A younger Tunisian girl’s love for the Turkish language, which she started to study when she was 11-12 years previous, made her the nation’s first host of a radio program in Turkish.
Sara Rahuma, who began to study Turkish first on her personal and later continued exhibiting curiosity within the language by taking correct classes in highschool, managed on the age of 25 to develop into the primary host of a radio present on this language in her nation.
Completing her grasp’s diploma in hygiene and environmental security, she additionally obtained bachelor’s levels in biotechnology and multimedia. She continued her schooling within the discipline of media on the Institute of New Technologies.
There, Rahuma joined the institute’s multimedia membership and started making ready radio packages in Turkish.
Rahuma – now internet hosting her radio present “Türkçe Konuşalım” (“Let’s Talk in Turkish”), advised Anadolu Agency (AA) about her journey with the Turkish language.
“When I first discovered Turkish, I was in primary school. I began to learn Turkish on my own. How to pronounce Turkish words? How is the alphabet? I slowly started to learn all this,” she stated.
‘Turkish is part of my life’
Rahuma, who stated she had problem studying the Turkish language on her personal, notably the pronunciation, recalled the start of her studying course of, stating: “At first, while learning Turkish, I couldn’t practice even if I understood it. As far as I remember, no one around me knew or was learning Turkish back then. So I used to feel special.”
The younger girl had no thought of the way to enhance her Turkish after highschool, she stated, including it was a turning level in her life when she realized that Turkish classes had been being given on the April 9 University throughout her college schooling.
“I attended the lectures of Musa Kaya, who teaches at the university, and I took Turkish lessons with the students so I could practice for four years.”
“I can say that I learned Turkish. After learning it, Turkish became a part of my life,” she famous.
Turkish radio program, a primary for Tunisia
After becoming a member of her institute’s multimedia membership with a good friend, she obtained the chance to meet her dream of getting her personal radio present. At first, she performed her radio program in Arabic for 2 years, she stated. But, in the meantime, “We wanted to do something more special and new.”
“In consultation with my Turkish teachers, I prepared a good radio show. I wanted my work to leave a mark and be very special,” she stated.
Addressing her viewers in Turkish, she additionally offers details about Turkish tradition and performs Turkish songs.
Rahuma stated that her radio program that started final November is properly obtained and that the Tunisian viewers, in addition to the representatives of Turkish establishments in Tunisia, assist her radio present. She stated she feels pleased with attaining this as a primary in Tunisia and is happy to understand her dream of manufacturing a radio program in Turkish throughout her schooling.
Thanking those that assist her, Rahuma stated, “My dear Turkish teachers who established Turkish Clubs at school and Turkish institutions in Tunisia have always supported me.”
She additionally identified that in her studying course of, she attended the Turkish Summer Course of Yunus Emre Institute (YEE) in 2018 and did an internship at Anadolu Agency’s workplace in Tunisia whereas learning multimedia.
With her Turkish instructor Musa Kaya, Rahuma additionally printed {a magazine} named Ayyildiz (StarCrescent). Her efforts to enhance her Turkish proceed. She watches Turkish motion pictures and reads books of poems, she additionally stated.
Underlining that studying in an setting the place nobody knew Turkish was a troublesome problem for her, the younger Tunisian stated: “I want to reach out to everyone here. If you have something you believe in, a dream or a goal, go after it and never let go. Learning Turkish has changed my life.”
