The festival aiming to raise awareness on animal rights will be organized on September 1st and 2nd, 2018 in Sığacık and Akarca districts of Seferihisar.
My Forever Friend Festival is a collaboration between Seferihisar Municipality, Seferihisar City Council and SEHAYDER (Seferihisar Association of Nature and Animal Lovers). There will be a workshop on animal rights on Saturday 1st at 10:00 in Akarca Lebedos Princess Hotel. Seferihisar Mayor Tunç Soyer, SEHAYDER Chairman Fevziye Özkan, Chairman of the Animal Rights Confederation Nesrin Çıtırık, Prof. Veterinary Practitioner and Specialist Psychologist Tamer Dodurka and Seferihisar City Council Chairman Ekrem Gün will be speakers of the workshop.
The first event of the second day of the festival will be the visit to Seferihisar İsmet Sungurbey Stray Animals Shelter on Sunday, September 2nd. The festival will continue in Sığacık with outdoor workshop of Seferihisar Children Municipality about animals. The people will distribute pet food for the stray animals at various feeding stations in the district. There will be a watercolor painting workshop provided by international watercolor artists.
At the same weekend, the photographers will compete at the photo-marathon organized with the collaboration of Turkey Photography Federation. The winners of the photo-marathon will be announced on October 4th, 2018 on the Animal Care Day.