Monday 8 October 2007

7.30 pm.      Briefing for the Turkish press

Wednesday 10 October 2007

12.30 p.m.   Opening Reception of the Turkish National StandHall 5.1 B 972

Guided tour of a corner exhibition ‘Reading Room’
 

2.00 p.m.    Panel discussion: New Paths in the Turkish Publishing Sector and LiteratureVenue: Forum DialogHall 6.1 E 905

Participants: Iskender Pala(author), Aslı Erdoğan(author), Enver Ercan(poet)

Müge Gürsoy Sökmen(publisher)
 

7.30 p.m.   International Press Meeting

Thursday 11 October 2007

10.30 a.m.  Press Conference: FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey

(The Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Ertuğrul Günay, has confirmed his attendance)

Venue: Frankfurt Book Fair Press Centre Hall 6.2

Presentation of logo and slogan of the Guest of Honour

Turkey Programme Frankurt Book Fair 2007

2008 Guest of Honour Concept
 

2.15 p.m.    Modern Turkish Childrens’ Literature in all its colours

Venue: Forum Children’s BooksHall 3.0 K 385

Participants: Nur İçözü(children`s books author)

Behiç Ak (children`s books author)

Mustafa Doğru (publisher)

Friday 12 October 2007

09.30 a.m.   Breakfast meeting with publishersHall 4.C Room Entente

Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Arı, Emrah Özpirinçci (publisher)

2.00 p.m.    Modern History of Turkey and the Turkish Publishing Sector

Venue: Forum DialogHall 6.1 E 905

Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Arı (General Director), Christoph Neumann (historian)

Edhem Eldem(historian), Tanıl Bora (author)

Fahri Aral (publisher), Raşit Çavaş(publisher)
 

3.30 p.m.    Turkish-German Licence Market of Children’s and Youth Books – In view of the

Guest of Honour Turkey(discussion with invited Turkish and German publishers)

Venue: Hall 3 via Westfoyer, Room Facette
 

5.00 p.m.    Happy Hour - Meeting with Turkish Translators

Venue: Translators’ CentreHall 5.0 E 955, Reception

Ümit Yaşar Gözüm- TEDA Project

Saliha Paker - On translation movements

Unionsverlag - Project of Turkish Library

S. Fischer Stiftung- Translation Subvention Projects
 

Saturday 13 October 2007

2.00 p.m.   Elif Şafak(author) - Reading / Discussion on Turkish Literature and Women

Venue: Frankfurt Literaturhaus Schöne Aussicht 2 Frankfurt/Main
 

Sunday 14 October 2007

3.30 p.m.   Handover Ceremony Guest of Honour Presentation Catalan Culture 2007 - Turkey 2008

Venue: Forum Level 1 / Reading of the author Elif Şafak, Representative of Guest of Honour

Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Arı (General Director of GHP Turkey)

Ümit Yaşar Gözüm(Coordinator of the project ‘Turkey - Guest of Honour at the FBF’)