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REQUEST FROM THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

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In observance of the World’s Children Day (20 November) through Adnan Çakmakçıoğlu’s “Bir Dünya Bırakın Biz Çocuklara” (Hand Down A World To Us, All Children) titled children song.
Bir Dünya Bırakın (1979) Beste: Adnan Çakmakçıoğlu
Müzik: Salih Aydoğan
#WorldChildrenDay #ChildrenDay #UNICEF #English #Turkish
1979 was declared the Year of Children by the UNICEF. A song competition was organised, and 94 songs were entered from 47 countries. The song from Turkey “HAND DOWN A WORLD TO US, ALL CHILDREN” was the winning entry.
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BREAKTHROUGH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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Congratulation Letter by Betul Nelson #English #Turkish #German

Prof. Özlem Türeci ve Prof. Uğur Şahin
Prof. Özlem Türeci ve Prof. Uğur Şahin
13th November 2020
Dear Professor Ugur Sahin and Professor Ozlem Tureci,
As a retired Turkish academic, I wish to express my feelings of joy and pride in your current achievements in developing the mRNA vaccine against the Covid-19 infection. Seeing your faces and reading about your dedication to science is certainly a great moment of pride for every Turkish person and scientists around the world.
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MADAM ATATÜRK: THE FIRST LADY OF MODERN TURKEY

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“Behind every great man is a strong woman” – so goes the old saying.  Unfortunately, many of these strong women have been air-brushed out of the history books.
by İpek Çalışlar, translated into English by Feyza Howell
Book Review by Harvey TORDOFF
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I AM YOUR CHILD COSMOS

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NGC-6357 Cosmic Winter Wonderland, NASA.Gov

Poem by  Bircan ÜNVER
Put your head up
Open your eyes to
The boundlessness of your heart
    in the Cosmos
Just listen to the absolute silence
Then your heart will speak with the Cosmos
And, the Cosmos back to you… 

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BECOMING BILINGUAL

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Photo©Lightmillennium

Part II of II– Interview | Part I
A. Becoming Bilingual

1. What was your motive to learn another language?

In early 1970’s in Turkey, learning another language was not a part of the public school system, in particular, in the elementary school and during the first five-year years. However, after elementary school, starting in the middle school, public school system offered one-foreign language option and once-a-week as 40 min. within the following three: English, French and German

I had chosen English. On the other hand, I realized that once-a-week and total 40 min. based on the memorizing vocabulary and reading The Smith Family story alone was not enough.

Interview conducted by J.U.C. [Read more…] about BECOMING BILINGUAL

A BILINGUAL FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT

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L.M.: A Bilingual First Generation Immigrant
by J.U.C.

“One language is one-person and two languages are two-persons”
Introduction
I have interviewed my own mom for this assignment, L.M. She was born and raised in Turkey, and as an adult became the first of her family to have legal residency in the United States.  She learned English by teaching herself before she came to the United States, where once she arrived,  the English language then became used in her daily vocabulary. [Read more…] about A BILINGUAL FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT

LMTV: OPEN CALL for On–Camera Poetry Reading on GANDHI’s Birthday

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THE WAYS OF THE LIGHT* | IŞIK YOLLARINDA
Immediate Release |  Date: September 13, 2018
The Light Millennium Television | LMTV

OPEN CALL for On–Camera Poetry Reading on GANDHI’s BIRTHDAY

• Scheduled for: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2018
On the Occasion of the United Nation’s World Non-Violence Day (Oct. 2)
&
Mahatma Gandhi’s 149th Birthday  (English version will be dedicated to Gandhi)
You are cordially INVITED to take a  part in the aforementioned two-half hour projects as both in English and Turkish on-camera at QPTV Studio A in Flushing, New York on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. 

MEDIA RELEASE (on the Lightmillennium.Org – pdf)  |  FLYER as pdf  & jpg

About LMTV |  Videography

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“EDUCATING YOUNGER GENERATIONS ON GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP THROUGH INTERCULTURAL LITERACY”

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UNAOC & Mission of Kazakhstan Join Event:
“Educating younger generations to global citizenship through intercultural literacy”, co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan in partnership with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Date: 2 May 2018
Time:  3.00 PM -5.30 PM
Venue: Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters
Participation: All are invited with a valid UN pass

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BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER’İN KÜRESEL HEDEFLERİNDE GENÇLİK VE SPORUN ÖNEMİ

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#ispescongress2018
SPORDA KÜRESEL HEDEFLER |
GLOBAL GOALS IN SPORT
SUNUM >
VIDEO >

Bir STK/NGO Perspektifinden… | Sivil Toplum Kuruluşu

BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER’İN KÜRESEL HEDEFLERİNDE GENÇLİK VE SPORUN ÖNEMİ
Derleyen ve Sunan:  Bircan Ünver, M.A.
THE LIGHT MILLENNIUM, FOUNDER–PRESIDENT & HEAD
NGO Rep. to the United Nations Department of Public Information
(New York)
TARIH: 26 Nisan 2014  | SAAT: 11:00
YER: Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Maslak 1453, NeoTech Kampüs,
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I’VE HELD ON TIGHT TO THE WINGS OF THE COSMOS…

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 Autobiographic Poetic Diary

Dedicated to my dear sister Olcay Ünver and my immediate Family in Istanbul…

One half of me is from Turkey
The other half America
My country of birth – my roots and the first half of my life rests in Turkey
The second half of my life – almost thirty-years-long following it rests in America


Bircan ÜNVER

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