Center of Turkish Language

Our main tasks are as follows:

• Promotion of the Turkish language and culture;
• Development of educational, research, and cultural cooperation with Turkish universities;
• Monitoring of Turkeys’ and Russia’s international activities towards each other;
• Arrangement and supervision of cultural and educational programs between the two countries;
• Organization of programs to promote the Russian language in turkey and the Turkish language in Russia;
• Arrangement of joint exchange programs for students attending bachelor, master, or PhD courses;
• Organization of our students’ practical training at Turkish universities, with which Astrakhan State University cooperates;
• Attraction of new students wishing to study Turkish;
• Researches in the field of the Turkish language and Russian-Turkish relations.

To meet its goals, the Center of Turkish Language performs the following activities:

• Interacts with other units of ASU to promote the Turkish language and culture;
• Arranges cultural events and programs for their participants to learn more about the Turkish language and culture;
• Organizes evening courses of Turkish;
• Establishes relations with other center of the Turkish language both in Russia and outside it;
• Prepares agreements of cooperation with Turkish universities;
• Invites Turkish native speakers (faculty and research staff of Turkish universities) to deliver classes of Turkish at Astrakhan State University;
• Monitoring and promotion of information related to programs of language and research training in Turkey;
• Participation in regional, national, and international contests and competitions in the Turkish language, literature, and culture;
• Teaching Turkish students at Astrakhan State University.
• We also cooperate with the Embassy of Turkey to the Russian Federation, with Sakarya University, with Culture University (Istanbul), and with international centers of the Turkish language.