The Korean Cultural Center in Turkey held the competition for ``Online Promotion of Korea and Korean Culture`` from April 1st to August 5th, in order to encourage the activities of Turkish Hallyu fans who love Korea, to discover excellent content with fresh ideas, and to effectively promote Korean culture in Turkey.

In this competition, Hallyu fans in Turkey who open websites or social media platforms (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Blog, etc.) related to Korea and Korean culture to promote Korea and Korean culture participated, and a total of 61 teams have applied. A total of 6 teams were selected after document screening and final screening. The selection was based on originality and novelty for content or promotional activities, suitability of themes for creative digital content, diversity of image quality, video technology, expression techniques, accuracy of information, message delivery, and fun.

Through Instagram, four teams; koreanculturesarang, hangukkore, ef.skydiary, allabout.skorea introducing the Korean culture, Korean language Korean history, and Korean tourist attractions, have received the outstanding achievement awards. And two teams; koreceonline, bizegorekore have received encouragement awards

Link: https://www.instagram.com/koreanculturesarang/

Link: https://www.instagram.com/hangukkore/

Link: https://www.instagram.com/ef.skydiary/

Park Kee-Houng, the director of the Cultural Center, said, “It was a good opportunity to encourage Hallyu fans, who have been spending more time at home due to COVID-19, to continue promoting Korean culture through online use and to increase their interest in Korean culture.”