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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 041 267 48 AL 002 469 AUTHOR Agrali, Selman N., Comp,; And Others TITLE Turkish Basic Course. Graded Reader. INSTITUTION Foreign Service Inst.(Dept. of State) , Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY Institute of International Studies (DHEW /OE), Washington, D.C. BUREAU NO BR-5-1211 PUB DATE 70 CONTRACT OEC-5-14-044 NOTE 318p. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 ($2.75) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$1.25 HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Cultural Context, History, Illustrations, *Language Instruction, Literature, Poetry, *Reading Materials, *Turkish, Vocabulary Development ABSTRACT The present Reader is the third and final volume in the Foreign Service Institute's "Turkish Basic Course." (See ED 013 451 and ED 024 050 7.or Units 1-30 and Units 31-50.) Reading selections are arranged in approximate ascending order of difficulty with some grouping of selections in subject matter categoriesh The selections, which have not been edited or simplified, are taken from history; geography; religion; proverbial, prose and poetic literature; reviews and political writing. The material is designed for the further expansion of vocabulary and classroom discussion, and constitutes a "reasonably representative sample of the simpler forms of current Turkish and of Turkish literature." The readings provide the student with a bridge between materials written specifically for pedagogical purposes and the ungraded material of literature and the current press. The numerous illustrations include both contemporary photographs and traditional art forms. A Turkish-English glossary appears at the end of the volume. (AMM) 60/5 5-/A1 FOREIGN SER.k.CE INSTITUTE0404 clg( ,ImiresImmnron...,101....sm...e TURKISH BASIC COU RS GRADED READER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT,POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY, DEPARTMENTOF STATE ...=1.1111110mmilowurrimminrimar TURKISH BASIC COURSE GRADED READER This work was compiled and pulp. lished with the support of the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, United States of America. Compiled by : SELMAN N. AGRALI, LEMAN YOLAci FOTOS SUAT SELIMDEMIRAY ANDLLOYD B. SWIFT FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE WASHINGTON, D.C. 1910 DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE BASIC COURSE SERIES Edited by AUGUSTUS A. KOSKI This volume is gratefully dedicated to the memoryofSelmanN.A§rali, 1922 1969, Turkish instructor at the Foreign Service Institute. 957-1969. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $2.75 ii PREFACE The current volume is the third and last in the Foreign Service Institute Turkish Basic Course. It provides a graded series of readings with extensive illustrations, intended to provide students with a wealth of material for classroom discussion. The first volume,Turkish Basic Course Units 1.30,provides the students with the basic patterns of the Turkish simple sentence and with a limited vocabulary re- lated to common situations likely to be encountered in Turkey. The second volume, Turkish Basic Course Units 31-50,provides a considerable expansion of vocabulary together with patterns appropriate to complex sentences. The current volume is in- tended primarily for the further expansion of vocabulary and provision of a wider variety of subject matter for discussion as well as reading practice. Good progress on compilation of the materials for this volume had been made by Selman N. Aka lt, Turkish instructor, prior to his untimely death in January 1969. This work has been expanded and carried through to fruition by Leman Y olac Fotos and Suat Selim Demiray, Turkish instructors. Overall supervision of the project has been the responsibility of Lloyd B. Swift, Assistant Dean for Washington Instruction, School of Language Studies. Composi- tion of the final type script is the work of Irma Ponce. Invaluable assistance in pre- paring the illustrations for reproduction was provided by Joseph A. Sadote of the FS1 Audio-Visual Staff. e 1-A4)61 c,JJamesR.Frith, Dean Sool of Language Studies oreign Service Institute DepartmentofState iii FOREWORD The selections in this volume have been arranged in approximate ascending order of difficulty. However, this principle has been somewhat modified by an effort to group selections in subject-matter categories. The order of presentation may 'ze varied according to the interests of particular students. No effort has been made rig- orously to control vocabulary.Many words likely to be unfamiliar to the student have been glossed, usually on the reverse of the page on which they appear in an article. TI-e gloss provided is, however, only that appropriate to the particular use of the word in the selection and it is expected that the student will have access to a good dictionary. All words which are glossed appear in the glossary at the end of the book. Language study, especially when conducted in a classroom atmosphere far from the environment in which the language is normally used, takes on an aspect of reality only when materials can be introduced into the classroom which are accurately repre- sentative of the language and the underlying culture. An attempt has been made here to introduce selections from history; geography; religion; proverbial, prose and poetic literature; reviews and political writing. None of the selections has been edited or simplified. All are in the words of the original authors. The selections are therefore a reasonably representative sample of the simpler forms of current Turkish and of Turkish literature. They provide the students with a natural bridge between materials written specifically for pedagogical purposes and the ungraded materials of literature and the current press to which the student should graduate on the completion of this course. The illustra- tions include both contemporary photographs and traditional art forms. iv BASIC COURSE TSTIKLAL MARDI (tstiklal Marv. 1921 de yazilmi§, MIA:1k Millet Meclisi tarafindan gene o tarihte milli mar§ kabul Okuyacaginiz parca, on 'luta olan bu qiirin baq tara- fidir.) Korkma s6nmez, bu qafaklarda y1tzen al sancak, Semmeden yurdumun ustunde Viten en son ocak. 0 benim milletimin yildizidir, parliyacak, 0 benimdir, o benim milletimindir ancak. catma kurban olayim cehreni ey nazla. hilal! Kahraman irkima bir gul, ne bu §iddet, bu celal Sana olmaz dbkulen kanlarimiz sonra helal, Hakkidir, Hakka tapan milletimin istiklal. lea ., p.,` L--1 Anit Kabir 1 TURKISH I. si5nmek (for fire) to go out gafak dawn al bright red sancak banner (the embroidered, fringed flag used especially by troops) ocak hearth, fireplace tatmek to smoulder teten ocak the hearth with the smoke rising over it signifying life within the house parlamak to shine nazli coy hilal crescent (of the Turkish flag) cehre catmak to frown kahraman valiant, hero, heroic irk race (here: nation) qiddet ferocity celal wrath (of God) helal olmak to be one's own to have and enjoy dakalen kan the blood that is shed bakki olmak to deserve Hak Truth, God tapmak to worship istiklal indeper nce II. Questions: 1. When was the "istiklal Harp." written? 2. What does the poet mean by "as long asthe banner floats over the last hearth"? 3. Why does the poet think his nation hasdeserved independence? III' Give synonyms for: istiklal, millet, gehir, yurt 2 BASIC COURSE DOROTHY SCOTT GDNEq SOK, No. 15 KAVAKLIDERE, ANKARA YOLLAR KAPALI. B/R HAFTA DANA KALACAaIM. ACELE BIN LIRA TELLE. JOHN AL/ DURMUp KAPALIcARqI, BAKIRCILAR No. 331 ISTANBUL ACINILI PAYLAW BA0A6LI6I DILERIZ DOROTHY ye JOHN JONES T6LIN VE ORHAN GONEN EVLENME SALONU KADIKOY, ISTANBUL SONSUZ SAADETLER DILERIZ ELLEN ye LLOYD SMITH 3 ( )0`, 2 )'' ,.,10 1 .,../.4:-''''' ***** * * *-r 04;. , *0.,:. .... '4" I, 1 a0' AI * °,s ,....1, .s, ,,.../1 'tji h , ,'1( 0 /1 410'c,1 0 i,,,- t ' ;' ( -, 1 ' /. rt 1r ,M .t,,,',, 'I\ # 847 r a i' I / t , it\/,j ( 0. ,' , \t./ ,, le I * i Ia it,./'' :0 4) i a t xy - = 0 BASIC COURSE Donum VE TEqEKKUR 041umuz Erol'un doqumunda gosterdikleri yakin ilgi ye ihtimamdan dolayi sayin Dr. Metin Ercan'a Ebe Raziye Atagea ye bUtian Eren K1 ini4i personelineteqekkUrlerimizi sunariz. Aye - Hasan Akkog Dursun yiqit ile GUlderen Denizer nikahlandilar. TEgEKKVR Kiymetli merhum Ahmet Erengil e§i Hatice Erengil'in yefatinda acilarimizi payla§an, cok kiymetli arkadaqlarimiz, akraba ye dostlarimiza Okranlarimizi sunariz, Aydemir, Olcay, Tosuner Aileleri BAq SACLICI Cemiyetimizin tdare Heyeti ilyesinden Ali qaqmaz'in hemqiresi ye HUseyin Zincirkiraniri eql Necibe Zincirkiranla Tanridan rahmet, kederli ailesine baqsa§11§1 dileriz. Istanbul Demir-dbkilmciller Cemiyeti TURKISH do§um birth ihtimam care Okran, teqekkiir thanks ebe mid-wife sunmak to offer, to give nikah legal act of marriage paylagmak to share rahmet dilemek to wish God's mercy and grace fa: a deceased hemgire nurse vefat (blum) death keder (aci) grief II. merhum Allah rahmet etsin! baqiniz sate olsun! III. evlenen, niqanlanan babasi Men, bir dostunuza ne dersiniz? yeni bir ev alan, hastaliktan kalkan, Eti Wane§ Takvimi 6 BASIC COURSE TbRKIYEMIZE NASIL YERLE§TIK bzerinde yaqadilimiz topraklara TUrkiye denir. TUrkiye bizim vatanimizdir. TUrkiye topraklarinin bUyUk bir kisml Anadoludadir; bir kismi da Trakyadadir. Anadolumuzun tic tarafini denizler cevirmiqtir. Kuzeyde Karadeniz, batida Ege Denizi, gUneyde Akdeniz vardir. Anadolu toprakiarinda Firat, Dicle,Kizi- lirmak, Yeqillrmak ve Sakarya g:bi bircok irmaklar akar. Biz eskiden bu topraklar Uzerinde yaqamiyorduk. Dedeleri:nizin dedeleri, atalarlmiz Orta Asyada yagarlard1. Bu topraklara oralardan geldik yerleittik. Buralari yurt edindik. ATALARIMIZ KtMLERDI? Atalarimiza 04uz TUtkleri denirdi. Bu TUrklerin baqinda 04uz Han adli (inn bir kahraman vardi. 0.1uz Han bUtUn TUrkleri kurt ball bayrall altindatopladi. BUyUk bir TUrk devleti kurdu. Bu devlet, uzun zaman Orta Asyada hUkUm sUrdU. GUn gectikqe bUyUdU, geniqledi. 04uz Hanin devletinin sinirlari, doNda gine, batida Volga Nehrine dayandi. 04uz Hanin alts o4lu vardi.