MERHABA 101 An Orientation Guide for Students Studying in Turkey

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey
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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Schedule
• Basic facts about Turkey
• Learning to live in culturally appropriate ways
• Observing and being observed
• Things you should be sure to know
• Practical Turkish
• Sharing your experience
• Orientation schedule

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• Regions
• Marmara
• Aegean
• Mediterranean
• Central Anatolia
• Black Sea
• Southeast Anatolia
• Eastern Anatolia

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• geography
• central Anatolian plain (Hittite capital
  Hattusas)
• Black Sea coastal valley (Uzungol)
• eastern Anatolian plateau (view across to
  Armenian border)

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• geography
• eastern Anatolian plateau (Agri Dagi, Mt. Ararat,
  above Dogubeyazit)
• eastern Anatolian plateau (Suphan Dagi and Lake
  Van)
• southeastern Anatolia (Dicle -- Tigris - River
  valley below Diyarbakir)

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• geography
• southern Anatolia Ataturk Dam on Firat --
  Euphrates -- River (GAP)
• southern Anatolia Syrian plain, upper
  Mesopotania
• southern Anatolia view of Ataturk Baraji (Firat
  River)

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• history
• earliest civilizations
• the Hittites
• the Greeks and Romans
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Suljuks
• the Ottomans
• the Turkish Republic

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• history
• earliest civilizations
• the Hittites
• the Greeks and Romans
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Suljuks
• the Ottomans
• the Turkish Republic

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• history
• earliest civilizations
• the Hittites
• the Greeks and Romans
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Suljuks
• the Ottomans
• the Turkish Republic

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• history
• earliest civilizations
• the Hittites
• the Greeks and Romans
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Suljuks
• the Ottomans
• the Turkish Republic

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• history
• earliest civilizations
• the Hittites
• the Greeks and Romans
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Suljuks
• the Ottomans
• the Turkish Republic

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• history
• earliest civilizations
• the Hittites
• the Greeks and Romans
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Suljuks
• the Ottomans
• the Turkish Republic

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• history
• earliest civilizations
• the Hittites
• the Greeks and Romans
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Suljuks
• the Ottomans
• the Turkish Republic

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• cultures and religions, historically and today
• Judaism and Christianity
• Islam
• the Ottoman millet system and its legacy
• the struggle of empires
• Islam and modernism today

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• cultures and religions, historically and today
• Judaism and Christianity
• Islam
• the Ottoman millet system and its legacy
• the struggle of empires
• Islam and modernism today

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• cultures and religions, historically and today
• Judaism and Christianity
• Islam
• the Ottoman millet system and its legacy
• the struggle of empires
• Islam and modernism today

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• cultures and religions, historically and today
• Judaism and Christianity
• Islam
• the Ottoman millet system and its legacy
• the struggle of empires
• Islam and modernism today

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• cultures and religions, historically and today
• Judaism and Christianity
• Islam
• the Ottoman millet system and its legacy
• the struggle of empires
• Islam and modernism today

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• economy
• GNP by sector agriculture, industry, service,
  and small entrepreneurship
• tourism
• the formal and informal sectors
• the legacy of statism
• infrastructural investment (GAP, Kara Deniz
  Coastal Project)
• education and the labor force
• the challenge of EU candidacy

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• education
• secularization and schooling in the Turkish
  republic
• primary schooling
• secondary and vocational schooling
• university education
• adult education

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• education
• secularization and schooling in the Turkish
  republic
• primary schooling
• secondary and vocational schooling
• university education
• adult education

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• education
• secularization and schooling in the Turkish
  republic
• primary schooling
• secondary and vocational schooling
• university education
• adult education

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• education
• secularization and schooling in the Turkish
  republic
• primary schooling
• secondary and vocational schooling
• university education
• adult education

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• education
• secularization and schooling in the Turkish
  republic
• primary schooling
• secondary and vocational schooling
• university education
• adult education

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• geography
• history
• Ataturk
• cultures and religions
• economy
• education
• politics and government
• contemporary issues and problems

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• contemporary issues and problems
• the economy
• the challenge of EU candidacy and the NATO
  alliance
• human rights and the Kurdish question
• housing and resettlement
• desecularization
• human resources

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• contemporary issues and problems
• the economy
• the challenge of EU candidacy and the NATO
  alliance
• human rights and the Kurdish question
• housing and resettlement
• desecularization
• human resources

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• contemporary issues and problems
• the economy
• the challenge of EU candidacy and the NATO
  alliance
• human rights and the Kurdish question
• housing and resettlement
• desecularization
• human resources

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Basic facts about Turkey
• contemporary issues and problems
• the economy
• the challenge of EU candidacy and the NATO
  alliance
• human rights and the Kurdish question
• housing and resettlement
• desecularization
• human resources

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Should I take my shoes off?
• Oh, no, its not necessary.
• (Yes, it is!)

• From other to self
• Learning to live in culturally
• appropriate ways
• Observe first ask second -- remember that
  generally a Turk will want to please you and will
  extend to you greater permissiveness than you
  should assume for yourself.
  But note in observing What other
  foreigners can get away with is generally not a
  good indication of culturally respectful
  behavior.

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Merhaba, Can, nasilsin?
• Iyidir, tesekkur ederim. Sen nasilsin?
• Ben de iyiyim.

• From other to self
• Learning to live in culturally
• appropriate ways
• Extending the effort to learn and use Turkish is
  an act of cultural respect -- and is the most
  sure-fire route to greater personal independence.

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• From other to self
• Learning to live in culturally
• appropriate ways
• Practice cultural flexibility
• in food preferences
• in the exercise of personal freedoms
• in tolerance for culturally prescribed roles for
  men and women

• WILL INSERT PICTURE OF FOODS.

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• From other to self
• Learning to live in culturally
• appropriate ways
• learning to be a woman . . .

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• From other to self
• Learning to live in culturally
• appropriate ways
• learning to be a man . . .

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Observing and being observed
• The cardinal rule of living to learn in a culture
  different from you own
• Never assume!
• What do you see?
• What do you think?
• What do you know?
• What do you conclude?

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Observing and being observed
• What do you see?
• What do you think?
• What do you know?
• What do you conclude?

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• ?

• Observing and being observed
• What do you see?
• What do you think?
• What do you know?
• What do you conclude?

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• ?

• Observing and being observed
• What do you see?
• What do you think?
• What do you know?
• What do you conclude?

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Observing and being observed
• What do you see?
• What do you think?
• What do you know?
• What do you conclude?

• ?

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Nitty-gritty things you should be sure to know
  before departure

• travel and arrival arrangements
• emergency contact information, for yourself and
  for your parents
• cash management (e.g., travelers checks? ATM
  withdrawals? credit card advances?)
• prescription medications -- carry both trade and
  generic names, and prescriptions for glasses.
• host family arrangements names and connecting
  information.

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Practical Turkish
• A drill guide for the weekend
• Introductions
• Shopping
• A night with ones friends
• Finding ones way

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Practical Turkish
• A drill guide for the weekend
• Introductions
• Shopping
• A night with ones friends
• Finding ones way

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Practical Turkish
• A drill guide for the weekend
• Introductions
• Shopping
• A night with ones friends
• Finding ones way

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Practical Turkish
• A drill guide for the weekend
• Introductions
• Shopping
• A night with ones friends
• Finding ones way

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Sharing your experience . . .
• Or how to find and give comfort and support

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Orientation Weekend
• objectives
• responsibilities
• schedule
• introductions

• objectives
• working knowledge
• essential information
• academic program
• responsibilities
• HWSOCP contract
• health and safety
• cultural learning
• introductions
• assessment procedures
• food and fun!

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Orientation Weekend
• objectives
• responsibilities
• schedule
• introductions

• responsibilities

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Orientation Weekend
• objectives
• responsibilities
• schedule
• introductions

• schedule

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MERHABA 101An Orientation Guide for Students
Studying in Turkey

• Orientation Weekend
• objectives
• responsibilities
• schedule
• introductions

• introductions