The Minority Languages Dilemmas in Turkey: A Critical Approach to an Emerging Literature

Autor/inn/en	Ozfidan, Burhan; Burlbaw, Lynn M.; Aydin, Hasan
Titel	The Minority Languages Dilemmas in Turkey: A Critical Approach to an Emerging Literature
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Issues, 4 (2018) 1, S.1-19 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2377-2263
Schlagwörter	Language Minorities; Foreign Countries; Ethnic Groups; Semitic Languages; Turkish; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Native Language Instruction; Educational History; Elective Courses; Textbooks; Indo European Languages; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachminderheit; Ausland; Ethnie; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Türkisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Elective course; Wahlkurs; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Indoeuropäisch; Türkei
Abstract	Turkey comprises many ethnic groups other than Turks including, but not limited to, Armenians, Assyrians, Alevi, Arabs, Circassians, Greeks, Kurds, Laz, and Zaza. These groups are ethnically different from Turks and were incorporated into the Ottoman Empire's eastern provinces with de facto autonomy. The main objective of this study is to illustrate the need for a language curriculum and identify the obstacles that minority groups encountered in Turkey. This study examines three large communities: Arabs, Kurds, and Laz. The results indicate that minority people in Turkey who had poor Turkish language education were unable to learn their mother tongue within the formal educational settings from the foundation of the republic until 2012. Some of the ethnic groups' languages, such as Laz, Kurdish, and Arabic, were started at schools as elective courses, but few, if any, textbooks written in these languages exist. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01