Consul General Sharon Wiener's visit to Çanakkale

July 20, 2009

Consul General remarks at the "Teaching Tolerence Through English" camp 2009

Consul General Wiener gave an opening speech at the "Teaching Tolerence Through English" camp 2009 which has being held at a private high school in Canakkale. Colloborated with The State Department, the Turkish Education Association and Canakkale Private High School, the students are participating in a groundbreaking program to develop intercultural empathy and understanding among students from Turkey, Armenia and the United States. After the opening session, Consul General Wiener joined the students' workshop called "expectation circle" and shared her own personal experiences as a teen-aged exchange student abroad.

Consul General Wiener's statement at the camp opening was reported in an Anatolian News Agency story which was published in Milliyet daily. Consul General was also interviewed for TV by local media, Doğan News Agency (DHA) and Anatolian News Agency (AA).