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 Kennesaw State University's (KSU) Year of Country Study program uses a multidisciplinary approach in order to provide its audience with a richer, more complex sense of a place and community. For this purpose the academic year of 2008-2009 has been selected as the Year of Turkey. The aim of the Country Study program is, over the course of a full academic year, to take a wide-ranging look at a specific country or region under study from its earliest history right up to current events. It is KSU's belief that in order to understand and appreciate other countries and cultures, one needs to employ a broad lens and engage the “other” on a myriad of levels. The program allows faculty and student participants, and community guests to break down stereotypes and connect across cultures. All events are free and open to the public.
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Istanbul Center, a unit of Global Spectrum Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)3 public charity, non-profit, non-governmental and non-partisan organization established in 2002 to promote a better understanding and closer relations between individuals and communities, building bridges between the Turkish, American and other communities in Atlanta and the Southeastern United States. As part of our Mission Statement here at Istanbul Center, we seek above all to proactively contribute to solving educational, cultural, environmental, social and humanitarian issues. We also work towards contributing to world peace by showcasing the Turkish historical experience of the “Art of Living Together” via respect, acceptance, dialogue, love, richness of faith and culture. Since its inception, Istanbul Center continues to serve the local community via numerous successful activities that are varied in size and scope. There are four major areas which Istanbul Center embraces as its areas of concentration: education, culture, dialogue and humanitarian work. As the population of Turkish-Americans is expected to grow in the coming years, the size of the Turkish community in Metro Atlanta is currently estimated to be over ten thousand. In addition to this growth of the Turkish-American community, the general public's attendance and participation in our events shows that there is a great interest in the Atlanta community for Turkish Culture.
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Kennesaw State University (KSU), the third-largest university in the University System of Georgia, is a comprehensive university with expanding undergraduate and graduate programs in Kennesaw, Georgia. This Atlanta suburb, located in Cobb County, is one of the most rapidly growing areas in the country. The university, too, has seen tremendous growth in its facilities in the last decade and now boasts more than one million square feet of space for administration, instruction and student support facilities. Nearly 20,000 commuter and residential students, including more than 1,700 from 136 countries, pursue their undergraduate and graduate studies at Kennesaw State. The student body is a mix of traditional and nontraditional students with an average age of 26. Approximately 20 percent of students are members of ethnic minorities. |
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