Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language Certification Program organised by collaboration of Yunus Emre Enstitüsü and Sakarya University, took start on July 18^th 2016.

Opening ceremony was attended by Sakarya University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Musa Eken, Sakarya TÖMER Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alpaslan Okur, Sakarya TÖMER Member of Board and Dean of Faculty of Education  Prof. Dr. Firdevs Karahan, Sakarya TÖMER Member of Board and Dean of Faculty of Science and Literature Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Daşçıoğlu.

Speakers condemned the  unfortunate event that took place in Turkey on the night of July 15 and said “May God rest the souls of those martyred” and wished those wounded to get well soon. Speakers marked that such a heinous attempt affected all institutions and sectors in Turkey however it will particularly affect the field of teaching Turkish to foreigners which is the gate opening to the world. Speakers continued as follows: “A stable Turkey means a growing Turkey; a growing Turkey means a Turkish language that becomes widespread and popular. There can be no development or stability with anti-democratic practices. Foreign students rushing to Turkey to study in recent years shows us that there is growth and stability. The number of Yunus Emre institutes abroad increase each day. There is growing interest towards Turkish language and consequently the demand for Turkish instructors for foreigners rises.”

Participants will attend the classes in Sakarya TÖMER as supervisors until noon and will receive theoretical trainings from expert instructors from various universities in the afternoons. Successful participants will receive their certificates on August 12^th 2016.