turkey on our minds and in our classrooms - World Affairs Council
turkey on our minds and in our classrooms - World Affairs Council
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INTEGRATING STEM TOPICS INTO YOUR TEACHING<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> for Turkish: Dotted <strong>and</strong> Dotless Letter “I”<br />
http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/turkish-i18n.html<br />
Many software <strong>and</strong> web applicati<strong>on</strong>s that are already <strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>alized <strong>and</strong> successfully support many<br />
languages often suffer catastrophic failure when they add support for the Turkish language. This page<br />
expla<strong>in</strong>s the difficulty of support<strong>in</strong>g the Turkish language <strong>and</strong> typical soluti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
RESOURCES ON EDUCATION<br />
Republic of Turkey M<strong>in</strong>istry of Nati<strong>on</strong>al Educati<strong>on</strong><br />
http://www.meb.gov.tr/english/<strong>in</strong>dexeng.htm<br />
L<strong>in</strong>k leads to several annual statistical reports <strong>on</strong> the state of educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> Turkey. Reports are largely<br />
bil<strong>in</strong>gual (English <strong>and</strong> Turkish).<br />
Structure of the Turkish Educati<strong>on</strong> System<br />
http://www.disiliskiler.sakarya.edu.tr/master2.pdf<br />
This two-page guide c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s technical data <strong>on</strong> the structure of the Turkish educati<strong>on</strong> system (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
grad<strong>in</strong>g scale <strong>and</strong> requirements); page two c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s a flow chart show<strong>in</strong>g how the Turkish educati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
system is organized.<br />
TURKISH POLITICS AND ECONOMICS<br />
Energy <strong>and</strong> Turkey’s Foreign Policy: State Strategy, Regi<strong>on</strong>al Cooperati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Private Sector<br />
Involvement<br />
http://www.turkishpolicy.com/dosyalar/files/81-92.pdf<br />
This article def<strong>in</strong>es Turkey’s energy visi<strong>on</strong> with regard to its foreign policy. Turkey wants to take<br />
advantage of its geographic locati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>and</strong> is launch<strong>in</strong>g an energy agenda that requires new pipel<strong>in</strong>es,<br />
regi<strong>on</strong>al relati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> massive <strong>in</strong>vestments. As the article shows, the <strong>in</strong>teracti<strong>on</strong> between state<br />
strategy, regi<strong>on</strong>al cooperati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> private sector <strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>in</strong> the energy sector str<strong>on</strong>gly affects the<br />
shift <strong>in</strong> Turkish foreign policy.<br />
Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Cycles <strong>in</strong> Turkey <strong>and</strong> the European Uni<strong>on</strong> Countries<br />
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~berument/jec02.pdf<br />
This article assesses how the bus<strong>in</strong>ess cycles <strong>in</strong> Turkey co<strong>in</strong>cide with the bus<strong>in</strong>ess cycles of member <strong>and</strong><br />
c<strong>and</strong>idate countries of the European Uni<strong>on</strong>… The evidence provided <strong>in</strong> the paper suggests that…<br />
policies enhanc<strong>in</strong>g the macroec<strong>on</strong>omic stability <strong>and</strong> prevent<strong>in</strong>g crises are crucial for healthier<br />
synchr<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong> of the Turkish ec<strong>on</strong>omy with its EU counterparts.<br />
Turkey <strong>and</strong> the Internati<strong>on</strong>al M<strong>on</strong>etary Fund (IMF)<br />
http://www.imf.org/external/country/TUR/<br />
This site c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> reports provided by the IMF c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g their projects <strong>in</strong> Turkey.<br />
Invest <strong>in</strong> Turkey: Benchmark Comparis<strong>on</strong><br />
http://www.<strong>in</strong>vest.gov.tr/en-US/Benchmark<strong>in</strong>g/Pages/BenchmarkTurkey.aspx<br />
Search, analyze <strong>and</strong> compare Turkey’s level of competitiveness <strong>in</strong> different aspects by us<strong>in</strong>g userfriendly<br />
charts.<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Affairs</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Res<strong>our</strong>ce Packet: What the Rest of the <strong>World</strong> can Learn from Turkey Today – March 20, 2012 44
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