With the contribution of Istanbul Bilgi University Children’s Studies Unit and Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association, the media-children relation and the representation of children under legal protection in the media were discussed.
As a part of the cultural heritage in Anatolia project, Hrant Dink Foundation and Houshamadyan jointly organized a series of panels and workshops on intangible cultural heritage of non-Muslim communities in Turkey.
In the 56th Venice Biennial Pavilion of Turkey was the instalment of ‘Respiro’ by Sarkis. The Golden Icon, which is one of the six signals of this instalment, was exhibited in the Anarad Hıghutyun Building.
Within the framework of the 14th Istanbul Biennial, the artworks by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Huy An were on display in the exhibition area and library of the Anarad Hıghutyun Building.
In 2015, in the fifth year of the project, 20 films were selected by the jury consisting of Amat Escalante, Azize Tan, Ercan Kesal, Jay Weissberg, Rakel Dink, Şebnem İşigüzel, Tuğrul Eryılmaz and Zeynep Özbatur Atakan.
Based on the prominent findings of the Media Watch on Hate Speech project, discriminatory discourse and hate speech in the media directed against religious and ethnic identities were discussed.
A group of 10 journalists visited Turkey from November 15th to November 22nd, 2015 as part of the Turkey-Armenia Journalists’ Dialogue Programme, organised by the Hrant Dink Foundation.
The conference titled ‘A Civilization Destroyed: The Wealth of Non-Muslims in the Late Ottoman Period and the Early Republican Era’ organized by Hrant Dink Foundation in cooperation with Bogazici, Bilgi and Sabanci Universities.
In the panel 'Combating Discriminatory Discourse: Theoretical Discussions & European Experience regarding Hate Speech Laws', the boundaries between freedom of expression and hate speech and European hate speech laws were discussed.
With the contribution of Hatice Çetinkaya and Nilay Vardar, combating discrimination and discriminatory discourse against Roma people in the media and the representation of them especially in the mainstream media were discussed.
In collaboration with AccessAbility Istanbul Exhibition, the representation of persons with disabilities in the media and discriminatory discourse against persons with disabilities in the print media were discussed.
Within the framework of the Turkey – Armenia Fellowship Scheme, 12 fellows travelled from Armenia to Turkey and conducted their activities in the neighbouring country at various host organisations.