BULLETIN 2018 / MARCH / APRIL THE WORLD’S INCLUSIVE TURKISH COURSE: www.learnturkish.com “TALES FABULATED IN TWO LANGUAGES” IN INDIA MEETING WITH THE AUTHORS AWARENESS AND CREATIVITY / MOSCOW AND VIENNA CENTERS OPENED 2 www. gelecege dokun .com • Veri Merkezi Çözümleri • Data Center Solutions • Sunucu ve Veri Depolama • Server and Data Storage • Felaket Kurtarma ve Yedekleme • Disaster Recovery and Backup • Bulut Çözümleri • Cloud Solutions • Yazılım Lisanslama • Software Licensing • Son Kullanıcı Ürünleri • End User Products • Güvenlik Çözümleri • Security Solutions • Ağ Çözümleri • Network Solutions • Sanallaștırma Yazılımı • Virtualization Software • Videowall Sistemleri • Videowall Systems • IP Telefon Sistemleri • IP Telephone Systems • IP TV Sistemleri • IP TV Systems • Kapalı Devre Kamera Sistemleri • Closed Circuit Camera Systems • Kontrollü Geçiș Sistemi • Controlled Transition System • Yangın ve Alarm Sistemleri • Fire and Alarm Systems • Anons ve Ses Sistemleri • Announcement and Sound Systems Kızılırmak Mahallesi, Ufuk Üniversitesi Cad., No: 11 Arma Kule B Blok Kat: 19 No: 70, 06510 Çankaya/ANKARA YUNUS EMRE INSTITUTE 3 BULLETIN / March - April HELLO, Professor Dr. Şeref Ateş President ur online training program, some of the activities that we have O Turkish Teaching Portal, which carried out in the past few months we started for the use of the whole and you will see details in this issue: world in February 2017 and for which the screening of the movie “Ayla” in we conducted a publicity meeting Washington, the “Consciousness and in February 2018 in Ankara, is, as Creativity” conversation in London, “the biggest Turkish course in the the “Fabulated in Two Languages” world”, in the service of everyone event in New Delhi, Professor Dr. who wants to learn Turkish at https:// Uğur Derman and Prof. Dr. Fatma learnturkish.com/ web address. Çiçek Derman’s conferences on Between February 2017 and calligraphy and ornamentation, the February 2018, the number of people “Hoca Ahmet Yesevi” conference who want to learn Turkish signing in in Khartoum, the “Lute Festival” in “Turkish Teaching Portal” from 159 Kuala Lumpur, the concert of many different countries has exceeded precious compositions performed 100.000. It is not difficult to foresee from past-to-present in Amsterdam, that the number of learners of Turkish “İrrealizm” painting exhibition in will be doubled in a short period of Baku, exhibition of more than 200 time by means of this portal which Istanbul paintings of Ivan Ayvazovski allows to learn Turkish independently in Istanbul, “Colours of Turkey” of time and space. photography exhibition in Warsaw, Of course, we continue to fulfill photo exhibition in Zagreb and many rich activities on the social platforms more cultural and arts activities… as well as our activities on digital Lastly, in this issue you will find an platforms, reaching new geographical introduction of Johannesburg Yunus areas. In line with this purpose, in Emre Institute, opened on April 10, early 2018, we made the official 2017 in South Africa. opening of the Yunus Emre Institute’s representative offices in Vienna and We hope and wish you will enjoy Moscow. this issue, I would like to draw attention to So long! 4 YUNUS EMRE INSTITUTE 5 BULLETIN / March - April ISSN 2536-5061 Type of Publiction and Printing History Bulletin (Bimonthly Global Periodical) March-April 2018 Publisher on Behalf of the YEE Prof. Dr. Şeref Ateş Editor-in-Chief Hüseyin Caner Akkurt Executive Editor Şenol Selçuk Turan Editor Ayşe Yüksel Ceyda Obruk Photograph Yunus Emre Enstitüsü Arşivi Headquaarter Anafartalar Mah. Atatürk Bulvarı No: 11 Ulus / Ankara T: 0312 309 11 88 F: 0312 309 16 15 www.yee.org.tr [email protected] Facebook: /yeeorgtr Twitter: /yeeorgtr Instagram: /yeeorgtr/ Youtube: /user/yeeorgtr Gmail: /+yeeorgtr/videos Pinterest: /yeeorgtr Production HOSS AJANS S2 ULUSLARARASI MEDYA VE STRATEJİK ARAŞTIRMALAR LTD. ŞTİ. 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YEE has a Turkology Col- YEE invitee delegation consis- laboration Agreement with ting of Professor Derradji Said, Prof. Algeria University which is Hamidi Youcef, Prof. Ghuechi Kheir, the second oldest university Prof. Abdelmadjid Chikhi, Prof. Al- in the Arab world after Cai- laoui Hamid, Prof. Kerroum Bou- ro University, Medea Yahya mediene, Prof. Chakib Benafri, Prof. Fares University, Constantin Kaced Assia, Prof. Zerdaoui Fatiha, Emir Abdulkadir University Assoc. Dr. Habiba Difallah Farghani and Setif University,. In these paid significant visits and conta- universities, more than 1000 cts in Turkey. Delegation met with students, 30 of them are gra- duate students, study Turkish the rectors of Manisa Celal Bayar language and literature in aca- and Malatya İnönü Universities and demic terms. More than 300 also with local administrators, the- Algerian citizens are taught in reafter in the Istanbul stage, came courses supported by YEE in together with Prof. Dr. Şeref Ateş, language teaching centers of the President of the Institute. While the same universities. Colla- attending the Nevruz celebrations boration requests from diffe- in Manisa, the delegation signed ag- rent cities of the country that reements aiming large scale scien- hosts a total of 57 universities tific partnership with Celal Bayar have been being considered. University. YUNUS EMRE INSTITUTE 9 BULLETIN / March - April RUSSIAN STUDENTS VISIT TURKEY VISITING HISTORICAL AND TOURISTIC PLACES IN ANKARA, KONYA AND NEVŞEHİR; STUDENTS TOOK OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE TURKISH CULTURE AND TO SPEAK TURKISH LANGUAGE IN ITS HOMELAND. unus Emre Institute conti- nues to reach the students Y and teachers all over the THEY WILL WRITE world with its project “I Prefer Tur- kish.” As part of the project, Russian ABOUT THEIR students of 11-17 age attending the TRAVEL MEMORIES State School Number 1207 in Mos- On the third day, the tour in cow who prefered learning Turkish Konya took place and the stu- Language in elective courses, have dents had the chance to see the been invited to Turkey together historical monuments, Mevla- with their teachers and parents by na’s dervish lodge, the Historical Yunus Emre Institute. Bedesten and Orthodoks Church Visiting historical and touristi of Aya Eleni in Sille Village. The places in Ankara, Konya and Nev- Russian team, which passed to şehir; students took opportunity to Nevşehir after Konya, had a tour recognize the turkish culture and program including visits to un- to speak Turkish language in its ho- derground cities and fairy chim- meland. On the first day of the event, neys. Afterwards, the team re- Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Alper Ceylan turned to Ankara and the event met the students who visited Gazi ended with the historic Hama- University. Students visiting Gazi mönü trip. Returning back to University’s central campus, the their country after their visit; the library, laboratories and social areas students will write