6000 Bosniak kids learning Turkish enjoy Bosnia festival

[Böri]

SARAJEVO, Bosnia Herzegovina

Around 6,000 Bosnian children, who are learning the Turkish language, were treated to a feast and a concert at a children's festival in Zenica city of Bosnia Herzegovina Thursday.

The festival has been held in the city for the last six years.

More than 8,000 children at 150 different high schools and primary schools across the country are learning Turkish as part of the "Preferential Turkish" project.

Yunus Emre Institute President Seref Ates addressed children waving Turkish flags at the festival, telling them that there are two dimensions to Turkey’s National Sovereignty and Children's Day, which is celebrated every year by the Turkish nation on April 23.

"One of these is children and the second one is liberty. We want freedom for all children of the world.

“This feast was used by [Turkey’s founding father] Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a representative of a lost generation of children and youth in battlefields, not only for Turkish children but also for children of the entire world.

"These flags fly freely in this colorful atmosphere. May these two flags [Turkish and Bosnian] never fall. May the faces of Bosnians and Turks may never fade," said Ates.

Undersecretary of Culture and Tourism Ministry Omer Arısoy said the already strong relationship between the two countries gets a further boost through the Turkish language.

Arisoy added they would continue to support the introduction of Turkish culture and Turkish language in Bosnia.

Students who participated in various competitions at the festival were also given awards.

During the festival, thousands of students from seven cantons of Bosnia shared joyful moments, singing songs and reading poems in Turkish and Bosnian languages.

Bosnia’s famous singer Mirza Selimovic also performed at the festival.

The festival had been organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia, Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry, Embassy of Turkey and Yunus Emre Cultural Institute.

It was also supported by over 100 organizations and companies from Turkey and Bosnia.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and...stival/1129035

[Bosniensis]

We respect Turkey for it's Ottoman Successor.

But if you think we love Turan culture, we don't.

Nobody here recognize Turkey as Turan nation.

Actually we all call Turks deluded for Turan ideas.

[ЛыSSый]

We respect Turkey for it's Ottoman Successor.

[Bosniensis]

What bothers you ЛыSSый?

[Bornoz]

We respect Turkey for it's Ottoman Successor.

But if you think we love Turan culture, we don't.

Nobody here recognize Turkey as Turan nation.

Actually we all call Turks deluded for Turan ideas.

Turan is not something that people give a f*ck about in here.

[Marmara]

I hope this is not related to FETÖ

[Böri]

We respect Turkey for it's Ottoman Successor.

But if you think we love Turan culture, we don't.

Nobody here recognize Turkey as Turan nation.

Actually we all call Turks deluded for Turan ideas.

Turkish is Turkic. Thus Turanic. Ottomans spoke a basic Turkish with heavily Persian and Arabic influxes (total vocabulary 90% Arabic and Farsi).
These kids learn Turanic Turkish language purified by Atatürk
Language isn't Greek, Arab, Persian, Armenian or so. That language comes straight from the Göktürks.

I hope this is not related to FETÖ

I hope so too. But Yunus Emre Institute and Anadolu Agency are run by government and are supposed to be non-Fetö.

[Bornoz]

I hope this is not related to FETÖ

LOL

[Böri]

Kurd,

Anyone learning Turkish is Fetö terrorist, you scum?
It looks more like you are pissed because these kids don't learn Brown Irano-Armenian languages.

Fetö schools were known for teaching English the kids they took in. That festival is supposedly organized by Turkish state and government institutions.

[jackrussell]