Istanbul International Publishing Week awards find their owners...

As part of Istanbul International Publishing Week, the gala night held at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) and the awards ceremony for the "Say No to Pirated Books Painting Competition," the "Idea Marathon," the "Contribution to Turkish Culture" and the "Istanbul Copyright Awards" were attended by Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Ahmet Misbah Demircan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council on Culture and Arts Policies and author Prof. Dr. İskender Pala, historian and author Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, Beyoğlu Mayor Haydar Ali Yıldız, Istanbul Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism Coşkun Yılmaz, President of the Federation of Publishers' Professional Associations (YAYFED) Münir Üstün, President of the Turkish Printing and Publishing Professional Association (TBYM) Mehmet Burhan Genç, poet and author Beşir Ayvazoğlu, General Coordinator of Büyük Doğu Yayınları and board member of the Press and Publishing Union Association Emrah Kısakürek, Vice President of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO) İsrafil Kuralay, and TÜROB Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, as well as numerous domestic and foreign guests from the publishing world.

Minister Ersoy presented the awards to Prof. Dr. Adnan İsmaili from North Macedonia and to Turcologist Edit Tasnadi from Hungary. At the ceremony, a group of young people also received the Idea Marathon award. The publishing houses honored with the Istanbul Copyright Award at the event were as follows: the first prize went to Logos-A from Macedonia, the second prize to Arab Scientific from Lebanon, and the third prize to Alemak from Ukraine. The İTO Special Award was presented to Academic Press from Georgia, and the YAYFED Special Award to Christina Tremmel from Germany.

In the painting competition titled "Say No to Pirated Books," 8th-grade student İrem Selvi took first place, 8th-grade student Elif Göksu came second, and 7th-grade student Ilgaz Aminat Çakır was awarded third place. During the evening, 7th-grade student Helena Sahkaee Nejad received an honorable mention, while art teacher Seval Pehlevan received the first-place teacher award.