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Table of Contents GAZI UNIVERSITY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2
GAZI UNIVERSITY PROJECT COORDINATION IMPLEMENTATION AND RESEARCH CENTER .................................... 3
PREFACE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
OUR VOLUNTEER’S ARTICLES .................................................................................................................................................. 5
First Impressions Of Turkey .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Why the hell Turkey??? ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Women in Turkey ................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Turkey .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Stereotypes about Turkey ................................................................................................................................................... 11
My first impressions about the relationship between boys and girls ................................................................................. 13
Germany – Turkey ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Çay ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Kocatepe mosque of Ankara ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Accomodation ; ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
HOSPITAL (2011-TR-24) ................................................................................................................................................... 18
SCHOOL (2011-TR-21) ....................................................................................................................................................... 19
KINDERGARDEN (2011-TR-22) ..................................................................................................................................... 20
PROJECT OFFICE (2011-TR-23) ....................................................................................................................................... 21
YOUTH CLUB (2011-TR-18) ............................................................................................................................................. 22
YOUTH NGO (2011-TR-19) .............................................................................................................................................. 23
Requirements ; ............................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Support for our Volunteers ; ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
Draft Programme ; ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24
EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS) - SENDING ........................................................................................................ 25
Some of Our Partners ; ............................................................................................................................................................... 26
Our EVS experiences are ; ........................................................................................................................................................... 27
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GAZI UNIVERSITY
Gazi University is one of the few universities whose history dates back to 1920s. Right after the declaration
of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk decided to establish an institute. This resulted in the
establishment of the 'Teacher Training Institute' in 1926. After that the institute had different names until 1982
when it was named Gazi University
Today Gazi University carries out its educational and research activities with its 18 faculties, 4 colleges, 9
Vocational High Schools, 35 research centers and 6 institutes and it still claims itself a high education institution
which is worthy to Atatürk. The university has faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engineering and
Architecture, Economics and Administrative, Communation, Science and Arts, Law, Fine Arts and Education
which is currently considered to be the best in its field in the whole country.
In addition to the our Turkish students Gazi also provides education to more than 1500 students from all
over the world. Gazi University carries out its education in different campuses called Besevler, Emek and Maltepe
in Ankara.
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GAZI UNIVERSITY PROJECT COORDINATION IMPLEMENTATION AND
RESEARCH CENTER
Our Center getting into active on June, 2010 in our university, is established with a view to
perform 7th. Framework Programmes, Youth Programmes and Lifelong Learning( Leonardo da Vinci,
Grundtving, Comenius), the execution and management of which have been realized by the State
Planning Organization - Center for European Union Education and Youth Programmes- National
Agency. The execution of international bid technical support is also realized by our center. Besides
giving service to consultation and coordination in cooperation of academic and administrative unit of
the university, it has also executed activities like a pre-interview for mutual agreement to be likely
executed with representatives of university coming from Union European and other foreign countries
and to represent the university in the meeting national/ international concerning this programmes. The
activities our full-time and part-time employees are engaged with are as follows:
to promote EU Education and Youth Programmes at the university
to represent the university national and international meetings, congresses, symposiums about
education
to provide coordination and information about the teh different programs that EU executes
with the aim of support the scientific researches
to contribute to the social life of the community through the meeting of volunteers from
different countries and cultural backgrounds
to facilitate European and international mobility and exchange of ideas with a mutual
understanding and in a peacefull atmosphere
to promote an educative project (local, national, European, international) by encouraging an
active citizenship for a democratic, united and participative society
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PREFACE
Dear Sir / Madam
Firstly, I want to say that this newspaper is published by the Gazi University EVS Hosting Volunteers.
This is our second newspaper and everyterms we can improve our knowledge and we can put more things about
EVS in our newspaper. Our aims is that for publishing newspaper ;
Increasing the awareness of EVS
Encourage to our Hosting volunteers for finding new ideas
Explaining future projects
Help to the candidates of EVS volunteers
Making new networks
Showing our experinces and to encourage our partners for sharing themselves
Moreover, our all volunteers who are sending and hosting, they can help us for improving ourselves too.
We want to see that the meaning of EVS and other Youth Exchange Projects, it should be more
understandable and a lot of candidates may learn more thins about them. It is way to give information that
you can write something and publish somewhere. For this reason, we made a websites and created some
pages in the social networks (facebook, eurodesk, twitter etc.) We agree that everyterms a lot of candidates
will see these informations everywhere and they may join Youth in Action Projects. We hope to encourage
new youth people for sending future projects.
In conclusion; we are sending that newpapers your email address. We want to kindly ask you that please
send your networks our newspaper and don’t forget to every information is very important for youth
people for learning Youth in Action Projects.
Kindly regards,
B. Sc. Mustafa Orhan KANSU
Youth Program Coordinator
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OUR VOLUNTEER’S ARTICLES
First Impressions Of Turkey
Ainhoa Werner-Fernández – GERMANY (EVS Volunteer)
In this article I want to write about my first impressions of Turkey and about everything I know about
this country and its traditions.
In my homecountry Germany many turkish people live, so I have also many turkish friends. For turks
religion is very important. They eat no pork, drink no alcohol, do not smoke, and this all because it is written in
Koran. A very big day is the „Ramadan Bayrami“. The abstinence ends and you celebrate with family and
friends. I think it could be compared to the Christian Christmas. Many sweets get prepared like Baklava,
Lokum, etc...To pray they go every friday to mosque, where they have to take off their shoes. Women and men
are separated. For women it is necessary to wear a scarf. In mosque there are no chairs or desks. You just sit
down on the carpet and pray to Allah (God).
I also noticed that turkish people often use many adages like : „
One language, one person. Two languages, two persons.“ Very
remarkable is their friendliness and their hospitality. The turkish
kitchen is really variegated and often the food is very oily and satiable.
In Germany there are also many turkish restaurants where you can
eat Döner Kebap, Iskender Kebap, Lahmacun, Dürüm, etc...
“mosque“
What I noticed at first when I arrived in Ankara, was that here are many many building yards. You can
see that Turkey is an emerging nation. It is so interesting, because Turkey is developing so quickly that for
europeans it is unimaginable. They just have another image of Turkey and its population.
You can really see and feel that many things are changing here! It´s so fantastic!
Moreover a quite good habit or tradition is drinking Cay (Black Tea). They drink it in the morning, in the
afternoon, at night, absolutely ALWAYS!!! :)
“Cay“
I really enjoy being here and I am so excited for the following year.
I hope I can learn a lot and see many things-
Insallah
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Why the hell Turkey???
Sarah Theresa Bothe – GERMANY (EVS Volunteer)
Why leaving Germany at all? Why not going to university directly after school, like so many others do?
Everybody who found out I was going to go to Turkey asks this questions. So why am I here? I just did not
want to go on with learning in a school, to go to university, after 13 years of studying. I wanted to take a gap
year and to do some social work. So I decided to take part in the European Voluntery Service.
I was thinking hard about which country I should choose. France or Great Britain would have been
comfortable, because the language is easier to learn. But why leaving Germany, when the target country is not
really different? So I decided to try something totally new: I applied for an EVS in Turkey. I choose this
country because it is just not the same as Germany. It seems to me like it is the bridge between Europe and the
oriental world. Because of the religion it has a complete different cultural background, and this is exactly what
I wanted: The adjustment to a totally different environment and to get to know a new culture. On the other
hand I hoped to improve my language skills. I would really like to learn the Turkish language because it sounds
great and 70 Million people are speaking it. During my stay I hope to learn speaking fluently.
Travelling in general makes you aware of the life in different countries and made me more interested in
connecting these. To get adapted to a different way of living and to socialize was and still is my main
motivation.
I am very interested in the things, which influence our daily live, why we live the way we live and how
we can make a difference. The economic relations between the parts of the world are getting more and more
important. It is an important task for the world population to link these economic relations with emotional and
social ones to create a stable structure for global community. Therefore I think communication is essential, in a
diplomatic-political way and especially in a personal and social way. That sounds abstract but in my point of
view this goal can be achieved just by normal traveling, especially when it is about social work and direct
contact instead of ordinary holidays. I am especially interested in broaden my mind with a duration in such an
interesting country as turkey and working for the European community.
I hope my expectations are not to high to be fullfilled, but at the moment I am really glad to be here and
I am enjoying the new experiences.
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Women in Turkey
Sara Maria Marcolini – Italy (EVS Volunteer)
During my travels there is one thing that I like to satisfy: understand the cultural differences.In Italy I read and
heard a lot about the scarf, but now that I’m living in Turkey and I see with my eyes another reality. Now I have to ask
my self the reasons for the contested and debated use of the scarf and the condition of life of Muslim women.
The Islamic law, Shari’a (Seriat), does not discriminate women from men: both of them are called to pursue in the
same way noble moral qualities such as generosity, kindness, sincerity and pursue religious rules. The most important 5
rules of Islam are: Believe that there is no other God than Allah and Muhammed is his prophet (Sehadet), pray five times
at day, fast during the month Ramadan, the pilgrimage to Mecca and give charity.
About the scarf: first it’s important remember that it isn’t an Islam monopoly, but include every women: Muslims,
Christians, Jewish… the question is the freedom to wear it or not, to testify the own religious belong.
The Coran speaks about the scarf, Higiab, that means “covering”:
And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their
beauty and ornaments except what (most ordinary) appear thereof; that their should draw their hijab over their bosoms and
not display their beauty except to their husband, their fathers, their sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their rights
hand possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they
should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers! Turn you all together
towards Allah, that you may attain blessing.
(Sura XXIV An-Nûr)
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There are two interpretations of the Coran:
The first says that the prescription is just an invitation to women to be modest in their clothes, it’s not
an obligation and the scarf is a tradition to exceed. In this way of view a lot of women don’t use it anymore.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (leader of the Republic of Turkey from 1923 to 1938) was the first president that tried
to change this tradition in Turkey and probably in the world. Atatürk introduced to separate state and religion
(Devlet and Diyanet), that is why religious appearance was not allowed in public places anymore.
The second interpretation instead says that the scarf is fundamental and that there is no faith present
inside your soul, if there is not Islamic behaviour that confirms it.
The situation was complicated with the presence of a lot of Muslims in Western Countries. Now the
doubt is, if the scarf is a free religious expression or a free cultural expression or a symbol of discrimination and
oppression of women.
We can have some general considerations: the Hijab, in the modern version of a foulard that covers hair is
nothing strange and it’s also present in the Christian tradition and there is no reason to not use it if women
desire it by themselves.
The Islamic scarf is a sign of modesty for the way to dress of women, it’s like a break of exhibition of the
body. There is also a general meaning of the scarf: in Western countries there is a wide freedom and sexual
relationships before the marriage are very common. The Muslim society, but also the Catholic one, don’t want
to support this habit. In the Islamic situation the scarf became the symbol of behaviour that preserves sexual
relationships in the marriage environment.
At least the scarf is a sign of the Muslim tradition, a symbol of cultural identity that asks respect and
consideration.
The difference between the condition of men and women in a lot of countries like Morocco, Tunisia,
Afghanistan, Algeria… does not come from Islam, but from the political manipulation of religion. This
condition doesn’t exist in Turkey but the debate about the use of the scarf is still an open issue between Liberal
and Conservative people.
If we want to understand the situation of the Muslim women in Turkey better, we have to subdivide the
history of this country in four periods: before Islam, after the introduction of Islam, during the Ottoman
Empire, and after the birth of the Republic of Turkey.
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Before Islam women in Turkish tribes were completely equal to men in every aspects of life: married
woman was sacred, polygamy didn’t exist, they also received the same military training and participated to the
battles in war.
After the conversion to Islam of Turkish people, women keep their equality to men thanks of the saying of prophet
Muhammed (hadis):
1) Woman is equal to man and is the half of the society;
2) Who respect the straights of their wife is a good Muslim;
3) The heaven lies to feet of the mothers.
From then on the influence of the traditions of others countries, in particular the Persian culture, modified the condition
of women in Turkey.
The most complicated period was under the Islamic Ottoman caliphates, that instituted Harem dividing it in
sectors for men and women . The Sultan Osman III gave to women the possibility to go out from the house just four days
a week, Mustafa IV forbid any possibility of autonomy.
The real revolution of the female condition became with the success of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , that gave the
birth of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.
Atatürk introduced the compulsory education for both gender, abolished the polygamy, gave equal straights to
women about divorce and heredity and invited them to give up to use the scarf, but without forcing them with a specific
law. He also gave women the right to vote in 1934.
Nowadays two different realities live together in Turkey: in the countryside women usually continue the ancient
traditions and are more dependent and subject to men. But in the big cities who belong to middle class, women usually
wear western clothes, work in free professions, teach and participate to politics. In 1995 Tansu Ciller was the first female
prime minister of Turkey.
About the scarf: the symbolism of it is really complex. It suggests to support the process of changing and evolution of the
use of it. Muslim women with knowledge about the principles of Islam will identify the meaning of the scarf as autonomy.
Research of knowledge improves human condition for both genders, and it’s the foundation for a deep faith.
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Turkey Martyna Kominczak – Poland (EVS Volunteer)
When i came to Turkey first time 1 year ago i was excited but also some scared. In Poland I couldnt hear lot of
news about this country, so i didnt know what is waititng for me exactly. I kept in my mind pictures of Hagia Sophia,
Efez, Sultanahmed and turkish history which i learnd during my education. I imagined Turkey as a mistic country with
rich culture and with significant place for all the past history which Istanbul is. After leaved Istanbul airport first thing
which i saw was hudge traffic and many, many people.I couldnt imagine how can they all live together so close, but
maybe this is the secret of Turkish hospitality, people are always around, always ready to help you or just invite you for a
turkish tea and get to know you better. Charcteristic is that if something is needed Turkish people opening all their
connections including the whole familly, friends and neighbours for get it, or solve the problem. It's very helpfull features,
however it can be uncomfortable or unexpected sometimes for people which are used to deal their problems by
themselves.
Another important property is that Turkish people are very proud and sensitive about their history and politic.
They always mention Ottoman Empire times with self- esteem, dignity and nostalgy. Thats why i advice you learn
something about their history for better understanding.Person which you must know while going to visit this country is
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,first president of Turkish Republic from 29 October 1923 till 10 November 1938.You will see his
pictures and portraits in most of places: on buildings, in public offices, shops, theaters, names of the streets, schools...
He is response for create Turkey on the laic country with democratic rules and modernization economy, law,
language. For many turkish people he is real Father of Turks which his surname means and his philosphy, kemalism is still
actual. Atatürk Mausoleum was the first place which i saw in Ankara and I think it's really worth to see for everyone,
especially for people, which are interested of history and politic. You can find there a lot of his privat objects, include his
always elegant clothes, richly decorated sword,things of daily use, cars, pictures and articles from old newspapers with
important news.The biggest impression on me made his library with hundred books in various languages, also in old
turkish language and about diverse fields. If you ask personnel of the mausoleum they will explain you that he really read
all of them.
That are my first impressions from Turkey and I'm happy that in this year I have oprtunity to discover this
various country, culture, language and people. I'm searching inspirations for my next articles and sensations for share,
which I'm sure not missing in here.
Ilustracja 2: Atatürk Mausoleum
Ilustracja 1: Atatürk Mausoleum
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Stereotypes about Turkey
Teja Pirnat – Slovenia (EVS Volunteer)
Before I went to Turkey I had heard so many different informations about it and they really didn't fit
together. So I got so curious what is right and what is wrong that I couldn't wait to see it on my own. On a day
when I was leaving my country Slovenia I really found myself in a dilemma which clothes to put on because I
have heard so many things. For example that women in Turkey are only allowed to wear sleeves at least till
your elbow and only long trousers or long skirts. I really wanted to make a big shopping before departure
because I wasn't sure if I had enough of appropriate clothes, but something stopped me from doing it. Some
part of me really couldn't believe that all of these things could be true.
This stereotype already broke as soon as I reached the Turkish ground and I realized that a lot of
women are wearing shirts and blouses with short sleeves or even sleeveless and I could see some short skirts also.
Most citiziens of Ankara really don't distinguish from European ones in their clothes style. You can also find a
lot of women with headscarfs but they are in minority. However, you have to take into account that that's for
the city of Ankara and city of Istanbul.Because they are more modern and more like European cities. In their
suburbs and in rural areas of Turkey it's the opposite; it's almost hard to see a woman without headscarf.
Another stereotype is also often present in people's mind: that men in Turkey marry a lot of women but
it is not really usual. It used to be true more in the past; but now you can find it just somewhere in rural areas
at the most Eastern part of Turkey, where mostly Kurdish people live.
A lot of people think that Turkish people are the same as Arabics, but these are two different cultures
actually. It is true that Turkey used to have arabic language and writing but untill 1923 they have their own
ones. There is also a thought present that Turkish are dangerous Islamics but while living here I do not feel any
fear at all. Anyway there exist some preventive measures against potencial terroristis actions like checking your
bag with rentgen before entering big shopping centres and not having trash bins on the streets to avoid the
possibilty of putting a bomb inside.
Actually Turkish big and modern shopping centers really can compare to European ones. But in
comparison to Europe I find it cute that on every street you can still find a lot of little shops with food and
most needed equipments for your home. While in Europe little shops are dissapearing on account of a big
amount of new big shopping centres.
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When European people think about food in Turkey they always think about kebab and baklava, but
actually here you can find a really diverse palette of really good food. It is quite spicy and grassy but it really
tastes good. The only thing I miss here is the presence of salad while eating lunch outside. Anyway, when you
buy fruit and vegetables here they are much more natural looking and more tasteful like those I found in
Europe.
Another interesting thing is that the so well known Turkish coffee is not so popular here. Instead of it
people usually drink tea, produced in their own country. They really have a tradition of drinking tea at any
oppurtunity during the day and it is also a gesture of welcoming guests by offering it. I used to drink coffee a
lot before coming to Turkey but since I am here, this is for 14 days, I guess I 've had two coffees maybe and at
least 60 glasses of tea.
People around me in Europe have told me to expect intrusive and loud people in Turkey. But it was one
of the nicest surprices that here I 've found really the most nice and sensitive and kind people I've ever met.
Everyone who you will ask for help will help you, also when you don't even ask anything actually. Young and
more educated people speak English really good. The others don't really, but they will always find a way to
communicate with you. For example,I found it really funny when we entered one little shop where the seller
couldn't understand us speaking English. So he called his friend on the phone, who translated what we want.
We really laughed a lot and also got our marmelade.
There also exists a prejudice that people in Turkey are lazy but in fact they are working and ambitious.
But it's s true that everything here goes more slow and people not just run around in stress like in most
countries of Europe. Things are often postponed and not so well organized but on the other hand living here is
more easy and pleasant. Because it's not so stressful.
The stereotypes about Turkey are partly true, but now I find most of them just funny. I think that we
shouldn't really believe them untill checking them by ourself.
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My first impressions about the relationship between boys and girls
Michaut Jasmine – France (EVS Volunteer)
When I arrived in Turkey, on of thing which surprised me is I felt the relationship between men and
women were really different than in France, my origin country. I expected this but not to this way, I think this
is difficult for us, EVS volunteer, to understand the subtleties of this differences. I wanted to write this article
not to provide answers, but to try to understand a bit better. I'm in turkey only few days and I can't doing
generality , it's for that I want only confronted some individual points of views, which I hope they will help us
understand better now. The main questions I can ask are about education, friendships, and love relations
For example in my country I lived with two friends, one was boy and the other was girl,
I want to know if it's possible to do the same thing: boys and girls sharing the same flat.
I have asked this question to some peoples and I think it's possible but nobody do this, here, “it is not a good
thing to share a flat with a boy”. And me, in France, I have lot of friend who are boy, they are like my
brothers, but I think, in turkey, this kind of friendship is less common. Often, Turkish girls have close friends
boys but they have a limited relationship, that's what the peoples answer me. But even if overall boy-girl
friendships are often less close, it s often depends on cultural environment,
families and point of view to religion.
Another big difference is this, in France, men are often addressing the
woman, and often inappropriately. In Turkey I feel that it is much rarer. Turkish
men seem more respectful towards women. Moreover I think that, Turkish
women seem to be most closely watched. They seem also less free to go out when
they want. It is possible that a girl have fewer rights than his brother. But I
think that, in France it’s not the same, but women are more protected than men
too. But this phenomenon is probably less important. Maybe I can talking about
"patriarchal" families.
I think one of the main diffrence between France and Turkey is the
importance of family, religion and tradition and how the peoples live with this ,
individualy . So, this is my first impressions after only fifteen days I can´t make
me a real idea, but I can only notice lot of differences. I hope to have a better
idea about this point, later, after spending more time in Turkey.
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Germany – Turkey
Verena Rothmund – Germany (EVS Volunteer)
When I told people in Germany that I want to do my European
Voluntary Service in Turkey they always asked why I have chosen this
country. For me it was always clear that I want to work in a social
project for one year after school and the decision where I want to go
was not difficult.
In Germany there live a lot of people with Turkish origin so it is
very interesting for me to get to know their cultural background and
the country they come from. Moreover, after my EVS I want to study
social works and maybe I want to work in the sector of immigration
and therefor it will be really helpful if I know the Turkish language.
Few days before I left Germany I was pretty nervous because everybody told me that everything will be
so different and that I will have something like a cultural shock. So I was kind of surprised when I arrived in
Ankara and the first differences I recognized were not really bigger than differences between for example
Germany and France or Germany and Spain. But after almost one week in my new homeland for 10 months I
can see that there will be many fascinating things to discover.
First of course the food is not equal. Though you can eat Döner Kebab at every corner in Germany, the
preparation and therefor the taste in Turkey is really not the same. A turkish habit I like a lot is drinking çay
at any time of the day or night. Every time we visit someone they offer us çay and if you go to a restaurant to
eat you might get one for free.
Furthermore I can recognize the different mentality of the Turks. In Germany many friends who have
been in Turkey for holidays reported me how hospitable and helpful they are and now I can experience this
Turkish attitude by myself. When you get lost in the big inner city of Ankara someone will help you
immediately even if you can’t really communicate because of the language barrier. You can remark this
difference also when you get to know new people. Mostly they lend themselves to show you nice places for
example good restaurants or interesting museums and they often give you their contact details so that you can
ask them whenever you have to solve a problem.
Since I come from a smaller town in Germany it is a huge change for me to live in a megacity. The inner
city of Ankara is very crowded and the traffic is pretty chaotic. No one cares about the cross-walks so if you are
a pedestrian you have to assert yourself.
As I expected the knowledge of the English language aside the universities is not widespread. That’s
why I’m really happy that our Turkish language courses had already started and I hope that I will learn
quickly.
I am looking forward to the following months and I am very excited to immerse into the Turkish live.
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Çay
Marion Bouchard – France (EVS Volunteer)
“Çay” is a traditional drink in Turkey, appreciated by Turkish people and
foreigners who are visiting this country. Everywhere, if you meet
someone, you get in a shop, during a meeting, you will get your cup of tea.
And you will love this tradition because it's like everybody would like to
tell you: “welcome in Turkey”!
In this country we could feel the tea like a tradition established from
generations. How can you imagine Turkey without its çay? We can ask
about its history and you should be surprised that Turkish people don’t
drink as much tea since many centuries.
During the Ottoman Domination in Arabia, Turks were drinking a lot of coffee directly imported from Yemen.
At the end of the Ottoman Empire, while coffee became an expensive import, Kemal Atatürk encouraged an
alternative to coffee. With tea, Atatürk proposed a drink sustainable by domestic sources. Actually, tea can be
cultivated in Anatolia and in this way, he can provide for his people and Turkey can be self-sufficient in food.
Since this period, in the beginning of the 20th century, drinking tea has become a tradition; Turks are drinking
tea during all day.
The Turkish tea is a form of black tea cultivated in the province Rize, on the Black Sea coast. Its taste is strong
but if you live or travel in Turkey, you find a way to appreciate this captivating aroma tea. Whenever you
drink it, it is a friendly atmosphere and spirit of sharing. Turkish hospitality always proposes tea to their guest
and all along the day; every reason is good enough to drink a tea. Drinking tea is a way of life, a way to know
the last news, to meet new people, to be aware and to be Turkish.
How can you prepare your Turkish tea at home? First you need a special kettle for tea preparation and the
special cups. These are necessary to offer the tea to your guests in good condition, you need some small tulip-
shaped glasses. The kettle (called çaydanlik) is two parts, the lower part to boil water and the upper part for the
tea itself. Boil the water in the larger kettle. Put several spoons of tea inside the smaller kettle and when water
is boiling, put the water inside. Fill the larger kettle with water, set on the fire with the smaller kettle above for
20 minutes. You can serve the tea; put one third of black tea in the glasses and some water without tea to fill
the cup. Add some sugar, offers your tea to your guest, savor it and enjoy the moment!
In conclusion, for me I was happy to discover this tradition because in France I also drink a lot of tea with my
friends and my family. When there is tea, there is a moment of feeling good.
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Kocatepe mosque of Ankara
Alyson Geoffroy – Belgium (EVS Volunteer)
The Kocatepe Mosque is the largest mosque in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was built between 1967
and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter in Kizilay. Its size andprominent situation have made it a landmark that can
be seen from almost anywhere in central Ankara.
The idea to build this mosque goes back to the 1940' exactly. The vice prime minister for the religious
affairs had etablished a company for the construction of a mosque in yenisehir (big city) of Ankara.
Constructions will start then will stop at the foundations. Several counterparts were built, in particular in
Islamabad. After several competitions for the architecture of the mosque, it will be finally built in 1967 and
modified in 1987 to be a néo-classical built of the Ottoman architecture.
The fact that it is placed on a butts enable us to discover it under various angles during our rise until it.
The large staircases which carry out us until it keep a pleasant freshness whereas a heavy sun leads the city.
When we arrive on the top, the first striking thing is the immense white marble court where the sun is reflected.
Then, when we penetrate into it, we are immediately inhabited by the serenity and the wisdom of it, which
make feel good. The fact of having naked feet and the face on the ground offers the privilege of something of
close between a man and his creator. And even if the person is not from the muslim confession, he can be
inhabitted by the beauty, by the esthetics of the architecure and the decorations that it offers to us. It is not
counting the sight that the mosque leaves to us on the district of Kizilay.
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Accomodation ;
Having a long historical background as a city Ankara is home of many architectural and historical
findings in its museums. Ankara is considered as one of the most "serious" cities of Turkey, since it hosts the
parliament and many politicians. This brings the mood of stable life into the city. However, by being the
capital and having a huge student population Ankara has a very colorful night life as well.
Our volunteers live in a flat next to Gazi campus in a safe district in a very peaceful area. It is in the
center of Ankara so it is easy to go everywhere by metro, by bus and also on foot. The volunteers share a big
flat with 3 rooms, 1 living room, 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom and 1 toilet. The flat is well equipped, they have all the
necessary things to live in comfort
Gazi mahallesi is a safe and peaceful area but also lively because it is the district in which different
universities (Gazi University, Ankara University) are located. Most of the faculties of Gazi university are here.
There is a big variety of places where you can spend your free time. Nice coffees, restaurants and green parks.
Come and enjoy!
Projects ;
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HOSPITAL (2011-TR-24) Gazi University Foundation Hospital is situated in Ankara, in Yenimahalle and within 15 min. of
walking distance to the EVS flat.
In this hospital one floor is completely dedicated to the treatment of children, so in additionally to the
normal treatment rooms there is also a very nice playroom and a little hospital school. Our volunteers will play
a key role in those two rooms, in the playroom they will draw play and have fun with our youngest patients
and they are more than welcome to contribute with their own ideas to create new activities for the kids. The
hospital school is particularly important, especially for those kids who have to endure long-term stays due to
serious illnesses, such as cancer.
Our volunteers will meet the explicit needs of the children giving them Mathematic, Science, Social and
especially English lessons according to their level of education. The hospital school is equipped with all the tools
that will be needed and there are also two teachers who will support our volunteers in every possible
way.Receiving this schooling will make it easier for those kids to find their way back into a normal daily
routine after they have completed their treatment.
Also children will enjoy the contact with our foreign volunteers very much as it is a special opportunity
for them to be in touch with the big wide world even though most of them are tied to their beds. Another
activity in the hospital will be visiting the rooms and in this way not only adding new faces to the dull hospital
every-day-life of the kids but also interact with the parents who usually spend just as much time inside those
rooms.Cutting it short we want our volunteers to give our patients and their families motivation, make them
smile and make them feel positive again.We are open to all new ideas, for example our last volunteers initiated
a clown day. One day a week they come dressed up as clowns distribute balloons and joke around – the kids
absolutely love it!
Who are we looking for? It would be very good if the applicant is studying or has graduated from any department of health, or has some
practical experience concerning hospital work however it is not a must!
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SCHOOL (2011-TR-21)
Gazi Foundation Primary school is located in Maltepe, 30 min by walk from EVS flat. EVS volunteers
would have a chance to work with a wide age group of pupils – children from nursery school to high school
students. Our volunteers would take part in foreign language lessons and patricipate in activities of students'
clubs.
There is a wide variety of activities at school that volunteers can both participate in or can initiate and
lead; first of all that would be assisting teachers during lessons of foreign language. Aim of this activity is to
teach foreign language in a way which is interesting and makes fun for students. Despite of that, volunteers can
iniciate and creative activities aimed to promote children's free expression in various art forms and cultural
activities, for example: drama classes, music classes, cultural and educational outings, together with students
volunteer can organise campaigns regarding healthy living, environmental issues, etc., plan and implement
festivities and celebrations. Next to above mentioned cretive activities, our volunteers can take part in fulfilling
various administrative tasks: parent contact, helping in fund raising activities, resource building, etc.
During their work at school, our volunteers would have an opportunity to learn about Turkish culture,
learn and reflect about the work and educational activities and no movement- and health oriented lifestyle at
Gazi school. Our volunteers also can use the chance to introduce their own countries history, culture even to
teach their own language to students of Gazi school.
Who are we looking for?
In the selection of our volunteers, we would give our priority to persons studying or graduated from
education faculties. The volunteer should be willing to work with children and teenagers and have empathy to
them.
From our volunteers we estimate fluent knowledge of English and basic knowledge of Turkish language;
collaboration skills, ability to work in team; experience of work with children and youngsters would be an
advantage.
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KINDERGARDEN (2011-TR-22)
Our volunteers can choose from 3 different kindergardens initiated by Gazi University Education
Faculty or Gazi University Foundation. All of them are situated in a place easy to reach in a nice, peaceful and
green area. The environment is very friendly providing a big variety of possibilities for the children to spend
enjoyable but also effective time. Plays, English workshops, movie minutes, excursions, outdoor activities,
special events make the life of the children more colourful.
Our volunteers are working with different age groups in the kindergarden situated in Gazi campus. They
take part in various activities which cover different topics, always trying to add an international flair. Through
presentations, games, creative and leisure activities they try to promote their cultures, countries and languages
and therefore increase the children’s knowledge. In exchange the volunteers can also easily discover Turkish
culture and language. Supported by the kindergarden teachers they can get to know the educational system of
Turkey and contribute with new learning methods. Our aim is to create awareness for different cultures and
also show that there is things we all have got in common, in the majority of the cases using non-formal learning
methods. We hope that by doing a good job our volunteers can be valuable members of the local community.
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PROJECT OFFICE (2011-TR-23)
The projects related to Youth, Lifelong Learning and 7.Framework Programmes are written and
managed in the office situated in Gazi University Campus. Each NewProject requires the information flow and
labour. Gazi University offers a golden oppurtunity for young people who want to write their projects and to
implement in their own countries and for you so long as you share the knowlegde gained with the sending
organizations. Our volunteers will interest the writing, management and final report the 1.1,1.2,3.1,4.3 and 5.1
active in the field of youth and involve in the Project by establishing a dialogue with adult people in the brain
team of the Grundtvig projects. The volunteers participating and making the projects will learn education and
working activities, organize various celebrations and seminar and take part in Project team of the production
of national and international projects. Besides, the volunteers will gain teamwok and ability to adjust and
manage the organization.
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YOUTH CLUB (2011-TR-18)
The volunteers involved in the Project will organize seminar, travel, meeting and festival with the
student community at the Gazi University. They will organize information seminar in order to eliminate the
cultural differences and to vaccine the European awareness. In this context, they will go to high and middle
schools with the college students and young people will gain in this way the awareness of the European. Thanks
to the Eurodesk Focal Points, the Office has a lot of possibilites like to bring together the Turkish National
Agency experts and the volunteers, to deliver problems, and find the solutions in a short time. In this way,
volunteers obtain the oppurtunities to benefit from the experiences of experts about writing project and to
have adequate knowledge for projects when they return to their country. The volunteers will raise the
recognition of EU by transmission of the EVS, Youth actions and the other European projects to the young
generations.
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YOUTH NGO (2011-TR-19)
As it is known, the most important strength of a society is the number and their owned facilities of
NGO (non governmental organizations). We want to provide young people become conscious, develop dialogue
with the society and and aware that they are individuals in the community. In this context, the volunteers
involved in the Project will prepare flier working together with the NGO and take an active role in various
festival, games and social projects. They will discuss the social problems of the young people in the study and
prepare reports and brochures so as to find solutions. They will take part as a whole for all projects. Among
the mains objectives will be to collect material during the studies, to interview with the young people and to
raise the awareness by publishing magazines for them.
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Requirements ; The applicant must be at least 18 years old.
It is important for us that the potential volunteer is very positive, full of energy and ready to do things.
He or she should be interested in sharing their culture and be ready to take the initiative.
Additionally he or she should be able to work under pressure, be self-confident and ready to take on
responsibilities.
We are looking forward to hosting volunteers with a sense of humour to life!
Support for our Volunteers ;
EVS volunteers will be supported by the Programme Coordinator and a Mentor in all their tasks.
Their Mentor will have experience with the EU Youth in Action Programmes, have advanced English skills
and insure that the volunteer is well lodged and happy. Additionally the Mentor will help with all
administrative questions which might arise and accompany the volunteer to the hospital or to see a doctor if
needed.
During this project in generally, our volunteers have chance to discover Turkish culture from inside, being part
of it, living and working in Turkey's capital city. They will learn Turkish language at the Turkish language
Teaching Center of Gazi university, or get private lessons from an expert of Turkish language. Our volunteers
also would get experience of working with students of various age.
Draft Programme ;
Volunteers will work max. 30 hours per week and are entitled to have 2 free days per month, which can be – on
agreement with the tutor – combined to create a longer period.
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EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE (EVS) - SENDING
GazıUniversity Project Coordination Implementation and Research Center have sent 420
volunteers to our partner’s organizations yet. We have 33 different partners in 14 countries. We are
working with our partners about all Youth in Action Projects. Our aims are that improve to the
quality of projects and make a good relationship with partners. When we select our volunteers for
sending partner’s organizations, we can make an interview with them. We give information about our
partners and collect their Europass CV’s and ML’s. When they are selected for projects , we invite and
make a presentation about travelling and another important issues. Every deadline we can write new
sending projects for our new partners.
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Some of Our Partners ;
- Compass Európai Ifjúsági Közösségért Egyesület (Hungary)
- Polip Ifjúsági Egyesület (Hungary)
- Orfeas A.M.K.E (Greece)
- DEKTEX- Municipality of Xilokastro (Greece)
- DHKEB Velo (Greece)
- Associação de Amizade Luso-Turca – Lisboa (Portugal)
- Asociación Cultural Ingalicia (Spain)
- YouNet Sicilia (Italy)
- Europejskie Forum Mlodziezy (Poland)
- Centre Culturel TURKUAZ asbl (Luxemburg)
- Urzad Gminy Dobra (Poland)
- Verein 4YOUgend (Austria)
- Jaunimo savanoriðkos veiklos centras ''Deineta'' ( Lithuania)
- Jaunatne par iesaistisanos (Latvia)
- Association des Compagnons Bâtisseurs asbl (Belgium)
- Mission Locale de Villeurbanne (France)
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Our EVS experiences are ; - The Youth Volunteer Bridges for the EU’s Future (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-3-2008-R1
- Toward European Identity: Creating Shared-Values Among Youth of Different Cultures (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-100-2008-R5
- Active Youth Participation in NGOs (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-26-2009-R2
- Learning to live with others (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-74-2009-R3
- Common Future (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-93-2009-R4
- Come Together (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-24-2010-R1
- Cultural Interaction (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-40-2010-R2
- Make a Difference (H)
Reference Number: TR-21-76-2010-R3
- Sharing EVS Experiences (M)
Reference Number: TR-43-219-2010-R4
- Discovering New Culture (H)
Reference Number: TR-21-113-2010-R4
- Youth on the Move (H)
Reference Number: TR-21-148-2010-R5
-Join Us! (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-23-2011-R1
-New Bridges on Volunteerism (H)
Reference Number: TR-21-81-2011-R2
-GAZİng at the end of rainbow (S)
Reference Number: TR-21-80-2011-R2
(S) ; Sending, (H) ; Hosting, (M) ; Evaluation Meeting
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DO YOU WANT TO JOIN US?
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DON’T HESITATE TO ASK US:
Project Coordinator
B. Sc. Mustafa Orhan KANSU Research Assistant Youth Programme Supervisor Eurodesk Local Contact Point ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gazi University Tel :+90 312 202 38 68 Project Coordination Implementation Fax:+90 312 202 38 69 and Research Center ---------------------------------- Rectorship of Gazi University www.project.gazi.edu.tr 06500 Ankara/TURKEY [email protected]