Turkey Wants Mongolia To Shut Down Turkish Schools

Just ten years ago, Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc recalled a dramatic scene. One diplomat dropped his teacup upon hearing that he was posted to Mongolia with 5,000 USD, special residence, and a car — a lavish job at that time. “How can I live there?” the diplomat reportedly asked, according to Arinc. He noted that there are, however, some highly qualified Turkish teachers who defied the odds and went to teach Mongolian children with only $300 salary.

International festival of language and culture held in Ulaanbaatar

An international festival of language and culture is taking place today at the Chinggis Square in Ulaanbaatar, according to GoGo.

Mongolia’s Elite Schools sponsor reading halls at pediatric hospital

The Turkish-initiated Elite International Schools in Mongolia provided a state pediatric hospital at the capital city Ulaanbaatar with new reading halls for its young residents. At the ribbon cutting ceremony were the schools’ officials, students and hospital authorities along with the local press.

Kimse Yok Mu reach out its helping held by distributing meat in Mongolia

Kimse Yok Mu, one of the biggest charity organizations in Turkey, just like every, this year also did not forget those who need in Mongolia. The meat of the cattle, which were sacrificed in some parts of Mongolia on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha, was distributed to Mongolian families by volunteers of Kimse Yok Mu.

Kimse Yok Mu reaches out to orphans in Mongolia

International charity organization Kimse Yok Mu extended helping hand to orphanages in Mongolia during the holy month of Ramadan.

Kimse Yok Mu distributes heating stoves in Mongolia

Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM) recently gave away heating stoves to the needy in Mongolia. The recipient Mongolians in Erdenet city, located 400 km away from the capital Ulan Bator, expressed thanks to the foundation officials.

Kimse Yok Mu distributes aid to Mongolian orphans

Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM), which has a well record of aid efforts for needy Mongolians, remembered the orphan as well. The foundation gave away donations at the orphanage in the capital Ulan Bator. 97 children in total received their aid packages from the KYM volunteers in Mongolia. Among the orphan, rejoiced at the gifts, a girl recited a poem in honor of KYM.

Deceased Mongolian teacher becomes Twitter trending topic

Mongolian teacher Galimbek Sharivkhan, who died in a car accident in South Africa on Saturday, has become a trending topic on Twitter with the hashtag #MoğolistanınAdemTatlısı (Mongolia's Adem Tatlı) making the social networking site's trending topics lists for the world and Turkey on Saturday night.

Turkish schools bear their fruits in Mongolia too

Turkish school’s alumni in Mongolia have launched the businessmen association Businessmen of the Land of Blue Sky (BASIC).

A notable award for Mongolian-Turkish schools

The Turkish schools operating in Mongolia have been awarded “Most Effective Institution Award”, in recognition of their contributions to Mongolia in the field of education.

Young Mongolians dream of studying at Turkish schools

Mongolian students, who deem the Turkish schools in the country as the keys to secure a bright future, sweated out the entrance exam of the schools.

Turkish-Mongolian ties to reach new heights

The ties between Turkey and Mongolia, which have remained relatively modest so far, are expected to get a substantial boost with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit this week.

Turkish schools are selected best high schools in Mongolia

Mongolia selected the bests of 2012. Turkish schools that have served in the country for 18 years took the first place among high schools. The global Turkish schools, which are founded by philanthropists, keep being popular. The Turkish schools in Mongolia were founded in 1994. More than 3000 students have graduated so far. Students from all segments of the society get education at these schools.

Former students speaking Turkish in advertorials

Arzu Kılıç

The advertorial movies of the 10th International Turkish Olympiads are on TV.

Turkish Olympiads built on legacy of linguistic, cultural interaction

Mesut Çevikalp

Some 1,000 students from 130 countries have come to Turkey to attend the Ninth International Turkish Olympics. Students from different cultures are bringing their poems, songs and folk dances to the Turkish language festival.

This year’s Olympiads, themed after Yunus Emre’s famous call, “Come and let’s get acquainted,” are much more colorful. In line with this year’s theme, students are expected to promote their own culture along with Turkish language and culture.

130 countries to be represented at 9th Turkish Olympiads

Today's Zaman

The 9th International Turkish Language Olympiads will be held with contestants coming from 130 countries.

The Olympiads are organized by the International Turkish Education Association (TÜRKÇEDER). The introductory meeting for the Olympiads was held in Taksim Ceylan InterContinental Otel. The association has produced various commercial films for the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe which were shown in the introductory meeting.