"We will remember Turkey as a poem"
The summer schools organized by Yunus Emre Institute in five different categories as part of its mission to improve Turkey's cultural ties with various countries around the world have ended with the c...
Read MoreYoung Archaeologists on the Trail of Hittite Civilization
The Archaeology Summer School participants have so far had the opportunity to see many historical sites in Turkey which are on the world heritage list, namely Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus, Zeugma Mosaic M...
Read More“The real purpose of literature is to explain human soul”
Writer Ahmet Ümit has given a lecture entitled “Commissar Nevzat in Istanbul” at Turkish Literature Foundation in Istanbul.
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Read MoreA Panoramic View of Bursa’s Conquest
The Turkish Cinema Summer School participants have visited Bursa with its landmark buildings that testify to its deep-rooted history as well as its natural beauties.
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Read MoreVoyage into History at Turkey’s Largest Museum
The Archaeology Summer School participants have discovered Şanlıurfa’s cultural heritage on the spot.
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Read MoreBeauty of Civilization Layers as Reflected in Literature
Writer and poet Dr. İskender Pala described all diversity in our literature to the participants of the Turkish Literature Summer School. Attending the seminar entitled “Poet, Poem and City,” Prof. Dr....
Read MoreWitnessing the Past in the City of Seven Hills
The participants of the Turkish Cinema Summer School had a chance to discover Istanbul’s cultural heritage on the spot and witness history, Their first destination was Topkapı Palace, which had been t...
Read MoreExtraordinary Discovery at the Ground Zero of History
The young archaeologists and art historians from 21 countries invited by Yunus Emre Institute in the Year of Göbeklitepe have visited Göbeklitepe, a historical site which has reshaped the world histor...
Read MoreMeeting with Cultural Heritage
Students attending Yunus Emre Institute’s Turkish Summer School have paid a visit to the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage, located in Hamamönü, Ankara.
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Read More“An Uneasy Intellectual”
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Handan İnci described the life and literary identity of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar for the Turkish Literature Summer School participants in a lectu...
Read MoreWitnessing History in Turkey’s First Cinema School
The Turkish Cinema Summer School participants have witnessed the historical adventure of Turkey’s first cinema school.
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Read MoreHunt for Ancient History
The Archaeology Summer School participants’ next destination was the ancient cities of Ephesus and Assos, and the participants had a chance to examine closely the historical finds and excavation sites...
Read MoreA Close Look at Turkish Urban Culture
In the first sightseeing tour to other cities, the participants have discovered the touristic sites and natural assets of Karabük and Bartın.
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Read More“Authorship is a journey into joy”
Mario Levi, one of the important novelists of Turkish, talked about his life as a writer, describing his experiences in authorship to the participants of the Turkish Literature Summer School in a lect...
Read MoreVeteran Actress Meets Young Movie-Makers
At the end of the day, Hülya Koçyiğit was hosted by the Turkish Cinema Summer School at an interview moderated by İstanbul Şehir University Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Peyami Çelikcan.
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Read MoreAssos: the City of Philosophy and Aristotle
The next destination for the young archaeologists attending the Archaeology Summer School was the ancient city of Assos, a meeting place for sea and culture tourism.
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Read More“Everyone should know Atatürk”
The participants have visited Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, as part of the sightseeing tours to historical and touristic sites organized to ensure that the...
Read MoreLiterature and Life
Dr. Mert Öksüz, a faculty member at Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey University, has given a lecture entitled “Literature and Life.”
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Read MoreVisit to Anatolia’s Dream City
TABIP Science Summer School students attended the Drone Championship of Turkey, organized by T3 Foundation in Ürgüp.
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Read MoreProgramming Theories for Drones and Helicopters
In the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics at İstanbul Technical University, the participants were briefed by the pioneering academics of the field about “programming and control theories” and had...
Read MoreEverything about Documentary Productions
The Short Film and Documentary Workshop has been held as the second event of the day with the participation of Semra Güzel Korver, one of the producers and directors of TRT Belgesel. Korver, who had a...
Read MoreTurkish Summer School Students on Sightseeing Tour in Ankara
The students of Yunus Emre Institute's 2019 Turkish Summer School have attended the sightseeing program in Keçiören, one of Ankara's metropolitan districts, and home to many natural and historical ass...
Read MoreVoluntary Ambassadors Learn Turkey on The Road
The Turkish Summer School students learn Turkish by living as they have a chance to experience historical, geographical and culture heritage of our country through trips to different cities across Tur...
Read MoreDreams of Turkey Come True
The students who have been admitted to the 2019 summer school after learning Turkish at the Turkish Cultural Centers run by Yunus Emre Institute in 48 countries have taken part in another cultural tri...
Read MoreTurkish Summer School Students Introduced to Traditional Handicrafts
Students attending Yunus Emre Institute's Turkish Summer School have paid a visit to the Museum of Intangible Cultural Heritage, located in Hamamönü, Ankara.
During the visit, the museum officials br...
Read MoreTurkish Summer School Students Visit Anıtkabir
The participants of Yunus Emre Institute's Turkish Summer School, to which 100 successful students were selected from among those who learned Turkish at Yunus Emre Institute's centers around the world...
Read MoreWitnessing the Gallipoli Victory
The participants who came to Turkey from different countries around the world to learn about historical and cultural heritage of Turkey visited the Gallipoli Martyrs’ Memorial, erected in memory of ou...
Read More“My life changed when I learned to speak Turkish”
Mohamed el-Idrisi, from Morocco, pointed out that he met the Institute at the cultural center in Rabat. “To meet Yunus Emre Institute influenced my life. My life changed when I learned to speak Turkis...
Read More“Dergah is a school that raised many important figures at that time”
Poet Ali Ayçil, the Editor-in-Chief of Dergah Journal, who wrote “Bir Japon Nasıl Ölür?” (How Does a Japanese Die?), delivered a speech entitled “Dergah: A Journal Poised between Past and Future.” He ...
Read MoreISSS Takes a Break at Sultan Ahmed Mosque
Taking a break from the training, the participants starting their sightseeing tour in Eminönü to discover the cultural and historical texture of Istanbul. The participants paid a visit to the great to...
Read MoreDocumentaries Inherited by the Republic of Turkey from the Ottoman Empire
On the third day of the Turkish Cinema Summer School, the participants have met Prof. Dr. Peyami Çelikcan, the Vice Chancellor of İstanbul Şehir University and lecturer at the Department of Cinema and...
Read MoreFrom Troy to Göbeklitepe
The participants had a chance to see Troy and Tevfikiye Village, which constitute a significant cultural treasure with their historical, mythological, cultural and natural assets on the 21st anniversa...
Read More“My greatest dream was to visit Turkey”
The students witnessed the development of the civilizations founded in Anatolia at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations before paying a visit to the Castle of Ankara.
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Read More“The literature of Turkish is the miracle of the Turkish nation”
Cultural historian and aesthete Beşir Ayvazoğlu was followed by one of the prominent poets of modern Turkish, Ömer Erdem, who talked about Istanbul in literature in his speech on “Istanbul in our Lite...
Read MoreYoung movie-makers at Hababam Sınıfı
The participants attended a lecture on food in films given by Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlkay Kanık, a lecturer from Beykent University, at Adile Sultan Palace, built by Sultan Abdülaziz in 1863 for his sister...
Read MoreTurkey in the World Cultural Heritage
21 university students, keen on cultural heritage and archaeology, were invited to the “Turkey in the World Cultural Heritage: Archaeology Summer School,” held for the first time and with a view to pr...
Read MoreTouring Turkey
The participants of the Turkish Summer School attended their first sightseeing program in Ankara, home to many natural and historical assets.
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Read More“Yahya Kemal is Key to Understanding of Turkish Literature”
Researcher and writer Beşir Ayvazoğlu has given a lecture entitled “The Man Who Came Home: Yahya Kemal” to the Turkish Literature Summer School participants.
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Read MoreWitnessing Live Tests of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The participants went to Altınay Havacılık ve İleri Teknolojiler AŞ, located in Teknopark Istanbul, and make on-the-spot observations before going to Altınay Robot Teknolojileri San. Ve Tic. AŞ to wat...
Read MoreHistory of Turkish Cinema
Twenty-two young movie-makers from 22 countries traveled back in time to the Turkish cinema with Prof. Dr. Nezih Erdoğan, the head of the Department of Cinema and TV at İstanbul Şehir University. Duri...
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10-Year Tradition
The 10th Turkish Summer School, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of establishment of the Institute, endowed students with the opportunity to learn Turkey and Turkish as they had a chance to experi...
Read MoreA Pleasant Journey Into The Turkish Literature
The Turkish Literature Summer School has welcomed participants from different countries can speak Turkish at the B2 level at a minimum, the participants are senior students in or graduates of Turkolog...
Read MoreA Summer Rife With Science
The first TABIP Science Summer School has been held as part of the Academic and Scientific Cooperation Project of Turkey (TABİP), conducted by Yunus Emre Institute under the auspices of the Presidency...
Read MoreTurkish Cinema: Past And Today
The Turkish Cinema Summer School, organized initially in 2018 with a view to sharing Turkey’s cinematic history with the world and present a deeper insight into Turkish cinema, was held this year with...
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