-ways fi nd smiling, a friendly smile perhaps? Then there’s the handsome and friendly Alihan Yörük, both handsome And friendly? Girls this guy must be something for you.

Mert Özkarakaş is a happy guy that laughs all the time, he’s happy and gets along with people easily. He says that his committee is hot, “just as our journo” he said, a sneaky one you see. Then there’s the sweetheart of the group Ker-em Küçukay, he’s friendly and doesn’t like to argue. Not as the sneaky one..

Now I would like to present Kutay Koraltürk. He’s a guy who loves himself, and from what I’ve seen there’s no doubt about that. Yes girls, him-self, wonder if his girlfriends ever get jealous. He thinks ITRE is very talkative and that they like to nag.

Want to tell a secret to anyone? Then Eylül Öğüt is your perfect match. She’s great at keeping secrets and thinks that her chair is great when it come to combining work with games.

I know a guy who thinks he’s perfect, let’s welcome Deniz Urut. He’s modest and hardworking and thinks that his committee loves discus-sions. Izel Onel on the other hand is ambitious and put’s her heart and soul into her pro-

jects.

Not all of them can be nıce can they? I have Hazal Şermet is aggressive but

understanding, nice combi-nation. Can Bilir is quıet and

nice, he sees himself as cold blooded. Could he probably be a secret manboy?

Last but certainly not least I present to you Ege Çığragan a funny but egoistic guy who thinks that ITRE is re-ally awesome and that they are having a lot of fun.

This is ITREmendous!

Fabulous? Glorious? Tremendous? Manar Youssef off ers you the new level of excellence - ITREmendous.

Şayen Tokyay has a message that will self-destruct. Why? Read quickly and don’t tell anyone.

Ssshhh! We need to keep this story secret.

A secret foundation: SEDE. Established to combat Iran’s nuclear programme. A n idealistic aim, a tough mission.

11 volunteer secret agents. All were specialists on the issue. All had different amazing talents to be put to-gether. Yawning Yağmur, In-spiring Ilayda, Grizly Genco, Organizing Ömer, Cheerful Ceyda, Blushing Berkay, Desir-able Dilge, Crazy Cenk. Also the representatives of the se-cret religious order, “Batu”: Big Batu, Bloody Batu , Bone break-er Batu, Best Batu.

They had minds fi lled with new ideas, they came from

the heart of Eurasia, they were dedicated to resolve the issue.

Yet they only had four days. One sentence fl ashed in the minds of our agents: Chal-lenge Accepted.

Four days to save the world. F.D.T.S.T.W.

They were almost ready. They only needed two more members. One specialist and one journalist to keep track of the secret mission. Dazzling Dirk was chosen as the mod-erator, to help the agents work smoothly and to be sure eve-ry agent is on the same page. Splendid Sayen, on the other hand, was there to keep track of each and every moment.

They began with a heavy training, lots of warm-ups, bunch of ice-breakers. A series of teambuilding. After an amaz-ing day full of trust games, fun-ny songs, they became nothing less but an amazing team.

Afterwards, our cool agents, with their enthusiastic team, were ready to handle the hardest part, committee work. To act cooperatively and make

up a long term plan to solve the dispute. Agents gathered the next two days, ten hours a day, to discuss their topic. Rus-sia, NPT, tense relations be-tween Iran and Israel, military interventions, economic sanc-tions, IAEA, EU’s role, trade, oil fl ow, Russia, China, U.S, this and that. No worries. Every lit-tle detail was covered. SEDE’s agents know how to manage their time, how to have a fruit-ful debate, how to keep their enthusiasm on the top level.

I, myself cannot share the decisions taken in the mis-sion F.D.T.S.T.W., but you’ll see. You’ll see eventually how the challenge is accomplished, in favour of the European plat-form.

SEDE Has FDTSTw

1. Stick it up your eyes2. Camoufl age yourself with it3. Use it playing paint-ball4. Throw it into someone’s face5. Draw with it6. Paint walls with it7. Drink it8. Brush your teen with it9. Destroy elec-tronic devices with it10. Boil it11. Eat its cap-sule12. Sell it13. Buy it

14. Use it as a door stop15. Use it as a board marker16. Play football with it17. Break it18. Burn it19. De-stroy it20. Step on it

21.Dance around with it22. Look at it23. Propose to it24. Hold it in the air and scream

25. Paint your clothes with it26. Support it27. Share ideas with it28. Share it

29. Talk to it30. Dust it31. Drown it32. Give it to the President

33. Use it as a coat hanger34. Kiss it35.Hug it36. Use it as a microphone37. Use it as a

musical in-strument

38. Use it as a map39.

Breathe it

40. Use it as a lip-stick41. Play Spin the Bottle with it42. Use it as a puck in Ice-

Hockey43. Make it into an Ice-Cream stick44. Make it into the periodic table45. Pretend it is a piece of chalk46. Let it be an arm of a clock47. Use it as a telephone48. Let it be your pet49. Make it shut up50. Wear it as a bow-tie

Tua Malmberg literally ran out of cute adjectives when thinking about them. All she could say was: 'Ah, mein liebe LIBE!'

liebe libe

Loveliest LIBE. You are truly amazing. You are funny. You are intel-ligent. You are won-

derful. All thirteen of you. Equally so. When you read this, the session will be over. I hope this was an unfor-gettable experience for you.

I hope that your memo-ries of this session will be mem-ories you cherish. I want this

article to be something you will read many times. When you feel PED sneaking up on you, as well as when you just want to remember. Remember how much fun you had. Remember who you were during this ses-sion. As individuals and as a committee.

Here is a list, made by you Berksu Beata Gündüz, Meryem Marianne Özkan, Efe

Hans Dalyan, Bircem Birgitta Özekici, Berkok Bertil Yüksel, Kevin Kalle Wright, Gülşah Ylva Özdemir, Cem Jim Aygül, Deniz Denise Saip, Aksel Jo-han Alp, Sinem Stina Ören and Asuman Anna Topuzoğlu. A list, of fi fty different things you can do, with the pocket friend-ly, pocketlicious Şeyma Selma Tasel’s nail polish:

During the past three days, the eleven members of the Committee on Con-

stitutional Affairs were given the task of baking a very hard recipe: a big European cake that includes Turkish fl avour.

First, with the help of their amazing head chefs, Se-bastian Hosu and Öykü Talı, they tried to get to know the people with whom they were to share this task. They learnt not only each other’s name, but also what kind of people they were, what their weaknesses and strengths were. They had to learn to trust each other, to work with each other and to lis-ten to each other. After all, the chances of burning such a cake were high.

Then, they had to come up with the full list of the in-gredients. As soon as they did, they realised baking this cake

was not so easy: A spoonful of freedom of speech, two cups of human rights, and fi ve table-spoons of Copenhagen criteria were the basics. But there were still yet-to-identify ingredients such as a huge amount of solu-tion to the Cyprus confl ict, spe-cial spices for decreasing the amount of Turkish scepticism and the European prejudice in the cake.

Yo u could s e e that all of the mem-bers took the task seriously: all eleven of them participated in the decision of the ingredients, and then in the baking process. They all had different skills, different areas on expertise and they showed them when the right time came. When they needed a strong mix of human rights and freedom of speech, they had Deniz Selçuk, Ege Ertuğrul and Batuhan Kesoğlu to the rescue. As for the habi-tat of the rarely found spices for Cyprus, Mert Torun, Can

Elvanlıoğlu, Levent Aslan, Efe Sevilmiş and Merve Kılıçkaya showed their deep knowledge. Deniz Keskinel and Merve Özbakır showed their cooking skills when they had to deal with the big bubbles of scepti-cism. The committee’s com-mon understanding of the how Turkish fl avour will enrich the European cake and make it even more delicious was thanks to Jülide Erdem.

Towards the middle of their third day, the commit-tee was ready to bake the cake. They took their time for three hours to make sure everything goes smooth and perfect. At 17:30 sharp, the cake, for which people try since 1963, was pre-pared and ready to serve. As the lucky person to be the jour-nalist of these skilled chefs, I recommend all the delegates of the 11th Nationals to take a slice at the General Assembly. Enjoy!

Do you like cake? How about EYP cake? Tuna Dökmeci knows the AFCO recipe.

the chiefs of afco

Having completed one day of Team-building and two days of Committee

Work successfully, the INTA Committee has eventually cre-ated a bond that is simply ad-mirable. Their relationship with each other is somewhat outstanding, regarding the fact that they have known each other for 4 days now.

From their motivation chant, “Baby Don’t Hurt Me No More”, to actually making plans to meet the next weekend, it is very obvious that the members of this remarkable committee have embraced each other and created an atmosphere of inspi-ration and uniqueness. And I, as their journo have observed how 11 people can feel so close to each other and share, debate and decide on ideas properly, come up with useful solutions and make their voice heard as the youth. INTA delegates worked with such high qual-ity that they even chose to stay in the committee room rather than having lunch break.

Of course there were some strange facts about them. One member of this unbreak-able team used to study in Canada and has a perfect Brit-ish Accent, which sounds hi-larious. In addition to this guy, he imitates Mr. President, Tiago so well that he could have pre-sided the GA if everyone had their eyes closed. INTA only had one problem, but only one. Probably the sessions often seen problem: Speaking Turk-ish. But they managed to solve it with Magda’s awesome solu-tion, which made them run like

chickens through the corridors, with the sound.

Lets see what some of the INTA delis think about their committee:- INTA is concerned about very simple but also very impor-tant issues such as problems in digital marketing. In order to make great changes in Europe, we need to start with simplest problems- We have done some great work together and achieved what we wanted- What is love? INTA don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me. No More!...- Nothing but Intermediaries!

<3- We are sexy and we know it!- Great committee, great peo-ple, great discussion- I came, I saw, Itunes

INTA’s Wish List:

KokoreçŞalgam

Cici BebeMilk

Can Şehirlioğlu knows love INTA style. Come and join him on the love train.

What is love?

femm-a-licious

Cem Horasan is ready to reveal the secret on why did FEMM starve. It is more than shocking!

FEMM, the great-est committee ever. I know most of the com-mittees are the best for

their journos but FEMM is a special one for me. It’s the com-mittee where eleven strangers became friends and shared the great EYP experience with me.

I don’t want to bore you by talking about myself people, but I’d like to state that FEMM is the fi rst committee I journoed in and that’s how they became my fi rst and the best. Moreo-ver your lovely chair Dunja – even though she can be a witch sometimes – loves you as much as I do. This made me wonder. How could I express my feel-ings towards FEMM? Thats how I decided to write about the funny and happy moments we shared. Before starting I’d like you to forgive me in ad-vance, if I miss anything.

When I think about the team building trust games are what comes to my mind. Which seemed like fun but actually formed what you needed to go through the committee work. That’s how I was inspired to write the trust article.

Remember how the committee work was for you at fi rst? Maybe your subject seemed hard or you never thought you could succeed in fi nishing your resolution in time. Then you came up with great ideas to complete your resolution. Sometimes you got bored, sometimes sleepy and sometimes hungry. But what-ever the conditions were you kept discussing like crazy peo-ple. I do mean that. Even after you were told you weren’t get-ting any food – which was a lie actually – you kept coming up with solutions to your prob-lems. Even after Dunja and I hid your food.

What I liked the most during your committee work was your ability to have fun in

most of the breaks you took. The most funny of them all was Dunja, Eda, Ilgın, Melike seeing you guys dancing and singing to the “Barbie Girl” song when I entered the committee room. Then when I started taking pic-tures of you the whole commit-tee bursted with laughters. And of course some of my photos were bombed by photo bomb-ers Can and Ali.

All in all we had great time together and formed great bonds. I tried to express my feel-ings as best as I could but I real-ised no matter how hard I try, I won’t be able to express them all. I’m not sure if putting some-thing in your pockets would do better. Beware though, you may always fi nd something strange in your pockets with a note at-tached “Cem”.

Dunja and I hid your food!

The discussion in the EMPL committee is running ever so smoothly. Not because

there are no confl icts or sleep-ing delegates are present in the committee room but simply be-cause they are B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T. Their ability to fi nd the prob-lems is outstanding. They just see their problems and think on them. They think and talk about them until they come up with the best, effi cient solutions, which really does make them unique and fl awless. Just like a face with no pimples.

The fabuolous EMPL has the unique harmony in it that makes you want to just sit and listen to their dis-cussions. The delegates don’t always agree on a topic but no matter what, they listen to each other, respect one another and just, absolutely love each other. They’re not your typical com-mittee, they’re different. They are smart and sensible. They are able to have fun. They are the committee you wish you were in.

Now, I know you’re thinking why this EMPL is so remarkable. Well, I don’t know it either but it is for certain that they just got the spark. What makes them so different is their own differences among each other. With the diverse dele-gates of the committee a radiant atmos- p h e r e

is created in the room.In addition to their amaz-ing trait of being in harmony, the EMPL committee delegates are also very social. With Di-lara, who likes dancing, Mert who adores mountain lions, Yasemin who is into yummy foods, Mustafa, obsessed with

movies, Merve enchanted by the moonlight, Zeynep excited by the concept of zooming, Ne-dim fascinated by the city of New York, Sena motivated by singing, Zeynep entertained by zig-zags, Sonat enticed by the concept of physical attraction, Evin impressed by English ac-cents, Etka enthused by electric guitars and Begüm madly in love with Barney Stinson, the EMPL becomes alive and be-

gins to sparkle, just like – once again – a smooth, fl awless face.

As a journalist of the ses-sion, I have to be truthful. As the EMPL committee’s

journalist, I have to admit: They are it. There’s nothing

the EMPL committee can not achieve. As much as this is a feedback article on what the EMPL committee is up to, it is also a warning to the other committees of the session that EMPL is here and it is on!

Smooth as empl

Does Ecem Aydoğan talk about facial higene products? Not likely, but she does mention the face EMPL.

Explain it

Lāra Niamh Eckert Reinfelds asked you to explain the topics. Did you fi nd them the same as these delegates below?

Dear Delegates,

I know from my own experience that during a session you are preoccupied with your own topic, your own discussions, your own problems. To help you know what everyone

else is talking about I have talked to some of you and tried to get a little bit of an overview of all the topics, from your point of view.

I hope this gets you interested in the other issues as well as your own and you’ll have a lot of fun at the General Assembly

FEMM Committee on Women’s Rights and Equality As Eda, explained to me, her committee is discussing the problems of gender inequality all over Europe, which exists because of Islamic clothing regulations for women, such as headscarves. She explained that this is a particularly diffi cult topic to discuss here in Turkey, as these regulations are still present in every-day life. Personally she is opposed to these restrictions but believes the op-posing sides should fi nd a solution both can agree to.

SEDE Committee on Security and Defence Yagmur told me that SEDE is looking at Iran’s nuclear program and the problems this topic brings along. He believes other nations should see Iran’s point of view in the debate which s their need to protect themselves.

LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties The committee on Civil Liberties has been occupying themselves with the freedom of speech, be it about the journalists who are in prison in Turkey, the passing of a new Hungarian Law and the French-Armenian Genocide Law. Berkok, with whom I discussed this, told me he believes the hu-man rights have to be respected and should have utmost priority.

AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs I talked to Batuhan about Turkey’s Accession process into the EU and how he sees the main problem to be that Turkey cannot fulfi ll the Copenhagen criteria, which is a necessity if it wants to join. Batuhan is sure that it is possible to solve this problem.

EMPL Committee on Employment High unemployment rates, decreasing job opportunities and diffi culties on the labor market for European youths are what Zeynep from this committee sees as the greatest problem. Especially the last point seems to be of concern to her, as she thinks a job market that encourages youth is es-sential for a balanced job market in the future.

yourself

ENVI Committee on Environment Ilayda and her follow committee members have been discussing the problems of rising obesi-ty in Europe and the quality of lifestyle. She sees fast food as one of the main problems and believes school food especially should be healthier. Selin, also in ENVI, acknowledged that the EU has done a lot already but that there is still a lot more to be done. She especially believes that education and knowledge on nutrition is needed.

AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs The committee on Foreign affairs is looking at the Arab Spring, Europe’s reaction to this and the current diffi culties in Syria. Deniz told me that he believes the EU should look at these situations from a solely humanitarian point of view. He believes the EU put itself in a diffi cult position if it acted otherwise and should therefore only occupy itself with the human rights violations.

INTA Committee on International Traide These lovely delegates are looking at what we, as individuals, can do to facilitate trade and eliminate intermediaries. Ulkan told me he would like to promote a pool market, which could be a way to get rid of intermediary problems, which in turn would also promote fair trade within the EU-region.

JURI Committee on Legal Affairs Kemal told me about one of the hottest topics at this session; he and his committee are dis-cussing censorship on the Internet, freedom of speech and information and SOPA, PIPA and ACTA. He believes that there ought to be laws to protect ownership but that these should not limit personal freedom.

ITRE Committee on Industry, Research and Energy This committee is looking at the role of Russia as an important energy provider of Europe. Izel told me that it is unclear if Russia will provide sustainable energy. It is also important to consider that Europe is dependant on Russia for energy supplies.

Let me tell you a secret: it is quite unpleas-ant to live in Istanbul. True, the weather is

fi ne, the sea is beautiful, the city is dynamic, historical, col-ourful and full of surprises. But there are also other ad-jectives that defi ne Istanbul: exhausting, chaotic, gigantic and excessively populated.

The day for most of Is-tanbul’s residents starts very early, since it might take hours to go to work or to school. If you decide to drive, prepare yourselves for a nervous break-down that you might have dur-ing the 1.5 hours you will spend jammed in traffi c. Afterwards though, you might get a chance to have a quick glance over Bos-phorus. Yay. In case you prefer public transport, then I must warn you that you will have to change two or three means

of transport and spend quite a lot of time hanging about. But the worst part of the public transport, as is the case for the streets, is the people, and more people, and even more peo-ple. As the city has roughly 17 million inhabitants, it is almost impossible not to be congested between people in the public transport or while walking. Not exactly the perfect start to the day, is it?

And then the day starts. I must warn you again that the actual Istanbul where people work, study and live is not the Istanbul you see on postcards. In the past decades, with the constructions of an incredible amount of distasteful buildings, a new, large and not-so-pretty city was built. As the city grew larger, so did the population. Many claim that this is an ugly requirement of a developed city. I couldn’t disagree more. Take Hamburg as an example: being the 6th largest and most developed city of Europe, it is also known as the most spa-

cious place to live in and the greenest, etcetera. The main difference is that Istanbul lacks city-planning and infrastruc-ture, which would facilitate the daily life. And unfortunately this issue does not seem to be on the agenda of the decision-makers, who seem to only be focusing the economic growth of the city.

To put it shortly, the real life in the admittedly beautiful city of Istanbul can enervate you so much that one can even write an article like this one. I have to admit that coming here as a tourist and not falling in love with the city is unthink-able. But never forget: the love at fi rst sight can be misleading.

Tuna Dökmeci is local. So local that she wants to share the story of Istanbul - the real city.

real istanbul

It is unthinkable that one would not fall in

love with Istanbul.

The European Youth Parliament and Model United Nations. Two projects which en-

compass youth involvement with global issues, networking opportunities and fostering of creative thinkers. However, as similar as they may appear to be, there seems to be a fi erce rivalry between the two initia-tives. Many of the delegates of this session have attended both EYP and MUN conferences, and have a fi rm grasp in the back pocket of either EYP of MUN. But what is it that makes one more attractive than the other?

After having searched the coffee break room for del-egates who are two-timing ses-sions, and having interrupted their conversations and interro-gated them for reasons known and unknown surrounding the EYP and MUN, a clear consen-

sus has been reached: the rival-ry remains, and a winner does not excel. Delegates portrayed their admiration and praise of both the two rivals.

EYP is generally consid-ered to house a more relaxed and warmer environment, compared to the strict and for-mal etiquette required at MUN sessions. The fact that one must suit up for the entire period of an MUN session apparently has both great appeals. Considering the average age of delegates, the opportunity of wearing a suit does not present itself all that often. An upside to this is that it creates a professional atmos-phere. However, this is also one of the arguments against MUN. The less formal environment of EYP overall helps people relax more, and thus arguably open up more and implement great-er capacity for teambuilding.

The analogy of a catfi ght was brought forward by Talja Iscan (JURI), who shared her experience of committee work in MUN. “You’re on your own a lot more, and can succeed as yourself”. This could however cause a lot of “me me me” men-tality, but is still more struc-

tured, with the Chair taking a lot of space. “Too diplomatic” was a phrase that cropped up. The anti-argument to EYP is that during committee work, then anarchy rules, as the del-egates themselves control what happens. Still, it depends on the compilation of the commit-tees, but it could also encourage teamwork. “It’s a lot less stress-ful, and I can express myself in a better way”, says Zeynep Başaran.

The arguments both for and against both are strong, and depend a lot on individual preferences. However, what I can conclude is that EYP fos-ters a mentality that is more sustainable for life in general. It is about compromising some-times, and making people see different perspectives. Thus, my conclusion to the question EYP or MUN: EYP.

eyp vs. mun

European Youth parliament. Model United Nations. Fight? Hugo Dürr shares the comparison of the two.

Do you know what did Ecem Aydoğan do yesterday? If not - take a look at this hectic schedule.

random day

at 06.00: the journo is calmly sleeping, possibly dreaming. at 06.30: the journo is disturbed by the alarm clock that goes off but is too lazy to turn it off.at 06.45: the alarm clock gives up and the journo continues his/her sweet dreams.at 07.15: the journo is –not very kindly (more as in “by force”)– woken up. at 07.30: the journo manages to get on his/her feet and gets ready for the day.at 08.45: the journo is fi nally ready to get some breakfast so exits the room, having delicious images of food in head.at 09.00: the journo sees that the breakfast is fi nished and suddenly feels a strong urge to cry.at 09.30: the journo asks the orgas if there’ll be any food at the school. The answer is affi rmative. at 09.45: the journo eats.at 10.30: after the typical small pressroom meeting, the journo starts his/her article.at 11.30: the journo goes out the pressroom and searches for some interesting events and people to photograph.at 12.30: the journo hopes to eat but is kept by Kārlis for a photo shoot.at 13.30: the journo is once again hungry.at 14.30: the journo begins to feel that his/her brains are starting to melt and stops with the article and spends time with committee.at 15.30: the journo is freaked out about the upcoming deadline of the article.at 16.30: the journo fi lls a plate with coffee break snacks.at 17.30: the journo makes the last changes in her article and now is ready to have a power nap.

A random day of the people you mostly see around, photographing things, typ-ing on their laptops or just walking around all smiley is not as simple as it seems. It has its own defects and hurdles. From the moment they are awake, to the moment they sleep, they go through numerous events that leave their brains turned into liq-

uids at the end of the day. Yes, they are the journos and the 2 of them are revealing the enervat-ing day each and every journo goes through every single day with details, exclusively for you.

The ideal journo is the survivor journo of the day. And the survivor journo…

of a journalist

at 17.45: the journo is called in the middle of his/her power nap to photograph the buttspell that’s been going on in the ENVI committee.at 18.15: the journo is called by Kārlis to be asked about tasks he/she hasn’t fulfi lled.at 19.30: the journo gives out the issues to committees, never being able to hide one for him/herself.at 21.00: the journo arrives at the hotel, hungry.at 21.30: the journo eats junk food.at 22.30: the journo starts article and is sleepy.at 22.45: the journo is now falling asleep.at 23.30: the journo is woken by others to attend the pressteam meeting.at 24.30: the journo is once again reminded of the deadline and freaks out. at 01.30: after eating some more junk food, the journo starts typing.at 02.00: the journo is one eyed now since the other one is sleeping and he/she is half done with her article.at 03.00: the journo searches the whole hotel to fi nd Kārlis and give his/her article to him.at 03.30: Kārlis is found editing at the lobby. The journo gives the article and is now very content and peaceful.at 04.30: the journo manages to get him/herself into his/her bed and have a 2 hour sleep, getting ready to have tho whole day again.

1.Sleeping, eating and dancing, while they should be writing; 2.Waiting for the food in the press room while they should be hanging out and taking pictures of their committees; 3.Writing articles while they should

be sleeping. No wonder they’re tired all the time.

3 things the journos do:

Manar Youssef has been around for a while. She calls out the expectations one might have.

We can all agree on that your ex-pectations for every session

always exist whether you have attended one before or not. Re-gional, National or even Inter-national, it does not matter. You probably know how you want it to be. Obviously you want it to be something you will look forward to, and ultimately re-member. Making new friends and gaining experience can never be a negative thing. Will you be friends forever or was it just a fl ing? Only time will tell.

If this is not your fi rst session, then it is human na-ture for you to compare this one with what has gone before. That is a fact. Now, will the 11th National Selection Conference

of European Youth Council Turkey live up to your expecta-tions? The only one that has the answer to that question is you. To retrieve the answer we will just have to wait and see. A cou-ple of days fi lled with laughter, games, teambuilding, commit-

tee work, exhaustion, frustra-tion but also accomplishments lay ahead of you.

Have you ever thought of what expectations you have on this session and your fu-ture? Will you continue your EYP journey; keep going to ses-sions and forums? Do you love politics, want to meet new peo-ple, learn how to work togeth-er with others or just improve your debating skills? Then a session is perfect.

We all want to return home with stories about how awesome the session was. It is human nature to brag about what you have done, an EYP session is not an exception. Even though you tend to ex-

aggerate, your friends will get jealous, but at the same time amazed.

Having expectations for the session is a good thing. But is it only the session that you should have expectations upon? How about yourself? Do you want to be the silent one, the one who only cares about themselves or the loving one? What do you want to have ac-complished by the time you leave this session?

Will you continue your EYP journey after this or does it end right after this? Will the pocket be as deep as you want it to be or will it be as shallow as the pockets of pocketception?

Days of accomplish-ments lay ahead of you.

expectations

The 11th National Se-lection Conference of EYP Turkey will soon be over. The future

participants of the International session have been selected. Sad-ly, you might not have been one of those lucky few. Sadly, you might not have been selected.

We do not want your EYP careers to end here. To end here, in disappointment. Instead, we encourage you to continue your EYP journeys. We encourage you to get in-volved regionally and nation-ally as well as internationally. We encourage you to organize, to journo and, eventually, chair and preside. Here is an article fi lled with tips for you. Tips on how to get over your disap-pointment and get involved.

Go to the next National Selection Conference

Hurry up! Before you fi nish High School you can still apply to the next national selection conference. If you do so, and get accepted, you will get a new chance to be selected for an In-ternational Session.

Organising

Apply as an organiser of the next National Selection Con-ference! EYP Turkey looks for young and enthusiastic EYPers to organise their sessions. They accept you even of you are not an EYP Alumni. Organising a session is a great merit that will help you get accepted to other sessions - in Turkey and abroad.

International Delegate

We highly encourage you to apply to sessions abroad. You can get accepted as an in-ternational offi cial regardless of your previous EYP experi-

ence. Start by applying as a del-egate to small sessions. Attend as many as possible in order to increase your experience and knowledge of EYP.

International Offi cial

When you feel you are ready you can apply as an inter-national offi cial. Start by apply-ing as a Journalist to one of the many Regional Sessions held in various places. The Regional Sessions have fewer applicants and are therefore easier to get accepted to. The more experi-ence you have - the larger the chance of getting your applica-tion accepted.

We wish you the best of luck. See you soon, at a session somewhere in Europe.

We do not want your EYP careers to end here!

Don’t know what to do tomorrow? Tua Malmberg & Şayen Tokyay tell you the options in EYP.

you = future

You know how I have mentioned the Spanish session numerous times? Now you can read how were they actually doing.

Sitges, a city located on the beach of Cata-lonia, the North-East region of Spain, is a

place where history meets mod-ern art. The diversity of cultures is immediately visible when walking through Sitges, as over a one third of the inhabitants comes from all over Europe – The Netherlands, United King-dom, France and Scandinavia.

One of the reasons for that must be the beautiful beach, which has been a huge part of our session already (note to self: when going to Sit-ges, buy sun-block!). That, and the fact that Sitges is quite small in size, willing to welcome new experiences and the city being very open and inviting from the very beginning, were the main reasons why the 7th Na-tional Selection of EYP Spain was held here and nowhere else.

The session started on Thursday, April 26th, and will last until Sunday, April 29th. However, Sílvia Susach and Laia Silva (the Head-Organis-

ers) and their six-person-strong organisers’ team have already been working since the begin-ning of the year. With the help of the Session President Zosia Wasik they have succeeded in bringing together 73 delegates from 24 schools all over Spain, and an international one from Latvia. The offi cials’ team is even more diverse, consisting of ten nationalities: Spain, Poland, Turkey, Germany, The Nether-lands, Italy, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France and Latvia.

On the fi rst day of the session, Teambuilding took place in the aforementioned beach, ending in many lobster-looking-like offi cials and del-egates. The atmosphere of the session has been very lively so far; the committees have already moved onto Commit-tee Work, discussing many im-portant and even controversial topics.

Aside from hard work and having “siestas” on the beach, the time is used effi -ciently and the delegates are bonding and socialising on evenings as well as after dark. The European spirit wakes up every night; the fi rst evening of the session was full of art and music, with 26 performances in our own Eurovision. Every-one is now looking forward to Eurovillage, where every del-egation will be representing a different European country. Be-sides, the farewell party of the session is going to be the offi cial opening of the beach season.

We hope and expect that the last two days of the session are going to be as magnifi cent as the fi rst two, and we wish for you to have as much fun and get as much work done as we have over here in the sun-ny Spain! Also, we really hope you will meet the Sitges’12 del-egates in the near future.

Love from Sitges!The Sitges 2012 Press Team

Sitges - the other beach

The diversity of cultures is immediately visible.

Are you feeling sad about leaving? Don’t be! Hugo Dürr & Tuna Dökmeci know how to beat the everlasting PED.

survive the ped

A lot of you after this session will expe-rience a sensation of despondency,

of emptiness and of desola-tion, a combination of feelings known as Post EYP Depres-sion (PED). You will miss the fast-paced, globally relevant discussions, you will miss the atmosphere of the General As-sembly, and you will miss the friends you have made. This is a very common diagnosis among EYPers, and will most probably affect you for some to come. But do not despair, for there are plenty of expe-rienced EYPers at the ses-sion who have experienced exactly what you will ex-perience, and who can give you some words of wisdom.

You know that you are suffering from PED when you start to lack concentration in your classes at school because you fi nd yourself off daydream-ing, and reliving the memories from your session. You will miss the people you connected with at the session so much that your closest friends from home may start thinking that you don’t like them anymore. And

also we must warn you that you might succumb to a severe case of Facebook addiction, due to the constant and never end-ing stream of photos, status up-dates and friend requests pop-ping up every so often. You will most probably fi nd your-self stalking everyone you saw at the session (hint: the Presi-dent uses all three of his names on his account).

T o g e t over this suffering, there are a few things that can help ease the pain. The most effective method has shown to be as simple as going to another session. Until then, you would do yourself a favour by carrying fl ipchart markers and post-it notes with you at all times, just

in case you ever feel the urge to take notes on anything. We highly recommend you to play the weird games that you learnt during teambuilding with your friends and show them what a cool thing EYP is so that they can understand your suffering.

And of course, last but not least, read the session newspaper and watch the vide-os over and over again! You will soon discover that at EYP ses-sions, time fl ows. Reading the paper will help you remember

what an amazing session you had, and relive the moments captured in the newspaper and in the videos.

We truly hope that this article will provide you the

tips to deal with your upcom-ing and inevitable PED. If not, just remember this quote from our lovely Vice-President Vera Geck: “Eventually you don’t get a PED, because you learn that the end of a session is not the end of the friendships. You will see the people that you want to see again.”