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Original article | International Journal of Language and Education Research 2020, Vol. 2(2) 29-40

Teaching Turkish in Belarus

Ayfer Kara

pp. 29 - 40   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijler.2020.243.3   |  Manu. Number: MANU-2004-25-0002

Published online: August 25, 2020  |   Number of Views: 30  |  Number of Download: 747


Abstract

Belarus is even though geographically far away to our country; it is a state with which Turkey has relations in recent history and maintains this relation in a positive atmosphere. The history of Belarus, which was once a vassal of the Golden Horde State, bears the traces of the struggle between Lithuania, Poland and Russia. The Belarus which has origin mainly from the north was forced to knuckle under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century after the 13th century Tatar invasion. Poles seized the Belarus in 1572. At the end of 1654 it was corporated into the territory of the Russian Tsar and became one of the republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) by the the Bolshevik Revolution (Panov, 2012). The White Russian aristocrats who supported the White Army during the Bolshevik Revolution came to Istanbul following the invasion of the Red Army and lived and sympathized with the Turks for a while. With the dissolution of the Soviet USSR in 1991, Turkey was the first country to recognize Belarus and then very important diplomatic relations were established between these countries. This situation led to an increased interest towards Turkey and Turkish language. Turkish language started to be offered as an elective and first language course within the universities. In this study, the teaching of Turkish language in Belarus in the years 1995-2019 will be examined and suggestions will be made on what can be done to improve Turkish in the future of Belarus.

Keywords: Belarus, Turkey, Teaching Turkish.


How to Cite this Article?

APA 6th edition
Kara, A. (2020). Teaching Turkish in Belarus . International Journal of Language and Education Research, 2(2), 29-40. doi: 10.29329/ijler.2020.243.3

Harvard
Kara, A. (2020). Teaching Turkish in Belarus . International Journal of Language and Education Research, 2(2), pp. 29-40.

Chicago 16th edition
Kara, Ayfer (2020). "Teaching Turkish in Belarus ". International Journal of Language and Education Research 2 (2):29-40. doi:10.29329/ijler.2020.243.3.