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Atassi · Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 128 Location: 평택

Vuloshin, salaam.

I saw an advertisement not long ago about a dual degree program in Poland. I say "dual" as a university in the US also honors it. It is pretty much fully paid for (you agree to work for a few years while you complete it. I don't remember the university's name, but you should be able to find it.

I also agree with VS that Syria, Jordan, and Egypt are great places for you to go. I recommend Syria, as there's so much to see and it's very hospitable. Good luck with your future plans. Look up "Atassi" when you get there. You'll find many helpful family members Wink

Regards,
Atassi

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Hey dmb, don't the more religious Turks study Arabic in order to read the Quran? I would have thought that it was taught in schools to everyone or is it only in mosque sponsored schools?

VS

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

VS, I don't know any Turks who speak arabic( I am in Istanbul though). Sure medrese(ler) exist-dont ask me where the nearest one is though. in Istanbul there are English, German, french and Italian medium schools. To my knowledge no arabic. I have seen ads in the newspaper for arabic lessons, but again I know of no-one who attends.
Being English teachers we come into contact with Turks who see themselves more as European, I think that's the majority.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

All the Turks that I have met in the US or the Gulf were very secular. I expect that we don't tend to encounter the conservatives who go to Madrassa schools. Cool

Perhaps in rural areas... and as you mentioned, the closer you get to the Arabic speaking countries. But, I suspect that this part of Turkey doesn't have many job opportunities for our OP.

VS

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

Of the Turks I know who are able to 'read' the Koran in Arabic none understand the meaning of the particular words being read out ... of course they understand the message of that particular part of the Koran, but that comes from their Turkish version ...

... am told, by those Turks that do so, that many are taught to read the Arabic 'phonetically' without being instructed in Arabic as a language of meaning ...

.. am not for one moment, though, suggesting that there are no Arabic speaking Turks capable of reading the Koran in the Arabic ... as some would be wont to interpret ..

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

On my visits to Istanbiul I get the impression that there are a lot more religious types about than there used to be.

Is this my imagination ?

I do not remember seeing so many when I first went there in 1991.

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

There is certainly a recruitment drive into the ranks of the 'bas ortusu' ...

Younger people are being targeted ... for example, young students studying in a city foreign to them are offered clean, good-quality, cheap accomodation where every evening the kindly landladies discuss with them their problems and the 'good book' ...

Younger children are also taught the value of the 'good book' when having out-of-school help with lessons ...

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397