- Turkey
Embassy
Find all the information you want about Turkey including a country profile
and videos through this colorful and interactive site.
- Learn
Turkish Online NOW.
10 great lesson from the University of Arizona.
- Learning
Practical Turkish
This site is a little confusing, but skip down past the ads and look
around and you will find some great resources.
- Turkish
Proverbs
Always wanted to learn how to say "The fly is small, but it is
big enough to make one sick" in Turkish? This is the place to go!
- Turkish
Tongue Twisters
That's one itself! Read and listen to them. (Real Audio required)
UO-sponsored program through Middle East Technical University (METU) or Bilkent University that includes language and culture as areas of study. Contact OIP (330 Oregon Hall) or go to http://studyabroad.uoregon.edu for more information.
HarvardŐs Intensive Ottoman Summer School in Turkey, (sponsored by Koc University of Istanbul) focuses on the reading and translation of Ottoman texts, but also involves instruction in Modern Turkish (in which the student should already be somewhat proficient) and Modern Persian. http://www.summer.harvard.edu/2003/courses/31217.jsp
Tomer Language Teaching Center of Ankara University offers four and eight-week courses at multiple levels http://tomer.ankara.edu.tr/english/index.html. (Tomer has numerous other locations in Turkey as well.
Taksim Dilmer English course in Istanbul, Turkey. Four or eight week programs at six levels http://www.dilmer.com/ingilizce/turkcekursuing.htm
Bogazici University in Istanbul has a Turkish Language and Culture Summer Program that can be entered at beginning, intermediate, or advanced level. http://www.boun.edu.tr/special/web.html (note: advanced students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate program in U.S. may be eligible for financial aid through the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/ARITSummerLanguageProgram.htm)
Fatih University in Istanbul has summer programs at three levels http://www.fatih.edu.tr/news/index.fhtml/zoom/61
CCI (Center for Cultural Exchange) has an Independent Homestay Program. http://www.cci-exchange.com/homestay.htm
Pitzer College has semester and year-long programs in language and culture, located in Ankara. Homestay with two families, one urban, one rural, field trips, independent study and university courses are all required parts of the curriculum. http://www.pitzer.edu/academics/ilcenter/external_studies/turkey/
State University of New York (SUNY) has listings of a variety of international programs whose courses include language http://www.studyabroad.com/suny/
USEH-International Training and Education Services, Inc, has paid internships for students at sophomore level and higher, based out of two offices in Turkey. Business administration and management are main areas of work. http://www.internabroad.com/listingsp3.cfm/listing/10346
U.S. Department of EducationŐs listing for study abroad programs in Turkey http://www.studyabroad.com/simplehtml/white/Turkey.html
IAESTE has paid internships ranging between 4 and 52 weeks in duration, for science and engineering students, usually in at least their third year of college. http://www.planetedu.com/search/internships/paid/_o2/_p15
The Middle East Institute (MEI) in Washington D.C. has multi-level courses in Turkish. http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_studies.html
The Eastern Consortium in Persian and Turkish is an intensive summer language program at beginning or intermediate level. Located at Ohio State University. http://nelc.ohio-state.edu/programs/ptcn0406/announce.htm
The Middle East Institute (MEI) works to promote understanding between people of different Middle Eastern countries and between the Middle East and America in part by publishing The Middle East Journal, teaching classes, and working with other like-minded organizations. http://www.mideasti.org/
UC BerkeleyŐs Center for Middle Eastern Studies has information on a variety of programs which mostly benefit UC students, but also has a newsletter, information on scholarships, etc. http://ias.berkeley.edu/cmes/mission_files/index_mission.html
Directory of graduate and undergraduate programs for Middle East Studies in U.S. and abroad. http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Directory/directory.htm
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