The Center of Turkish language and culture was opened in Kherson State University on November the 7th 2003. On the openning ceremony of the Center were prezent the rector of KSU Yuriy Byelyayev, the Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Odessa Yasar PINAR and Vice Head of Kherson State Administration V.M. Sereda. The activity of the Center lies in development of collaboration with Republic of Turkey, providing assistance in teaching and learning of Turkish language, literature, culture and organization of academic exchanges of students.
The main tasks of the Center of Turkish Language and Culture:
1.Assistance in promotion of studding of Turkish language, literature and culture among the students of KSU.
2.Purchasing and delivery of educational literature on Turkish language needed for educational process of KSU.
3.Joint search of economic support for organization of social, cultural and educational activities.
4.Creation of the section of modern Turkish literature and collection of CDs of modern Turkish music on the basis of the library of KSU from materials received from Turkey.
5.Organization of professional networking of researchers in common spheres of interests of both institutions with the purpose of exchange of experience in the area of education.
Within the framework of the agreement about mutual co-operation, ffifth-year students of the Foreign Philology Institute had a possibility to train in the University Tómer in Ankara (Turkey) during 3 weeks in June 2004.
The Turkish project’s program of summer training included arrival of students from 13 countries such as Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova etc in order to improve their language skills and get to know more about Turkish culture. Trainings’ schedule provided 5-6 lessons every day, except Saturday and Sunday. Students took two exams: one was in the very beginning just to discover the language level, and the second was at the end of program to sum up all the learning material.
It is well-known, that communication is the aim and the mean of studying at same time. That is why; it had to be not only very useful for students to combine different activities during lessons, but also a possibility of lively talk.
Friendly relations between students are still going on. They send mails to students from Belarus, Turkey and Russia.
Within the framework of the agreement about mutual co-operation between Turkish International Cooperation Administration of the Prime Ministry of Turkish Republic (ТІCА) and Kherson State University, professor Mehmet Terzy came in September to our university. He directs student’s self-dependent work and conducts individual lessons on Turkey in the Center of Turkish language and Culture.
The coordinator of the center is Kischenko Yulia.
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Presentation "Turkey - 2004"