Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA);
The Light Millennium, Charitable Global Human Advancement Org (LMGlobal);
Turkish Women League of America (TWLA),
Associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications;
and Association of Turkish Americans of Southern California (ATASC)
Jointly Organize and Present a Webinar on:
Celebrating International Mother Language Day (21 February)
Learning Turkish and Turkic Languages on
Digital Environment in the United States:
Challenges and Opportunities
Sunday, February 20, 2022
12:00pm-230pm ET | 11:00am-1:30pm CT | 9:00am-12:00pm PT
17:00-19:30 UK | 18:00-20:30 GR | 20:00-22:30 TR
Language: Bilingual #Turkish #English.
Webinar will be presented back to back in two different sessions.
Please REGISTER in advance by clicking on the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1ASj21erSdyRru7sDxXoZQ
All registered attendees will receive a link to join the webinar.
For more detailed information, please click here.
T E N T A T I V E P R O G R A M
(As of February 17, 2022)
First Session (In Turkish)
“Celebrating International Mother Language Day through Turkish”
Opening Music by
AKM Çocuk Korosu, Atatürk Çocukları Şarkısı, ATAMLA
Can Gözümoğulları, Eda Aksoy, Selin Ayşe Müdar and Kezban Aslan
Welcoming Remarks by
MAZLUM KOŞMA
President, Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA)
Introduction by
BİRCAN ÜNVER
Founder-President of The Light Millennium (LMGlobal)
Keynote Speaker
GÜLGÛN FEYMAN
Anchorwoman, Presenter, Writer, Diction Instructor
A surprise short video to illustrate the scope of the digital environment
Presentations by
Turkish Women’s League of America (TWLA) and
New York Atatürk School
Introductions by
Sermin Özçilingir, President, TWLA
Ayça Ergisi, Principal, NY Atatürk School (Video)
Mar Deniz Gömez-Koldemir, Alumna, NY Atatürk School (2018)
Efe Yenigün, Alumna, NY Atatürk School (2015)
Association of Turkish Americans of Southern California (ATASC)
Introduction by
Nilay Senel-Nylund, President, (ATASC)
ATASC-San Diego Turkish School
Introduction by
Didem Brott, President, ATASC-SD Turkish School
Reading performances by
Emre Brott, “Andımız”;
Duru Kıncal, “Selected quotes by Atatürk,
Derin Balcı and Ege Balcı “Why we should speak Turkish”;
Mert Arslan, Nazım Hikmet’s poem “Davet”;
Reyhan Sıdal, Atatürk’s “Nutuk for Children; The speech of Atatürk for children”;
Anka Engin, “Learning Turkish language on a digital platform” and
Psychologist Gökçe Boz, “What does it feel like to be a graduate of Turkish School?”
Empowering the Turkish American Community (ETAC-USA)
Presentations by
Ayla Sönmez Birer, ETAC Çocuk Kulübü üyesi
Atlas Yurdutemiz, ETAC Çocuk Kulübü üyesi
Yağmur Yazıcı, ETAC Çocuk Kulübü üyesi
Tutku Birik, “Selam” Poem by Ahmet Muhip Dranas, Student, ETAC Children’s Club
Turkish American Cultural Alliance (TACA)
Atatürk Elementary School
Introductions by
Vildan Görener, President, TACA
Ceren Cevher Rodriguez, Director, Atatürk Elementary School
Atatürk Okulu öğrencileri – Şiir okuma – “Mustafa Kemal’i Düşünüyorum”
Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Liyah ve Leila Taylor
Atatürk Okulu anasınıfı öğrencileri (Video)
Turkish American Repertory Theater & Entertainment (TARTE)
Introduction by
Ayşe Eldek, Founder/Artistic Director, TARTE
Turkish poems:
“Sessiz Gemi”, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı cited by Ayşe Eldek
“Gidisini Anlatıyorum”, Rıfat Ilgaz cited by Ezgi Cohen
“Tepeden”, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı cited by Feryal Kilisli
Special Project Chapter – Atatürk Memorials Chapter (ATAMLA)
Introduction by
Vega Sankur, President, ATAMLA
Turkish Poem “Daha Güzel Bir Dünya” Rıfkı Kaymaz cited by Selin Ayşe Müdar
Moderator & Closing Remarks
BİRCAN ÜNVER
Founder-President of The Light Millennium,
Charitable Global Human Advancement Organization
End of First Session
Second Session (In English)
Learning Turkish and Turkic Languages on Digital Environment
in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator
Professor Sibel Erol
Middle Eastern Studies, New York University
Keynote Speaker
Feride Hatiboğlu, PhD
President of the American Association of
Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT)
Panelists
Professor Timur Kocaoğlu
International Relations, James Madison College
Michigan State University
Müge Satar, PhD
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL,
Newcastle University, UK
Güliz Kuruoğlu, PhD
Turkic Languages and linguistics
[Retired] Lecturer, UCLA
Interactive Session
Closing Remarks
Contributing Organizations:
Association of Turkish Americans – Southern California, San Diego (ATASC-SD)
Special Project Chapter–Atatürk Memorials Chapter (ATAMLA)
Empowering the Turkish American Community (ETAC-USA)
Turkish American Cultural Alliance (TACA)
Turkish American Repertory Theater & Entertainment (TARTE)
International Mother Language Day was established by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1999 to celebrate languages and promote international understanding through multilingualism and multiculturalism.
#IMLD2022 #A_T_A_A #LMGlobal #lightmillennium #TWLA #NYAtaturkOkulu #MotherLanguageDay #UNESCO #Multilingualism #UNWithCivilSociety #UNDGC_CSO #GNECNGO
