The president of The Yunus Emre Institute (YEE), acknowledged as essentially the most very important group that promotes studying of the Turkish language worldwide, acknowledged Sunday that they purpose to increase their community to 100 facilities around the globe in 2023 and attain 1 million folks in numerous geographies.
Şeref Ateş, who touched upon the establishment’s work in 2022 in his interview with Anadolu Agency (AA), made remarks on their 2023 targets sharing that their objective for the yr that marks the one hundredth anniversary of the republic is to “reach 1 million people, to teach them Turkish.”
Ateş mentioned that the institute obtained calls for from all around the world, particularly because the second half of 2022, as the consequences of COVID-19 began to say no worldwide. Moreover, he famous that YEE was working way more intensively with digital broadcasts in 2020-2021.
Emphasizing that the curiosity and demand are valuable for the institute, he mentioned that requests for opening YEE institutes had been obtained not solely from geographies near Türkiye but additionally from distant areas corresponding to Latin America and the Far East. These requests that got here each in official contacts, in bilateral conferences, or via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are “significant for the state of the Republic of Türkiye, but more importantly, they are of great value for Turkish culture,” Ateş famous.
Ateş additionally gave an account of face-to-face actions, noting they elevated within the second half of 2022 as they began to show Turkish of their school rooms whereas persevering with to show Turkish remotely. He mentioned that greater than 250,000 folks realized Turkish throughout this era.
He additionally defined that inside the venture named “My Choice is Turkish,” which YEE realized for major, secondary, and highschool college students in settlement with colleges overseas, they ensured that Turkish was added to the record of elective programs.
“Yunus Emre Institutes continue to work all over the world for Türkiye to be seen, to be known, to be recognized and to increase its prestige all over the world,” Ateş underscored, noting that they proceed to work following Yunus Emre’s “Let’s get acquainted” philosophy.
Underlining that based on Yunus Emre and Turkish tradition, persons are on the high as “the humans, living things, and soul” is essentially the most valuable factor, he mentioned that different traits that then outline people come beneath. “Then it is his ethnic structure, religious belonging, and personal characteristics. We tried to bring it forward for the benefit of the general public. That’s why our culture, arts, digital activities, and Turkish teaching linger behind this philosophy.”
Stating that the institute continually receives invites from all geographies as a result of inclusiveness of YEE’s philosophy, Ateş additionally famous that they’ve began to do tasks in keeping with the traits of the digital age and that the “the Acquaintance” (or in Turkish “Tanışkan”) venture was developed primarily based on Yunus Emre’s philosophy.
Ateş additionally famous that they’ve already translated Yunus Emre’s Divan poems into seven languages. He defined that Turkishness shouldn’t be solely an ethnic identification however “an umbrella and a protector.”
“This institute, which was established 10 years ago, is now fulfilling its mission with more than 80 institutes on five continents,” and maintained that the important attribute of Turks is they will act and manage shortly in the case of a great deed.
‘100 facilities on one hundredth anniversary’
With the choice we arrange final yr, we mentioned, ‘Let’s knit the entire world with cultural networks yearly.’ So our motto is ‘To the knit the world with 100 cultural centers on the 100th anniversary.’
The presentation and spreading of this slogan are important for YEE, Ateş defined. “To reach the goal, we have to move fast; thus, we are in contact with different universities worldwide. Right now, we have 85 centers. We hope to complete this goal by opening 15 centers this year, in the 100th year of the Turkish republic to obtain 100 cultural centers,” Ateş added.
Eight cultural facilities shall be opened in January, whereas Ateş additionally shared the knowledge that they plan to launch actions in Baghdad in February.
“With God’s will, we aim to widely spread the Turkish language as a language of communication, science and philosophy, both in the region and worldwide,” Ateş concluded.
