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Impressions of Istanbul 2010

Impressions of Istanbul 2010

Impressions about 33th FISAE Congress Istanbul 2010

Dear Hasip,

Has passed four months after the Congress in Istanbul, but I with very warm feeling remember till now these meetings. The congress has been very well organised, there were no problems, there were very interesting excursions and, certainly unforgettable meetings with artists and collectors. The Istanbul Congress was remembered by the friendly atmosphere and the present hospitality. Big to you thanks for the remarkable organisation of the Congress! Greetings to you Irina Kuzmina and her daughter of Sofia! Best regards, Evgeny Bortnikov

It is something incredible: one month passed since the Congress’ end but my soul and mind still in Istanbul… If you can organize new Exlibris Congress in Istanbul I will come again I am sure!!!
Anna Tikhonova

Dear Hasip,

Back 2 weeks in Italy and Germany (the day after the congress!) I would like to say thank you for all the beautiful thinks in Istanbul. It was a great congress, perfect in organization, exhibitions, the university facilities, the excursions, the town – all together a complete and perfect success!
We are going to Greece on Thursday until middle of October, – and then I will contact your about a exhibition of Turkish exlibris in our museum.
Once again thank you for all !!!! Yours Klaus Rödel

“Unforgettable moments and lovely memories. Many many Thanks to you, Hasip, and to your amazing team – you all together made a huge and great work!!!!! We felt at home and enjoyed Istanbul every single day! Excellent congress!!! Why not to repeat?!” Natalija Cernecova

Dear Hasip,

How are you? I do hope that you got some rest after such a hard work. and now i am wrighting to you just to tell you a huge thank you for organizing such a wonderfull Congress. I just don`t have any words to express my gratitudes and thanks to you. You are the best! Really!!! And I can swear that FISAE Congress in Istanbull was better than the others. Thank you also for your help. you was always ready to help and to answer all questions. Thank you for inviting us for lunch it was really amazing. And of course thank you for your support we won`t forget it. Well, I can enumerate our thanks for ages because you are really a great person which I have ever met and that`s why I will say just thank you for everything!!!
Hasip, we would like to write an article about you in our journal but we need more information about you could you please send some information or maybe you have an article about you and if you will send it to us that will be great. With many thanks and kisses. Daria Surina

Dear Hasip good morning,

Even if we didn’t have time to talk together in private, just let me express my best thanks for the very excellent organized meeting that you gave us. It was really excellent and everything was fine. There I have got a lot of lessons about how to organize and I hope now that I met Vasilis and Aphodite in private to have the time to work on our plans of founding a Greek association of exlibris. This way we shall give to other people the opportunity to learn about this special art.
Many thanks again and I hope to have the opportunity to meet and talk in private in the future. Maybe in Crete or in Istanbul again.
Best regards and truly friendly. Christos Giannakos

Dear Hasip,

This week I have received very well your post letter.
Many thanks to you for the diploma and the fine catalogue your exhibition 2010. I am very glad that my work has got in the catalogue together with such fine masters of an ex-libris. Thanks of jury for a good choice of artists of winners with their fine works.
Hasip, also thanks you for your big work in development and promotion of an ex-libris in Turkey and all over the world. I wish you the big successes in your fine work and the big vital energy.
Yours faithfully and with friendly greetings Ukraine, Sergey Kirnitskiy.

Dear Hassip,

Once more we will thank you for the wonderful congress in Istanbul. For us this days were unforgettable. We enjoyed it very much. Thank you very much for all you did for this congress ! In October we will return to Turkey and made a trip to Efese, Troye…..etc., and Cappadocië. We will also stay some days in Istanbul. Maybe we can meet. Kind regards, Agaath and Jos

Dear Hasip !

Thank you very much for some DREAM”s days in Istanbul ! Everythings were -WOW !Supper! Vladimir Vereschagin.

Dear Hasip,

For me was the congress perfect. Thanks a lot especially for your extra efforts you are a real and good birader. Also my thanks and greetings to Özden and her husband Utku and of course also for Hanife for the nice dinner and her patience with you during the preparation of the congress.
Please keep care of you. All the best. Your Birader Martin

Dear Hasip!

First of all, accept our congratulations with National holiday of Turkey! We wish also personally you and your family of an excellent health and remarkable successes in life!
We are admired by the fine organization of the Congress, we have come back home under the big impression of several days, spent in Istanbul! We understand, how many costed to you of health and forces the organization of the Congress , but the result of that is impressive! Dear Hasip, accept our assurances of our love and respect for you! We infinitely appreciate your warm relation to us! We hope for meetings in the future! Yours Inna and Lev

Dear Prof. Dr. Hasip Pektas,

What a great surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a wonderful gift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so exited, the catalogue is beautiful, its design is excellent!!!!
And the works of Ex Libris, are so perfect, so many beautiful, interesting creation, very very high quality.
I am looking at it, again and again and again, It is the “Bible” for Ex Libris. You can’t imagine how sad I am that I couldn’t participate in your great event. I understand that you have a Museum of Ex Libris, if you want, I will be more than happy, to send you some of mine, for your collection. Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooo Much, for thinking about me, sending the catalogue is a great friendly gesture. With a lot of respect, and wishing you only the very very best Neta Dor Lemelshtrich

Dear Hasip Pektas,

I received catalogue in very good condition. It is on high level as usual. I congratulate you. I like very much the invitation with my ekslibris. Best greetings Poland. Wojciech Luczak

Dear Hasip,

I did receive yesterday in good order the excellent Competition-Catalogue,…beautifull! .. And beautifull printed too. There was [and is] a lot of of work to do. I already opened the 3 Catalogues you did send to me by E-mail. The quality was also perfekt on my MacBook. About 2 1/2 month ago you did send me a mail to send you my bookplates in JPG 300 resolution. I was at that time on a trip through holland in my camper, and I missed that mail, sorry. But the copy in the Catalogue is OK for me. You don’t need the 300 any longer now, I suppose? If you want it, let me know. I wish you and your staff plus all the participants a successfull Congres, yours very truly Wim. Wim Zwiers

Dear Dr. Hasip Pektas,

after a very short time YOUR congress will be opened. I wish you very cordial a good success. I am sure you have prepared it with so much care as possible and so it will happen in a very good, optimal kind. My wishes are at you! And please say to all the participants my cordial greetings, my heart is at all of you. In one of the catalogues the bookplate with the dog is reproduced (“exlibris Kato”) – I have the very great wish to get it. It was drawn by my granddaughter (and I have cut it). Please tell to me the price of it, I would like to pay for it. And now cordial greetings and the best for you and for the congress – yours Ottmar Premstaller

Hello!!!!!! Mr. Pektas:

I have just seen the catalog. A masterpiece. No doubt at all. I am looking forward to receivin it . All the best for this exhibition. I always say the same: pity I live so far. Kind regards, Elena Davicino.

Dear Hasip,

carefully considered all the catalogues. My rating – very high. Professionally, good taste, has done enormous work. All the best, to meet, Alexei Bobrusov

Dear Hasip!

CONGRATULATION!!! Many thanks for sending me the catalogues electronically. They came out phantasticaly and constitute a landmark in bookplate catalogues! I am looking forward to hold them in my hands when I come to the congress. Soon it is time to get to Istanbul and the time you were working towards so intensely will be here soon. Looking forward to meet you!!! Heinrich R. Scheffer

Dear Hasip,

I have no word but only thank you very very much for such a wonderful catalogue for my exlibiris. How many hours you worked for scanning and arranging captions for each! I feel it great honour to have my exlibris printed in such a beautiful catalogue.Hamanishi would be delighted to see his exlibris used on the cover. My Japanese translation seems quite all right. You have an assistant who reads Japanese? Chinese group did a good job. Their translation seems majestic, although I cannot read the language. Anyway I look forward to having the catalogue at Istanbul. I think all of Japanese participants do the same. Congratulations and very best wishes, Ichigoro Uchida

Hi my dearest Hasip

There are perfect and nice catalogues,especially automatic electronic book. You had done and finished many wonderful jobs for everyone all of the world before. I believe that will be so so big success congress in Turkey. all the best. Mingming Niu

Dear Hasip,

Again I am impressed by the quality of your work and organization. Congratulations a good friend. We are looking forward to see you in Istanbul Have a nice day, Johan Bosschem

About the Author

Hasip Pektaş was born in Ermenek in 1953. He has been working as a Professor at İstinye University, Faculty of Communication in the Visual Communication Design Department in Istanbul. He wrote a book about "Ex-libris". He has also been working hard to make ex-libris well-known in Turkey. He organized 5 International Ex-libris Competitions and 33rd FISAE International Ex-libris Congress in 2010 in Istanbul. He founded Istanbul Ex-libris Museum in Selçuk Ecza Holding in 2019. He is the President of Istanbul Ex-libris Society. http://www.hasippektas.com

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