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World Brotherhood Union
Mevlana Supreme Foundation
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1993, every year on November 1st in Istanbul, Turkey;
World Brotherhood Union – Mevlana Supreme Foundation
has been organizing an international gathering,
panel and an award ceremony. The award ceremony
titled “Call to World Peace From the Universal
Brotherhood”, which will be also given on November
1st, 2002 in Istanbul, to those who are deemed worthy
on the branches of: Press and Broadcasting, Science
and Research, Literature, Performance and Visual
Arts, Music, Find Arts, Design and Architecture
and Service to Society. |
Our Foundation established on
24.05.1993, aims to invite Humanity under the Roof of
a Brotherly World by introducing Mevlana Universal Consciousness
at home and abroad. And setting out from Atatürk's
principle"Peace at Home, Peace in the Universe"
without discriminating among Religions, Languages, Genders
or Races by preparing Humanity for "Reality of Unified
Humanity", it provides the evolution towards Universal
Consciousness.
Another aim is
by supporting Scientific work and research, to observe
celestial information and have it observed, and also to
support the scientific work done or to be done about the
Universe and Existence in order to cooperate with the
establishments serving on this path, in the same direction.
World Brotherhood Union Mevlana
Supreme Foundation aims to take into effect the activities
about publishing the Knowledge Book in
different languages at National and International Platforms
and in the future years, for the activities abroad, to
take part in International Symposiums about Universal
Values, to send invitations abroad for the conferences
in the direction of the same purpose.
To support all the efforts done
for Unification, Friendship and Love on the path of Humanity
and to give Awards to the establishments and individuals
serving on this path also by organizing conferences seminars,
congresses, panels to form the beautiful World Panneau
of the Morrows mutually without any wars and full of peace
are among the activities of our Foundation
And in this context, every year
on the 1st of November by making an organization
with the slogan "Call to World Peace from the Universal
Brotherhood", contribution to World Peace is aimed
together with Religious Missions, Non- governmental organizations
and Academic establishments on the path of Universal Unification.
Our Foundation has realized its
first organization of "Call to World Peace from the
Universal Brotherhood" on 1.11.1995.
At this very first date when this
organization was disclosed as a program to our planet,
"Unification of Religions" was the subject matter
of the Panel section of the evening which is composed
of two sections; the Panel and the Award Ceremony. With
this aim, the representative of the American
Board Reverend Alain Mc CAIN, Ex-State Minister, Ex-President
of Religious Affairs Dr.Lütfi DOGAN, Assistant Chief
Rabbi of Turkey Rav. Isak HALEVA, Representing Department
of Religious Affairs, the Mufti of Istanbul Selahattin
KAYA, Assist.
Patriarch and President of the Spritual Board of the Armenians
of Turkey- Archebishop Mesrob M. MUTAFYAN, Representing
Fener Greek Patriarchate Prof. Dr. Metropolitan Atanosios PAPAS, Spiritual
President of Istanbul Latin Catholic Community and President
of the Board of the Catholic Spiritual Leaders of Turkey
His Exc. Louis PELATRE participated at the panel as
representatives of Religious Missions and gave
messages of Tolerance-Love and Unification to the World
from Turkey.
On the second of the organizations
which we realized on 1.11.1996, once again, speakers who
would reflect the Religious Unification program participated
at the panel. In accordance with this,
Prof. Dr. Niyazi ÖKTEM representing
the Foundation of the 500th Year, Monseignor Yusuf SAG
on behalf of the Süryani Catholic Church, Father
Joseph Alphonse SAMMUT on behalf of St. Antuan Church,
Prof. Dr.Metropolit Atanasios PAPAS on behalf of Fener
Greek Patriarchate, Mehmet Nuri YILMAZ's representative
on behalf of the Departement of Religious Affairs and
Prof. Dr. Yasar Nuri ÖZTÜRK as the Panel coordinator.
According to the program of opening up to other countries
for the first time,
Anthony STRANO from Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual
University was invited.
Starting with 1997, every year
a new panel subject was formed and according to this,
the subject of the panel in 1997 was "The Effect
of Universal
Brotherhood on the Consciousness of the Human Being"
and in 1998, "Proposals About How to Put Love and
Peace into Application Putting Words Aside". Representatives
of Non-govermental Organizations and Academic Establishments of
Turkey participated at these panels.
On 1.11.1999, at the panel which we realized on the subject "From Yesterday until
Today, the Effects of Cosmic Energies on Human Consciousness
in the 20th Century",
the program of henceforth inviting speakers from
abroad only, was taken into effect and Uri GELLER from
England, Anthony STRANO on behalf of Brahma Kumaris World
Spiritual University were invited to the panel. The Coordinator
of the Panel was Prof.Dr. Tolga YARMAN . At the end of
the panel section, Uri GELLER presented an interesting and a very beautiful
"Cosmic Consciousness Show" to the guests.
On 1.11.2000, our activity started
with the panel this time with the subject "The Calls
for Peace-Friendship-Unification Given to the World by
World Organizations Who Serve in the World Evolution Project
in the Age of Information".
Rev. Carol E. PARRISH, Ph.D. from
USA, Menorah CHARNEY from Israel, Simon Peter FULLER from
England, Dr. Adwaita P. GANGULY from
India, Prof.Dr. Ahmet INAM from the Middle Eastern
Technical University, Dept.of Philosophy - Turkey participated
at this panel of ours as speakers, and Rev. Michael U.
OKORUWA from
Nigeria could not participate because of his excuse but
his speech was read by Assoc. Prof. Ahmet KURTARAN,
the Coordinator of the Panel.
In 1.11.2001, our activity started
with the panel this time with the subject "Suggestions
and Messages to be given to Humanity on the Path of Unification
and Peace in the Globalising World (1)". Our panel
on which the subject will henceforth be the same every
year, the
Panel Speakers were; Ruth DYTCHES from Israel, David HARRISON from England, Carolyn HOLTGREWE from USA and a familiar name from previous
years, Anthony STRANO from the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual
University and as
in last year, Assoc. Prof. Ahmet KURTARAN was the Coordinator
of the Panel.
Every year following the panel
section, our Foundation has been giving the award of "Call
to World Peace from the Universal Brotherhood" to
those who are deemed worthy on the branches of;
* Press and Broadcasting
* Science and Research
* Literature
* Performance and Visual Arts
* Music
* Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
* Service to Society.
As the first and the only country
who has presented its children with a special day of celebration
on the 23rd of April every year, we, too are
decided to proceed these efforts of ours as much as we
are able to until this Universal call of ours which we
have been taking into effect with the slogan "Call
to World Peace from the Universal Brotherhood" is
accepted like the 23rd of April has been by
all sections of our planet.
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