DOCUMENT RESUME ED 422 263 SO 029 233 AUTHOR Arkin, Linda, Ed.; Greenberg, Hazel Sara; Barasch, Abby, Ed. TITLE Spotlight on Turkey: Continuity and Change. An Interdisciplinary Curriculum. INSTITUTION American Forum for Global Education, New York, NY. ISBN ISBN-0-944675-49-2 PUB DATE 1992-00-00 NOTE 220p.; Color slides accompany the documents. AVAILABLE FROM American Forum for Global Education, 45 John Street, Suite 908, New York, NY 10038; telephone: 212-732-8606 ($30). PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Area Studies; *Cultural Awareness; *Culture; Foreign Countries; Interdisciplinary Approach; *Middle Eastern History; *Middle Eastern Studies; Multicultural Education; Non Western Civilization; Secondary Education; *Social Change; Social Studies; World History IDENTIFIERS *Turkey ABSTRACT This resource guide provides background and source material about the Turkey for secondary teachers and students. In addition to suggested classroom activities, there are background readings and notes for the teachers that can be used for enrichment lessons with students. Each chapter views a single question from multiple perspectives. The six chapters focus on: (1) "Who Are the Turks?"; (2) "Is Turkey a Bridge between East and West?"; (3) "How Do the Turks Express Themselves in Music, Art and Literature?"; (4) "How Did the Turks Create a Tolerant Community?"; (5) "What Is Daily Life among the Turks?"; and (6)"How is Twentieth Century Leadership a 'Lens' for Change?" The volume concludes with a description of the accompanying slides, a 50-item select bibliography, and 14 endnotes. (EH) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** Fir 111 , ' 7 _ ;..7.7;e47. ;I..; ri;drilitiC.105,-.?7' 7, Ii iIP 1r i , r co:,.. .......,........4., 4"Iic ,411111knolk we. .1,41AVk , ssa U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement jUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND CENTER (ERIC) DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS This document has been reproduced as BEEN GRANTED BY received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES official OERI position or policy. INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) ...Mg;ITT1- SPOTLIGHT ON TURKEY CONTINUITY&CHANGE if(\ r 4111 ) ES 1 jilL .i'i1XI. ;All(' L'1 %.71 S IL1 Conthluitii anb Change k.11 An hiterbisciplinarti Cunicvohnii L.1 LIN The American Forum for Global Education \I 45NewYoSrk johl2 free4 SNY70011e38 908 TeL (212) 732-8606 FAX (212) 791-4132 3 %LI %.71 %.11 %.1 %.1 LI LI LI ILI LI Justin McCarthy, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Talat S. Ha !man, Ph.D., Research Professor of Turkish Literature, New York University, NYC Oka Bates, Ph.D., Professor of Art History, Hunter College, CUNY, New York City Karl Benziger, Teacher of Social Studies, South Shore High School, New York City Public Schools Robert Croonquist, Teacher of English, Jamaica High School, New York City Public Schools Jo Ann M. Kaya, Teacher of Art, South Shore High School, New York City Public Schools EDITOR Linda Arkin, Director of Instruction, Brooklyn and Staten Island High Schools, NYC Public Schools ASSOCIATE EDITOR Abby Barasch, Program Associate, The American Forum for Global Education PROJECT COORDINATOR Hazel Sara Greenberg, Educational Consultant, The American Forum for Global Education Maps created and executed by Justin McCarthy, Ph.D. Cover designed by Mustafa Pilevneli SPOTLIGHT ON TURKEY: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE (Secondary School Level) Price: $30.00 plus postage and handling. ISBN: 0-944675-49-2 Copyright 1992 by The American Forum for Global Education. All rights reserved. No part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher. The contents of this publication may, however, be reproduced if they are intended solely for non-profit, educational use, except in cases where such reproduction may infringe upon entries protected under their own copyrights. All entries from other sources are so indicated. The American Forum for Global Education is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting national citizenship in a global age. The American Forum was created in 1987 through a merger of Global Perspectives in Education (GPE) and the National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies (NCFLIS). PREFACE This book is about the Turkish experience throughout history, in their literature and through their arts. Contemporary textbooks place little emphasis on the Turks and their role in history. Frequently, this attention can be distorted or presents a stereotype of the Turks. However, with the current world-wide analysis of textbooks and the desire to introduce students to cultures other than their own, a need has developed to examine how people throughout the world are represented in materials used in schools. Daily global contact inan increasingly interdependent world requires that young people have expanded opportunities to read about, discuss and understand the lives and cultures of allgroups around the world. We have come to accept the idea that we live in a pluralistic world and the five andone half billion peoples who make up that world are the product of their history and their culture. Many prefaces state how a better understanding of our globe will come from the young people around the world. Their task will be to teach both those who preceded them and those who will follow them. This is a simple truism which many ofus have come to accept. The concept of the "global village" is now widely acknowledged. But there is the need to enable students to make the leap from mere comprehension to sensitivity about the experiences of the peoples who make up this world. This curriculum guide is designed to give an unbiased and informative presentation of the Turkish people and their nation- Turkey. The American Forum, a not-for-profit educational organization, has worked to sponsor greater global awareness and knowledge. The global perspective of the organization, the educational thrust of its work and the commitment of the network of educators and corporate personnel in increasing international understanding helped motivate the efforts of this guide. Working with renowned scholars and teaching practitioners, we believe we have created a manual which willencourage teachers to teach about Turkey as well as stimulate student interest. We hope it will delight and inspire educators. The classroom strategies are interactive and innovative; the student readingsare challenging and informative; the background information is timely and accurate. Perhaps this type of curriculum guide can supplant many of the misinterpretations found in textbooks. We also hope it will serve as a model for additional enrichment and supplemental materials for classroom use. Hazel Sara Greenberg The American Forum for Global Education MOLDOVA RUSSIA CaspianSea GEORGIA Bucharest0 Black Sea TbilisiARMENIA * AZERBAIJAN 0 SofiaBULGARIA --/ - - - - -_7),.....y---\Samsun\-/ `-----r-----'/- -----s-Trabzon Erzumru Yerevan0 Izmiti Ankara TURKEY Lake Van 1-",7. 0 KahramanmarasSivas ElazigUrfa Diyarbakir AntalyaKonyaLake Tuz CYPRUS SYRIA Baghdad CRETE Mediterranean Sea Beirut JORDAN 6 ES' COPY MA1;1 7 TURKEY IN BRIEF GEOGRAPHY: Turkey's land mass is 780,000 sq km. The European and Asian sidesare divided by the Istanbul Bogazi, (Bosphorus), the Sea of Marmara, and the Canakkale Bogazi (Dardanelles).Anatolia is a high plateau region rising progressively towards the east, and is broken by the valleys of about fifteenrivers, including the Dicle (Tigris) and the Firat (Euphrates). There are numerous lakes andsome, such as Lake Van, are as large as inland seas. In the north, the eastern Black Sea Mountain chain runs parallel to the Black Sea; in the south, theToros Mountains sweep down almost to the narrow, fertile coastal plain along the sea coast. Turkey enjoysa variety of climates, changing from the temperate climate of the Black Sea region, to the continental climate of theinterior, then, to the Mediterranean climate of the Aegean and Mediterranean coastal regions. The coastline of Turkey's fourseas is more than 80,000 km in length. POPULATION: Turkey has 57 million inhabitants, 47% of whom live in the countryside.The three major cities are Istanbul (7.4 million); Ankara, the capital (3.2 million); Izmir (2.7 million);Adana (1.9 million); Antalya (1.1 million); and Bursa (1.6 million). LANGUAGE: The Turkish language belongs to the Ural-Altaicgroup and has an affinity to the Finno Hungarian languages. Turkish is written with Roman characters and is spoken bysome 150 million people in the world. RELIGION: The Turkish population is 99% Moslem. Turkey isa secular state which guarantees complete freedom of worship to non-Moslems. ECONOMY: Tourism: In recent years Turkey has become a major tourist attraction inEurope. With the rapid development of both summer and winter resorts, more andmore people from all over the world are able to enjoy the history, culture, and beautiful sites of Turkey. From swimming in the Mediterraneanto