Workshop 23

Workshop 23 is a unique process where the nine themes of 23 are experienced. In addition to academic development, personal development and the relationship one establishes with oneself and others have a significant place in 23. For this reason, Workshop 23, which opens up an area of development and exploration, was designed.

At Workshop 23, each month has specific themes. Within the framework of this theme, 23s first have a physical experience with sports or art. Afterward, the sharing circle is created. In the circle, exercises, games, and discussions are designed about that theme throughout the day. 23s discover themselves and others in the circle dynamic. Through all of these, the 23s aims to develop the ability to express, interpret and understand, get closer to himself, and meet with different views.

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Uncertainty & Doubt

In this workshop, 23s experienced the concepts of uncertainty and doubt by rowing through the Bosphorus. Then, they discussed their experiences and the correspondence of the theme both in their minds and in their lives, in the sharing circle. They realized how uncertainty and doubt can be turned into an opportunity in life and how they relate to these concepts and gain new perspectives.

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Courage & Passion

At the Courage & Passion workshop, the 23s set sail! They felt the passion inspired by the sea and the courage to resist the wind with teamwork. They received different basic pieces of training on sailing, such as knot tying and climbing. They experienced that courage is not fearlessness but being able to act despite our fears and how passion can feed courage by playing various games in the sharing circle.

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Balance & Peace

In this workshop, the 23s tried to balance themselves on the ski boards while feeling the peace in the snow. Then, they evaluated the relationship of balance and peace together in the sharing circle. They had discussions and exercises to examine both the inner balance in their personal lives and the external balance in the outer world. They began to seek definitions of personal peace as each explored the balance in their system.

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Revolution

In this workshop, 23s first visited Baykar and had an interview with Selcuk Bayraktar. Then, in the sharing circle, they discussed the revolutions both in the outer world and their inner world and how evolution took place alongside revolution, accompanied by moderator mentors. As in every workshop, they reconstituted their definitions by questioning some concepts they thought they knew.

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Curiosity

How does what we wonder relate to who we are? What are we wondering about? How can we be curious to step into a new adventure instead of getting lost and scattered? And many more questions… In this workshop, the 23s wondered the curiosity and went after it. Accompanied by the circle mentors, they did exercises that aroused the sleeping curiosities and enlightened the awake ones.

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Conscience

In the conscience workshop, the 23s watched a movie that made them feel the theme “conscience” and question it from different perspectives, and then evaluated the movie with Kemal Sayar. Comparing the relationship between mind and conscience, they completed some tasks in which they would question themselves about “the reason for our orientation, the human-society relationship, what makes a human a human, and how much it determines our preferences and behaviors, and finally how we can awaken it”.