Ondokuz Mayıs University Turkish Teaching Application and Research Center (OMÜ-TÜRKÇE) brought together international students learning Turkish at a meeting event.

In the meeting event in the garden of OMÜ-TÜRKÇE, international students coming to OMÜ from different countries met and mingled with each other and also had a chance to practice their beginner-level Turkish.

Addressing the students at the meeting event, OMÜ-TURKISH Director Prof. Dr. Bekir Şişman stated that they believe that international students will learn Turkish properly and said, "We are proud that you have chosen OMU. We will do our best to convey the subtleties of Turkish to you. For this reason, we plan to enrich Turkish teaching with social and cultural activities. We will always be there for you with your problems. Welcome to Samsun and our University."

400 students from 50 different countries

Four hundred international students from fifty different countries and five continents started learning Turkish at OMÜ-TÜRKÇE, which has been operating since 2013 with 28 academic staff, 23 of which are academic and five administrative staff.

Turkish courses are compatible with the European Language Portfolio

In addition, this year, it is planned to carry out the "Teaching Turkish to Foreigners Certificate Program" at OMÜ-TÜRKÇE and to organize various activities. Turkish courses at OMÜ-TÜRKÇE are given in the form of A1, A2, B1, B2, and C1 courses in approximately one thousand hours in accordance with the European Language Portfolio.

To date, 3,000 international students have learned Turkish.

At OMÜ-TÜRKÇE, where approximately 3 thousand international students have learned Turkish and received a "Turkish C1 Certificate" so far, the goals are high this year. In the 2022-2023 academic year, approximately 500 students are expected to enroll in the institution.

The courses, which started on October 3 this year, will end in June 2023.