April 8, 2011

Turkish organizations honor world youth in Washington D.C.

Ali H. Aslan

The winner’s of the Gülen Institute’s Dialog of Civilizations Youth Platform 2011, who competed against students from over 50 nations and 35 American states in essay writing, received awards in Washington on Wednesday from member of the US Congress.

Congress members presented the 36 awards to winners in Washington, D.C., with Congressional Certificates to recognize their success in the international high school essay contest that was organized by the Gülen Institute and the Rumi Forum. The contest involved 600 high school students, enrolled in nineth through 12th grades, attending public or private schools from the United States and abroad, writing on the use of military means as a solution to today’s international and national political issues.