The richness behind the Europe’s diversity seen when it is looked up the all over of it which accommodates 88 another ethnicities under its roof. In addition to that, there is 150 different regional and ethnic language shows us the another dimension of the diversity. In all over the world, the 175 million people are living outside of their country of origin and if we looked up the world population, if those people had a country and they will create the 3rd largest country in the world. When this issue taken into consideration, the power of this cultural diversity can be the steering power of the Europe in different manners.

Though, the obstacles on usage of that cultural diversity and the sustenance of that cultural richness are not managing this cultural diversity or not able to prevent the discriminations based on the stereotypes and prejudices. During the management of this process, the conflict management competences and the intercultural dialogue competences plays a crucial role.

The aims of the project,
– To increase the competences of youth workers on diversity management
– To create awareness on discrimination among the youngsters caused by prejudices and stereotypes
– To increase the competences of youth workers on inclusion in particular the inclusion of minorities and Roma people
– To increase the capacities of youth workers who works with the minorities, migrants or refugees
Participant Profile
– Motivation to take part in a mutual learning process in a intercultural setting
– has interest to work on cultural diversity and diversity in Europe
– sensitive on the intercultural dialogue and social cohesion and willing to create follow-up actions
– has a sufficient level of English ( B1-C1 )

About Elazığ;

Elazig is the most orderly city of the Eastern Anatolian region, due to its being recently founded with the name of Mamurat-ül Aziz in the 19th century by sultan Abdülaziz to settle some over-population from Harput town. But it’s known that the city has a much older history dating back to ancient civilizations of Anatolia; Hurris, Hittites, Urartus, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans. It is situated on a plain near a mountain on 1,020 meters above the sea level and is surrounded by vineyards and gardens. The city today is also a trading center for crops and livestock. It’s population is approximately 560.000 (2012).

The Keban and Karakaya Dams on the Euphrates (Firat) river and their artificial lakes contribute to the growth and general appearance of this rapidly developing city. Keban lake is the biggest artificial lake of Turkey. It was started to built in 1965 and gave the first electrical currents in 1974. Its yearly production is 7,5billion KW/hour.

The attraction of Elazig is the Byzantine Fortress of the ancient city Harput, 5 kilometers to the north. There are also several mosques of the Seljuk period. Lake Hazar, 25 kilometers south of Elazig, is a fine tranquil site, while Buzluk Cave, 12 kilometers northeast, is an interesting cave, which remains cool in the summers and warm in the winters despite the harsh climate of the city.

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