The tenth book fair from May 11 to XNUMX

The director of the Fair, Predrag Uljarević, assessed that ten years of the Fair represents a great jubilee, because, during the organization, there were often financial problems
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Book Fair, Podgorica, Photo: Boris Pejović
Book Fair, Podgorica, Photo: Boris Pejović
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Ažurirano: 10.03.2015. 12:57h

The tenth international book fair in Podgorica under the slogan "Dreams of reading" will be held from May 11 to XNUMX, and the main guest will be Turkey. The director of the Fair, Predrag Uljarević, assessed that ten years of the Fair represents a great jubilee, because, during the organization, there were often financial problems.

"The fair has become a striking and unavoidable fact of the country's cultural recognition. It has become a traditional event and the city of Podgorica is on the map of international fairs, and regional publishers have been making plans for this Fair for a long time," said Uljarević at the press conference. He said that there were hundreds of thousands of visitors at the previous fairs, that more than 20 countries and most of the most important Montenegrin writers and publishers participated.

Uljarević said that he is honored to be this year's guest of the Turkey Fair and that it will be an opportunity for the citizens of Montenegro to get to know Turkish writers and publishers more closely. The fair will be held in Delta City, as stated by Uljarević, "Mapa" will be responsible for the visual appearance. The Ambassador of Turkey in Montenegro, Mehmed Nijazi Tanilir, said that they gladly accepted the organizer's invitation to be a guest at this year's Fair.

"The previous two years I had the opportunity to visit the Fair and I see that there is great interest from the people of Podgorica, so we think it is very important for us to be a part of it," said Tanilir. According to him, Turkey's participation in the Fair will be an opportunity for the Montenegrin public to get acquainted with Turkish writers and to see the culture of Turkey from several aspects.

He believes that he will leave an impression on the Montenegrin audience in a special way. Director of the Yunus Emre Institute from Turkey, Džihan Ozdemir, said that this Institute will participate in the organization of the Fair for the first time and that the goal of this cultural institution is to present the values ​​of Turkish culture to Montenegro.

He recalled that the first steps in cooperation between the two countries were made between Ambassador Tanilir and the representative of "New Book" while he was not yet appointed as the director of the Institute. "We will exhibit books from different Turkish publishers, we will host famous Turkish writers who will address the Podgorica audience and a team that will present the book publishing process during the Ottoman Empire. Turkish coffee and tea will be presented, as well as traditional "ebra" painting and calligraphy," explained Ozdemir.

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