KU to establish Turkish Cultural Centre

• The centre to be setup for the promotion of the Turkish language.
• 72 Turkish cultural institutes are working in 52 different countries.
• Both discussed launching the Turkish language certificate in KU.

KARACHI: The Consul General of Turkey in Karachi Cemal Sangu and the Program Coordinator of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism Halil Ibrahim Basaran visited the University of Karachi and met the KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi at the VC Secretariat on Tuesday.

During the meeting, the Turkey CG Cemal Sangu and the KU VC Prof Dr Khalid Iraqi discussed the proposal of establishing a Turkish Cultural Centre on the campus and they formally approved the said project.

The Turkey CG Cemal Sangu informed the KU VC Prof Dr Khalid Iraqi that the Yunus Emre Institute, Ankara, Turkey would establish a centre for the promotion of the Turkish language, Turkey’s relations and cultural legacy, and interaction with KU students.

The Turkey CG Cemal Sangu briefed that 72 cultural institutes are working in 52 different countries including one in Lahore. He offered support to the University of Karachi in the agriculture and technologies sectors and hoped that Turkey universities and the KU would work on different science and arts fields.

On this occasion, the KU VC Prof Dr Khalid Iraqi said that he believes that faculty and students would be able to learn a lot about the Turkey through the proposed centre and said that it would also play a vital role in further strengthening the friendship relations and understanding between Türkey and Pakistan.

He said that collaboration would encourage the faculty and students to initiate joint research projects and publications. “Our faculty and students would be able to explore Turkish culture and its values, Turkey’s literature and history, and other aspects of the modern and old Turkey.”

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They also talked about launching the Turkish language certificate and diploma courses for the students on the campus.