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Eighty pct of women in Diyarbakır are illiterate
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:05 pm |
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http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=61222
Just finished reading this news article!! It makes for scary reading! And this is the modern world? Sounds to me like the land that time forgot!! I'm interested to know people's opinions on this.
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:06 pm |
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Quoting irishdon: http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=61222
Just finished reading this news article!! It makes for scary reading! And this is the modern world? Sounds to me like the land that time forgot!! I'm interested to know people's opinions on this. |
yeh there have been quite a lot of articles about this..normally from small villages..sad really 
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:13 pm |
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Turkey has progressed so much in the last 40-50 years and I think people forget this. Illiteracy will be something of the past in a couple of more generations 
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:23 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Turkey has progressed so much in the last 40-50 years and I think people forget this. Illiteracy will be something of the past in a couple of more generations |
I hope the same with you but I am not that optimistic. In every country there is illiteracy, I do not know how much in all Turkey but i am afraid it will not disappear in just a few generations (in my country, 16 million people, are 1,5 million illiterate of which 1 million native Dutch!). Besides the fact that I hope that more people have a good education in general, I hope that mostly women get more chances in this, they are often in second place when it comes to the question 'school or not'.
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:23 pm |
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its so silly in east turkey..still there r tribes and ppl still strictly tied to their old fashioned believes like not letting girls study but when it comes to taking their women to the doctors they prefer female doctors..its not sensible...almost silly and yes more than silly ....the teachers, the mayors and even the governors of these cities go to their houses and ask them to send their girls to the school but they refuse ...and they make them marry smtms at 15 or later....
its a pity and shame but they r free ...and they have their rights to say sth on their girls so we just wish and hope
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:39 pm |
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its not a good excuse dudie we need to educate everybody cos this ll help them to see the real world and realities..it ll help to reduce the suicide rate and joining in terrorist groups and also ll amke them a real citizen who knows their rights and aws in turkiye...it shouldnt be covered and forgotten we should insist on educate them...and maybe take their freedom on their kids who knows...its hard so hard...here the compulsory education is 12 years but in eat turkiye they let their kids go school five years then dont let them to go school...
and most fo the kids who comes to schools dont know turkish so the teachers are tring to teach them turkish and then trying to teach sth...and when we consider the terrorrism and poverty and the other conditions like heavy winter its really hard ...goverment has many schools with dormitories der and they r all free but they even dont let them to stay der...its such a complicated situation but the whole turkiye must do sth for this...and at most of the universities ppl sends their books novels and clothes to these cities ..but its not enough..we must work harder
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:45 pm |
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Ramayan - I never thought I would say this (hehe) but great post!!! Its so interesting to hear more about Turkey from Turkish people here, and kind of answers Libralady's comments on another thread...
Keep it up "dude" 
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:45 pm |
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Agree Ramayan, everyone should be educated. But when people choose (e.g. by lack of enough money for school) it very often are boys who are allowed to go not girls. Therefore I say let's hope girls get (more) chances.
And not only East-Turkey! I have a Turkish student now from a village/city near Konya, he is only 32 years old and he cannot read and write. We are teaching him the alphabet yet. So it is not only older people or remoted areas!
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08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:49 pm |
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Quoting Trudy: Agree Ramayan, everyone should be educated. But when people choose (e.g. by lack of enough money for school) it very often are boys who are allowed to go not girls. Therefore I say let's hope girls get (more) chances.
And not only East-Turkey! I have a Turkish student now from a village/city near Konya, he is only 32 years old and he cannot read and write. We are teaching him the alphabet yet. So it is not only older people or remoted areas! |
exactly dude but lately goverment gives books free and also for east turkey many thing is free or cheaper than western turkiye...and about girls yes they need more chances....
hey ur students age is not late to learn dudie ... when we consider his teacher he is so lucky comparing to other girls and boys of east part 
hhee
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