International Hrant Dink Award Ceremony 2021

Описание: 13th International Hrant Dink Award was presented on Wednesday, September 15th at an online ceremony streamed on the Hrant Dink Foundation accounts. This year’s awards were granted to investigative journalist Maria Ressa who defends press freedom in the Philippines under difficult political conditions and high personal risks and women’s rights activist and lawyer Canan Arın who persistently continues defending gender equality and her struggle against gender based violence in Turkey.

The award ceremony was narrated by Defne Kayalar in Turkish, and by Esra Dermancıoğlu in English languages. We thank to Mahir Günşıray and Eric Nazarian for taking part at the ceremony with their great voice overs. The ceremony was held at 23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory. Hrant Dink’s wife and the President of the Hrant Dink Foundation Rakel Dink welcomed the guests on behalf of the Foundation. Agnes Callamard, the Secretary General of Amnesty International gave the opening speech.

Moreover, during the ceremony, people and institutions from Turkey and all around the world, who shed light to humanity with their struggles are acknowledged as the 'Inspirations' of 2021. Among the Inspirations of this year, there are human, environmental, refugee and women’s rights defenders from Turkey to Russia, Myanmar to the United States, Belarus to Kenya, as well as inspirational individuals and initiatives with their demands for peace, equal citizenship, democracy and justice.

Alongside the acceptance speeches of the laureates, unique musical performances were also present at the ceremony. Ezhel’s new song Mayrig [Mother], has met with the audience for the first time, Pervin Chakar, Ertan Tekin and Ayta Sözeri gave unique performances with original melodies. With Songül Öden's narration Iraz Akçam, Ayça Bildik, Banu Fotocan, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Zeynep Şengöz, Nesrin Uçarlar brought to life a song by Nazan Öncel giving voice to the injustices women face. The ceremony’s music supervisor Arto Tunçboyacıyan brought together musicians of all ages from Armenia; Vahagn Hayrapetyan, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Kamarama, Tmbata, Tsakhruk Ethno Music Group of Specialized Children’s Home of Kharberd, Yerevan Saxophone Quartet and Wood Winds Project have enriched the ceremony with their folkloric tunes and rich melodies.
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● Pervin Chakar & Ertan Tekin - Ez ê herim welatê xwe 00:00:00
● Esra Dermancıoğlu's opening speech 00:03:49
● Rakel Dink’in welcoming speech 00:05:04
● Pervin Chakar & Ertan Tekin - Garun a 00:09:07
● General Secretary of Amnesty International Agnes Callamard's speech 00:14:30
● Nazan Öncel - İmdat 00:23:03
● 23,5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory 00:26:42
● Yerevan Saxophone Quartet - Circles.0 00:29:04
● Vahagn Hayrapetyan - Chermag Aghavni [Beyaz Güvercin] 00:34:10
● Inspirations of 2021 00:39:13
● Tsakhruk Ethno Music Group of Specialized Children’s Home of Kharbed - Khorotik Mayro 00:48:57
● Tsakhruk Ethno Music Group of Specialized Children’s Home of Kharbed - Al Eghnim 00:53:52
● Wood Winds Project - Taltala 00:58:15
● 2021 International #HrantDinkAward Jury Members 01:04:56
● Ayta Sözeri - La Enta Habibi (Kurumuş Bir Dal Gibiyim) 01:05:55
● TmbaTa - Khlpane 01:11:40
● Ezhel - Sakatat 01:16:00
● 2021 #HrantDinkAward Laureate - Maria Ressa 01:19:02
● 2021 #HrantDinkAward Laureate Maria Ressa’s speech 01:23:04
● Ayta Sözeri - Ağla Halime 01:31:50
● TmbaTa, feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan - Shkhkrtan Aghjik 01:36:08
● 2021 #HrantDinkAward Laureate - Canan Arın 01:42:07
● 2021 #HrantDinkAward Laureate Canan Arın’s speech 01:46:07
● Nazan Öncel - Demirden Leblebi 01:50:36
● Wood Winds Project Gohar Hovhannisyan feat Arto Tunçboyacıyan - Helnim Sare 01:55:32
● Ezhel - Mayrig [Anne] 02:01:42
● 2006 Henri Nannen Award - Hrant Dink 02:05:27
● Kamarama – Sihirli Yüzük 02:07:22