2005 Divan Palmira Bodrum

2005 Tepe Nautilus

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2005 Maltepe University

23 April is International Children’s Day as initiated in Turkey by Atatürk.

National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey is a unique event. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, dedicated April 23 to the children of the country to emphasize that they are the future of the new nation. It was on April 23, 1920, during the War of Independence, that the Grand National Assembly met in Ankara and laid down the foundations of a new, independent, secular, and modern republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Ataturk entrusted the future protection of this sovereignty and independence to the hands of the youth. The importance of April 23 as a special day for children has been recognized by the international community. UNICEF recognizes this important day as the International Children's Day.

> NPP were invited to join children from 52 countries at Maltepe University and create a wall mural within the school premises. This is what happened......

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2005 The Marmara Pera

04 March 2005 saw the official launch of Istanbul? Yeah! 2005 and the continued promotion of the Rainbow Bridge project. Since then, NPP have been to other locations and venues inside and outside of Turkey and back again to set up an in-house atelier and gallery at The Pera hotel. NPP express ever lasting thanks and appreciation to hotel manager Ata Eremsoy all the staff. The past events are more fully covered at:
http://nppthemarmarapera.blogspot.com

2003 ZAGA TV

NPP printed a calendar poster for 2004 featuring the image Where East Meets West and a request to support Rainbow Bridge at www.nedpamphilon.com

Zaga TV host Okan Bayulgen saw the poster, liked the project and immediately invited Ned to guest on his late night Kanal D Zaga TV show on the evening of Saturday 13 December.
Rainbow Bridge was presented to a young audience at 3.00hr on the Sunday morning. By Monday www.nedpamphilon.com had received over 100,000 hits and the quick vote counter went from 200 to over 30,000 votes.

"Look at this guy! None of us are thinking like he does. Why does it take a foreigner to come to our country and show us such a simple, intelligent idea to promote our country? It's an inspired idea and it will be an inspired decision for our authorities and our country to let this happen.”
Okan Bayulgen

However, the TV appearance also highlighted the website to less desirable traffic. Website hackers attacked www.nedpamphilon.com deleting in particular portraits of Atatürk and leaving Islamic text on the site. It eventually led to NPP having to change the website server and rebuilding the site.