1. Name and organisers

The competition was named the “Have Your Say” Video Competition. Yücel Cultural Foundation and bursverenler.org are referred to as the “organising institutions” in these specifications. The organisation and execution of the competition belonged to the organising institutions.

2. Purpose

The competition aimed to raise awareness of donations in support of young people who could not sufficiently benefit from their right to education because of financial hardship, and to create scholarship opportunities for more young people by promoting bursverenler.org.

It also aimed to encourage more institutions and organisations to contribute to young people’s education through social responsibility projects.

3. Theme

The theme of the competition was to communicate the scholarship opportunities offered through bursverenler.org to the public through the “Have Your Say” Video Competition.

4. Competition categories

The competition was evaluated in two categories:

• Donation category: The best video encouraging individuals and institutions to contribute to education.
• Scholarship category: The best video promoting bursverenler.org.

Videos approved by the jury for publication were published on YouTube. The video receiving the highest number of audience votes was awarded first place in its category.

5. Participation rules

1. Participation in the competition was free of charge.
2. All participants had to be at least 18 years old.
3. Both amateur and professional video creators could participate. Employees of the organising institutions, jury members and their immediate family members could not participate.
4. Each participant could submit a maximum of five videos across both categories. Videos were uploaded through the participation form and the selected category was indicated.
5. Videos, including titles and credits, had to be between 40 and 300 seconds long, have a minimum resolution of 720p (1280 × 720), and be in MP4 format.
6. Participants declared, accepted and undertook that the submitted video belonged entirely to them and that all necessary permissions had been obtained. Participants were responsible for any breach of this undertaking.
7. Each submitted video had to include a tagline.
8. Any action intended to misrepresent ownership of a video or mislead the assessment process was considered a breach of the rules.
9. In the event of a breach, prizes, titles and any other gains could be withdrawn and the participant was required to return the prize immediately.
10. The organising institutions had the right to award, exhibit, publish, edit, reproduce and share the submitted videos.
11. By submitting a video, participants were deemed to have accepted all provisions of these specifications.
12. Competition results were announced through bursverenler.org, yucelkulturvakfi.org and the social media accounts of Yücel Cultural Foundation and bursverenler.org.
13. Award winners were announced at the award ceremony and prizes were presented during that ceremony.

6. Use of videos and copyright

The organising institutions could exercise the rights of adaptation, reproduction, distribution, public performance and communication to the public, as regulated under Articles 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of the Turkish Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works No. 5846. Videos could be archived by the organising institutions.

Participants accepted that they would not make any additional claim beyond the prize for the use of videos and taglines, that the video belonged to them, and that they would assume civil and criminal responsibility for claims by third parties concerning copyright, related rights, quotation or plagiarism.

Videos or excerpts could be used, with the owner’s name stated where possible, in events, educational activities, exhibitions, printed and digital catalogues, websites, mobile applications, social-media accounts, promotional materials, publications, digital media, books, advertisements and similar promotional or educational channels without additional payment.

Uses beyond the competition scope were subject to the participant’s permission. Videos had to be prepared entirely by the participant. Persons appearing in the videos were deemed to have permitted their appearance, submission of the video to the competition and publication through internet or media channels. The participant was responsible for related disputes.

The organising institutions could add YouTube cards, logos, credits and similar elements when publishing videos.

7. Publication

Videos deemed worthy of an award or exhibition were published by the organising institutions through YouTube and social-media channels from the start of the competition.

8. Organisation and jury

The jury consisted of M. Haluk Kula, Secretary General of Yücel Cultural Foundation; Enis Ertuna, bursverenler.org executive; Masis Aram Gözbek, conductor and artistic director of Boğaziçi Jazz Choir; graphic design artist Gözde Ergüç; Aslıcan Kömeçoğlu, scholarship coordinator of Yücel Cultural Foundation; and Burçak Görgün Çınar, social-media specialist of Yücel Cultural Foundation. The jury convened with at least five members.

9. Competition calendar

• Start date: 10 May 2021
• Deadline for both categories: 31 July 2021, 18:00
• Jury assessment: 3 August 2021
• Videos opened for voting: 4 August 2021
• Voting deadline: 4 September 2021
• Exhibition and award ceremony: 6 September 2021

10. Prizes

A first prize of TRY 7,500 was awarded to the owner of the video receiving the highest number of votes in each category.

11. Competition secretariat

Contact: bursverenler.org contact page
Email: info@yucelkulturvakfi.org