Project Start & End Date: 01.04.2015 to 13.06.2016

Project Summary:

As part of project “İlçemin, Şehrim İstanbul’un Kültürel Mirasını Öğreniyorum ve Arkadaşlarımla Paylaşıyorum”, 6 stories which mainly focus at cultural heritage within Beşiktaş and Historical Peninsula regions are fictionalized. There are two main reasons why the books were translated into German. First reason is to raise awareness of Turkey’s cultural heritage especially for the children who are native German speakers and visiting or living in Turkey and to contribute to the efforts of promoting Turkey as a destination. Other reason is to provide these books to be used later as authentic education materials for the purpose of German Language education. Besides, it is thought that these books will be useful for creating an environment by which Turkish people living in Germany and their German contacts may share information regarding their own cultures and strengthen their awareness of Turkey’s cultural heritage.

Project Administration:

Serkan Özel, Associate Professor

ozels@boun.edu.tr

Project Manager

Felix Pirson, Professor

felix.pirson@dainst.de

Advisor

Bülent Himmetoğlu, Professor

bulent.himmetoglu@boun.edu.tr

Advisor

Meral Korzay, Professor

korzaymeral@gmail.com

Advisor

Supporting Institution & Organizations:

• Dalya Tourism / Okyanus Insulation Company

Other Information:

Translations are being evaluated by the instructors of Alman Özel Okulu and Dr. Felix Pirson.