Vatan Sevgisi Bilgiden Kelir: National and Cultural Enlightenment Lessons. 2014
National and cultural enlightenment lessons “Love of the homeland comes from knowledge”.
▸ Cultural education courses were organised at the Faculty of Crimean Tatar and Turkish Philology of the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University as part of the national project "Love of the Homeland Comes from Knowledge" (National and Cultural Enlightenment Lessons). University students and guests invited from all over Crimea attended free of charge.
▸ The ten-lesson "Love of the Homeland Comes from Knowledge" courses were taught by Professor Ismail Asanoglu Kerim, Doctor of Philology. The courses presented interesting facts from the political, economic, social and cultural life of the Crimean Tatar people; new information was given about historical figures and events that played a major role in the nation's development, with attention also paid to the national language and toponymy.
The lessons ran from 21 April to 21 May, every Monday and Wednesday at 15:10.
▸ The project was implemented in 2014 with the support of İbrahim Feva Aracı, Chairman of the Kocaeli Crimean Tatar Association, and under the direction of Dr. Tahir Nureddinoğlu Kerim.
Tahir Kerim. "Love of the Homeland Comes from Knowledge: National and Cultural Enlightenment Lessons" course. Aqmescit. 2014.
Destekçiler: Kocaeli Crimean Tatar Association.
Course topics:
1. Turkic Written Sources of the 7th–11th Centuries.
2. Crimean Tatar Literature and Other Written Sources of the 12th–18th Centuries.
3. Letters of the Crimean Khanate and Their Preservation in Museums and Archives Worldwide.
4. The Dark Age in the Development of Crimean Tatar Culture (1783-1883).
5. The Era of Ismail Gasprinsky: Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Revival.
6. The Political and Literary Activities of Ömer Akchokrakly, Hasan Ayvazov, Hüseyin Tokhtargazy and Hasan Chergeyev.
7. The Period of the First Kurultai and the Political, Cultural and Literary Rise of the Crimean Tatars (1917-1918).
8. Cultural Initiatives Launched from the 1920s Onward.
9. A Brief History of the Crimean Tatar Press.
10. The Development of the Crimean Tatar National Theatre.
