Programs at Turkish & American Universities/Colleges
initiated, Facilitated and/or sponsored by TCA
2010
Date: April 19, 2010
Turkish citizens of African Descent
Speaker: Esma Durugonul (Akdeniz University)
Venue: Spelman College - Atlanta, GA
Details: Attended by Spelman & Morehouse faculty and students.
Date: April 7, 2010
A series of Nez Perce battles between the tribes and the United States government
Speaker: Bob Long (Former VP, NBC News Los Angeles)
Venue: Hacettepe University - Ankara, Turkey
Details: Attended by Hacettepe faculty and students.
Date: April 2, 2010
US-Turkish Relations Through Jazz: Ahmet Ertegun and Arif Mardin
Speaker: Maurice Jackson (Georgetown University
Venue: Bahcesehir University - Istanbul, Turkey
Detail:Evening reception to be attended by Members of Congress participating in the March codel trip, guests of Bahcesehir University.
Date: April 2, 2010
The meaning and relation of jazz and black music to social progress
Speaker: Maurice Jackson (Georgetown University)
Venue:
Bahcesehir University - Istanbul, Turkey.
Detail: Attended by students of the American Culture and Studies program.
Date: April 1, 2010
US-Turkish Relations Through Jazz: Ahmet Ertegun and Arif Mardin
Speaker: Maurice Jackson (Georgetown University)
Venue: Hacettepe University - Ankara, Turkey
Details: Gala celebrating the opening of Turkey's first jazz conservatory to be attended by Members of Congress, Hacettepe Rector, US Ambassador to Turkey, Turkish Ambassador to US.
Date: March 20, 2010
A Social, Cultural and Political Power
Speaker: David Cuthell (Institute of Turkish Studies)
Turkey at the Crossroads: the Reemergence of Turkey as
Venue: South Dakota State University - Sioux Falls, SD.
Details: Workshop sponsored in conjunction with the South Dakota World Affairs Council is open to South Dakota educators to inform them about Turkey.
Date: March 11 - April 28, 2010
Turkish perspective
Speaker: Esma Durugonul (Akdeniz University)
Venue: Cheyney University - Cheyney, PA
Details: As part of her fulbright scholarship, Dr. Durugonul offered a Turkish perspective to various Cheyney university classes.Attended by Cheyney faculty and students.
Date: March 8, 2010
Turning Jazz into Literature: Langston Hughes in Three Genres
Speakers: Donna Akiba, Sullivan Harper (Spelman College)
Venue: Bahcesehir University - Istanbul, Turkey
Details: Attended by students of the American Culture and Studies program.
Date: March 5, 2010
Turning Jazz into Literature: Langston Hughes in Three Genres
Speakers: Donna Akiba, Sullivan Harper (Spelman College)
Venue: Hacettepe University - Ankara, Turkey
Details: The audience of about 200 included Hacettepe University students mostly from the American Literature department, faculty, as well as Tom Leary from the US Embassy in Turkey.
Date: February 11, 2010
African American-Turkish Connections Through the Arts: James Baldwin's Turkish Decade
Speaker: Magdalena Zaborowska (University of Michigan)
Venue: Spelman College - Atlanta, GA
Details: Attended by Honorary Representative Mona Diamond, as well as Spelman + Morehouse students and faculty.
Date: January 25, 2010
US-Turkish Relations
Speakers: Burak Kuntay (Bahcesehir University)
Venue: Spelman College - Atlanta, GA
Details: An audience of 40-50 participants from Spelman and Morehouse faculty and students.
Date: November 1 - 22, 2009
Native American survival through language and culture, as well as Native American history
Speakers: Evelina Lucero (Institute of American Indian Arts), Stephen Fadden (Institute of American Indian Arts), Valerian Three Irons (South Dakota State University), Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert (Northern Arizona University), Christine Gilbert (Northern Arizona University)
Venue: Ondokuz Mayis University - Samsun, Turkey; Abant Izzet Baysal University - Bolu, Turkey; Bogazici University, Koc University, Halic University, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul Technical University, Ozyegin University, Sabanci University - Istanbul, Turkey; Bilkent University, Hacettepe University, Middle East Technical University - Ankara, Turkey.
Details: Comprehensive Lecture Tour brought together Native American educators and Turkish faculty and students in 4 cities in Turkey. The trip included a Native American Conference - first of its kind - at Hacettepe University in Ankara.
Date: October 5, 2009
African American-Turkish Connections Through the Arts: James Baldwin and Ahmet Ertegun
Speakers: Magdalena Zaborowska (University of Michigan), Maurice Jackson (Georgetown University)
Venue: Georgetown University - Washington, DC
Details: Attended by Congressmen Cohen and Conyers. Co-hosted by Institute of Turkish Studies. Other attendants include Georgetown Students, members of the Turkish American community and general public.
Date: June 3-12, 2009
Turkish higher education system
Speakers: Meldan Tanrisal (Hacettepe University), Ahmet Bulut (Ondokuz Mayis University), Berrak Teymur (Istanbul Technical University), Recep Boztemur (Middle East Technical University
Venue: Howard University - Washington, DC; Spelman & Morehouse Colleges - Atlanta, GA; Oglala Lakota College - Rapid City, SD; University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM; Institute of American Indian Arts - Santa Fe, NM; St. Mary's University - San Antonio, TX.
Details: Turkish Faculty Lecture Tour at Minority Serving Institutions, attended by faculty and students.
Date: January 9-17, 2009
Exposing Turkish faculty and students to the education system in the United with a special emphasis on minority and tribal education experiences
Speakers: Keisha Abraham (Florida Memorial University), Karamo Barrow (Clark Atlanta University), Minnie Battle Mayes (North Carolina A&T), Al Branum (South Dakota State University), Verna Mae Fowler (College of Menominee Nation), Norma George (Cheyney University), Charles Baquet (Xavier University), Nicholas Bassey (UNCFSP), Carrie Billy (AIHEC), Margery Ganz (Spelman College), Willard Gilbert (Northern Arizona University), Gregory Hall (Morehouse College), Cinnamon Hunter (Bennett College), Constance Lundy (Lincoln University), Rebecca Reviere (Howard University), Maxine Sample (Virginia State University), Joti Sekhon (Winston Salem SU), Akiba Harper (Spelman College), Ahniwake Rose (NCAI), Harold Scott (Howard University).
Location: Bahcesehir University - Istanbul, Turkey; Middle East Technical University, Bilkent and TOBB Universities - Ankara, Turkey; Georgetown McGhee Center - Alanya, Antalya.
Details: January tour was sponsored by TCA to acquaint US educators with Turkish system, while exposing them to study abroad opportunities available in Turkey.
2008
November 15-22, 2008
Turkey: A Strategic U.S. Partner – Now, and in the Future
Speaker: Ambassador Faruk Logoglu
Location: Howard University -Washington, DC; North Carolina A & T State University - Greensboro, NC; Winston-Salem State University - Winston-Salem, NC; World Affairs Council, Duke University - Durham, NC; Spelman College - Atlanta, GA.
Details: Speaking tour sponsored by TCA took Dr. Logoglu to 5 Historically Black Colleges and Universities where he address faculty and students as well as members of the Turkish American community.
March 26 - April 2, 2008
Study Tour of Turkey to expose Black educators to opportunities for collaboration in Turkey
Speakers: Darryl Crompton (UNCFSP), Megan Woo (UNCFSP), Kimberle Osborne (UNCFSP), Elizabeth El'Khodary (University of Maryland), Tinaz Pavri (Spelman College), David Garnett (UNCFSP), Lea Williams (NCA&T), Doria Stitts (Winston Salem).
Location: Bahcesehir University, Koc University, Bilgi University, Istanbul Technical University, Kadir Has University, Sabanci University, Yeditepe University - Istanbul, Turkey; Baskent University, Bilkent University, Hacettepe University, Middle East Technical University - Ankara, Turkey; Georgetown McGhee Center - Alanya, Turkey.
Details: March tour was sponsored by TCA to acquaint US educators with Turkish system, while exposing them to study abroad opportunities available in Turkey.
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