Turkey, Turkish & Related Links

Special Note

  • Alla Turca This Central NY state band was "born to the passionate style of Mediterranean music.... Focused mainly on gipsy rumba sounds, the band strives to bring a great variety of tunes from a variety of countries including Spain, Turkey, Italy, Greece and more." They will be playing at the Syracuse University Turkish Club's & Turkish Student Association's celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Turkish Republic on October 30, 2003 - C,ok Gu:zel!

    Online Media

  • Turkish newspapers online
  • YayIn Online - Turkish radio stations available online. One of my favorites: Radyo Herku:l
  • Turkish Music and Lyrics
  • musto gusto music & more
  • Turkey Web and Internet Guide.. from The Search Beat
  • Al Jazeera online in English -- an alternative viewpoint to the western media

    General Info

  • Neslihan Saglam - great resource on Turkish language and culture
  • Turkish Cultural Foundation
  • Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism
  • University of Surrey Turkish Society (has some great general info on Turkiye as well as good links)

    Books, Reports, etc.

  • Soner Cagaptay, Director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (bio and biblio)
  • Turkey - Bibliography from the 1993 US Country Report. Excellent bunch of books, tho I'll have to look around for the updated version to get more recent articles, etc.
  • A Changing Turkey, The Challenge to Europe & the United States by Heinz Kramer, published by the Brookings Institute (full text available online).
  • Human Rights Watch Turkey Report
  • European Union: 2002 Regular Report on Turkey's Progress Toward Accession
  • European Union: Relations with Turkey - general information on Turkey, its relations with the European Union, and resources in regard to its desire to become a part of the European Union
  • Turkey: Embracing East and West. The Honorable Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank gives the Second Annual Sakip Sabanci Lecture, a Brookings Center on the U.S. and Europe Briefing. Also includes links to the Sabanci International Research Awards winning research papers. The 1st place winning paper is entitled "Beyond 'Bridges,' 'Crossroads' and 'Buffer Zones': Defining a New International Role for Turkey" by Dr. Lerna K. Yanik of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.
  • The Journal of Turkish Weekly contains opinion from Turkey

    Political/Administrative/Representative Bodies

  • Representation of the European Commission to Turkey // Avrupa Komisyonu Turkiye Temsilciligi
  • US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey
  • Human Rights Foundation of Turkey

    Education in Turkey

  • Overview of Turkish Educational System
  • Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education
  • Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) - dedicated to supplementary education for Turkish children

    Turkish Language (Turkc,e)

  • Turkish-English online dictionary at HAZAR.com
  • Yamada Language Center - Turkish Self-Study Resources
  • linguix Turkish Language Study Virtual Library
  • Language Exchange Community - learn and practice foreign languages
  • Ottoman Turkish and modern Turkish alphabets at Omniglot, "a guide to writing systems"
  • Turkish Gospel Resources

    Universities & Study Programs

  • Bilkent University (located in Ankara) - International Relations Department; Political Science & Public Administration Department
  • Bog'azic,i University (located in Istanbul) - Political Science & International Relations Department
  • Middle East Technical University - International Relations Program; Political Science Program
  • C,ankaya University (Ankara'da, Turkiye)
  • Bas,kent University (Ankara'da, Turkiye)

  • Summer Study Abroad Programs in Turkiye
  • Turkish Universities via zeal.com search
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    This page last updated 11 December, 2003 by Teresa V. Rice.