Tag: turkish language

  • Austrian University to open Turkish language department

    Austrian University to open Turkish language department

    TATurkey’s ambassador in the Austrian capital met with Austria’s education minister on Tuesday.

    Turkey’s ambassador in the Austrian capital met with Austria’s education minister on Tuesday.

    Speaking to AA after his meeting with Austrian Minister for Education, Arts & Culture Claudia Schmied, Turkish ambassador in Vienna Ecvet Tevzan said that they agreed during the gathering to sign a cooperation agreement on education and culture.

    Tevzan said Turkish Education Minister Nimet Cubukcu would pay a visit to Austria in near future, while her Austrian counterpart Schmied would visit Turkey in June.

    “We have also agreed to start a teacher exchange program between Turkey and Austria which envisages teachers to be assigned in each other’s countries for 3 months to do research,” Tevzan said.

    Tevzan said that problems of Turkish children studying in Austria were also on the agenda of his meeting with the Austrian minister.

    He said a department would be opened within the body of Vienna University in order to train teachers of Turkish language.

    AA

    Source:  www.worldbulletin.net, 27 January 2010


  • WE NEED SCHOOLS IN TURKMEN LANGUAGE!

    WE NEED SCHOOLS IN TURKMEN LANGUAGE!

    WE NEED TO BE LITERATE, WE NEED SCHOOLS IN TURKMEN LANGUAGE!

    TurkmenAccording to some reports, Ayatollah Montazeri who had been prevented from replacing the leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini, wanted an educational opportunity in Turkish language and invited the leaders of the Islamic Republic to grant Turks their basic rights.

    All nations, Turkmen, Azeri Turks, Kashghai Turks, Arabs, Baluchis or Kurds, living in Iran, have had to live under the oppression of a group of chauvinists for eighty years. The regime of the Islamic Republic is not at all more different than regimes of kingdom. The traitor Pahlavi regime tried to represent the multi-national country of Iran as a country of Persians, deceiving the world with historical lies.

    The Islamic Republic has not given the rights of the nations, either. On the contrary, it established an oppressive and extreme religious Shiite regime and embedded hatred among the nations. This regime added religious and sectarian discrimination to the lingual and ethnic discrimination. Thus, the chauvinists have had a much more perfect record!

    Turkmens were slaughtered because they screamed the slogan “We need to be literate; we need schools in Turkmen language”. Azeri Turks were imprisoned and tortured since they wanted “madrassas in Turkish language”. Baluchis were executed because they insisted on protecting their own traditions, language and sects and…

    Now, according to some information, a Shiite leader wanted free education in Turkish in Iran and said that nobody could exploit a religion and race as a right to be superior to others!

    Although it is a bit late, the fact that Ayatollah Montazeri defends the rights of Iranian Turks deserves appreciation. Iranian Turks constitutes nearly the half of the country’s population. Azerbaijani Turks, Turkmens, Kashghais and the others have been struggling for years to gain their rights. A Turkmen child and the children of an Azerbaijani Turk, Kashghai, Arabic, Kurdish and Baluchi should be able to call their mothers as not “madar” but “ene, ana, um, mat”. It is a natural right of all oppressed nations to wish to maintain their traditions, languages and cultures, and deprivation from this right is racial discrimination and genocide. The Iranian regime has now become the symbol of racial, lingual, sectarian, political, cultural, social and sexual discrimination.

    The fact that Ayatollah Montazeri defends the rights of Iranian Turks is appreciated but is not enough. Ending the oppression can merely be possible through the complete annihilation of the factor that causes the oppression. The oppressed nations of Iran fight for to this end and they will reach their right by exterminating this regime that has deprived them of the rights of life, language, sect and gender.

    As Turkmensahra Liberation Organization, we believe that rights cannot be gained only through words. Turkmen population will maintain their fight until they have gained all their rights.

    سازمان آزادیبخش ترکمن صحرا – تورکمن صحرا آزادلیق قوراماسی

    TURKMENSAHRA AZADLYK GURAMASY

    TURKMENSAHRA LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

  • Exeter offers ‘Holiday Turkish’

    Exeter offers ‘Holiday Turkish’

    By Jon Wills »

    EXETER Airport was the venue for the launch of the University of Exeter’s Foreign Language Centre ‘Holiday Turkish’ course.

    Passengers at the airport were given a free taster of key expressions and phrases to help prepare them for their holiday.

    Turkish tutor Anil Lee, who originally hails from Istanbul and has been living in Exeter for more than 20 years, was delighted by the positive reaction she got from passengers.

    She said: “I’ve never known so much interest in Turkey as a holiday destination and more and more people are taking up language courses in Turkish to help make their holiday that extra bit special.”

    The Foreign Language Centre is offering both ‘Holiday Turkish’ and ‘Holiday Spanish courses; aimed at those holidaying abroad and those who want to brush up on essential language skills.

    Classes will be very practical and fun, with the focus on everyday and holiday situations, such as travel, food and eating, shopping and getting around. Courses last 16 hours in total, over eight evenings in June.

    Jamie Christon, Exeter Airport’s Managing Director, said: “The launch of the course ties in with the start of our summer flights to Bodrum and Dalaman which have doubled and, with the pound going further than some of the more traditional Euro-destinations and almost guaranteed sunshine, there’s never been a better time to head off to Turkey.”

    Turkey is now firmly placed in the top 10 of world travel destinations, welcoming more than 23 million visitors every year.

    With a range of spectacular resorts to choose from, Turkey offers a blend of relaxed Mediterranean atmosphere, historical architecture and a vast array of fantastic beaches.

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    Source:  www.middevonstar.co.uk, 15th May 2009

  • On the issue of a common language and alphabet of the Turkic-speaking people, the intelligency of Azerbaijan is the only hope – Turkish Ambassador to Russia

    On the issue of a common language and alphabet of the Turkic-speaking people, the intelligency of Azerbaijan is the only hope – Turkish Ambassador to Russia

    Russia, Moscow, January 1 / TrendNews R. Mashadigasanli / The only question that remained unsolved between the Turkic-speaking people, is the question of a single alphabet – Turkey’s Ambassador to Russia Halil Akinci told Trend News on thursday.

    According to him, even in the XIX century, the Turks around the world accepted the Istanbul dialect as a common language, accessible to all Turkic-speaking people.

    But as the time went on, each people gave preference to its own language, which is quite natural. (more…)