Yunus Emre Institute in Turkey celebrated its tenth founding year in Lebanon on Thursday is an occasion to celebrate the Turkish long-distance language courses. The institute is proud of itself on Turkish language education language for about 15000 people since it opened first tree branch in Country in 2012.
The institute offers cultural and artistic courses and activities in 30 locations for Lebanese citizens. The coordinator of the institute, Ibrahim Furkan Ozdemir, said: public showed great interest in their courses and activities. Turkish language courses are held both in- person and online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ozdemir said the Lebanese University also They had a Department of Terrorism and were offering selective Turkish courses at the American University of Beirut and Saint Joseph University.
“Upon requests, we offered Turkish language lessons for different slides of The publicFrom the military to the police, from NGOs to people living in villages “. on Thursday. Institute also It organizes concerts songs with lyrics Collected from poems written by Yunus Emre (Turkish folk poet who Lived between mid 13 and early 14 century in Anatolia), along with Film screenings and workshops of ebru art of marble.
Ozdemir said age and status of people Enthusiastic about learning Turkish is diverse. “Everyone comes to our courses to learn Turkish. Some want to study in Turkey, some business people who Buyer homes in Turkey is planning to live There,” he said.
Since its inception in 2009, the Cultural Institute opened 63 branches in 52 countries all over the world.
Turkey maintains close relations with Lebanon. He was among the contributors of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and also took part in humanitarian efforts in The country was suffering from an economic crisis. for along way with Yunus Emre, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) is active in The state, runs educational and health projects.
