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The Turkish Cultural Foundation will be offering 3 teacher study tours in 2012. Applications to participate in the TCF Teacher Study Tours are accepted only through participating World Affairs Council chapters.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR TURKISH TEACHERS

The Turkish Cultural Foundation is seeking Turkish teachers to participate as volunteers on the TCF 2012 Teacher Study. Tours with a view to facilitate educational exchanges between Turkish and American educators. The TCF 2012  Teacher Study Tours will visit Istanbul, Canakkale, Bursa, Kusadasi, Pamukkale, Konya, Goreme and Ankara. The groups follow a program led by a professional tour guide that highlights the cultural and historical sites of the regions they visit. Selected Turkish teachers from these regions must be prepared to travel to Istanbul for an interview with TCF, and, if selected, participate in a one-day orientation program in Istanbul. Selected teachers will participate in the study tours, when the groups visit their city/region. TCF will sponsor travel to and one night stay in Istanbul for the teacher orientation program, as well as meals while accompanying the tours.

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•    Departure Day

•    Departure via private bus for Konya
•    Sultanhan Caravansaries on our way to Konya
•    Lunch in Konya
•    Visit to Mevlana Museum
•    Visit Karatay Museum (from outside), Ince Minareli Medrese and the Alaadin Mosques
•    Check-in to hotel; dinner & overnight in Konya.

•    Visit Underground city of Kaymakli & Goreme Open Air Museum
•    Lunch
•    Visit Fairy Chimneys in Pasabagi
•    Attend pottery workshop in Avanos
•    Whirling Dervishes performance at Saruhan Kervansaray
•    Check-in to hotel; dinner & overnight in Cappadocia.

•    Departure via private bus for Divrigi
•    Grand Mosque, Sifahane and old Divrigi Houses
•    Lunch in Sivas
•    Depart for Kayseri
•    Visit Surp Krikor Lusarovis Armenian Church
•    Visit Mahperi Hunat Hatun Complex, Cifte Medrese, Seljuk era Medrese (from outside)
•    Arrive in Cappadocia. Check-in to hotel; dinner & overnight in Cappadocia.

•    Visit Latifoglu House
•    Visit Tokat Museum (Gok Medrese)
•    Visit Tas Han, the Handicrafts Bazaar
•    Arrive in Sivas, visit Atatürk Congress & Ethnography Museum in Sivas
•    Visit Buruciye Medrese, Sifaiye Medrese, Cifte Minareli Medrese
•    Check-in to hotel; dinner & overnight in Sivas.

•    Departure via private bus for Amasya
•    Lunch at Emin Efendi Mansion
•    Visit Amasya Museum
•    Sultan Beyazit Kulliyesi (Complex)
•    Gokmedrese Mosque
•    Torumtay Tomb
•    Visit Bimarhane (Hospital)
•    Arrive in Tokat. Check-in to hotel; dinner & overnight in Tokat.

•    Visit Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
•    Haci Bayram Mosque, the Column of Julian, the Temple of Augustus and Rome
•    Lunch Briefing at Ankara Castle
•    Visit Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
•    Visit Turkish Folklore Club of Middle East Technical University (METU)
•    Return to hotel
•    Dinner Briefing at the hotel
•    Overnight in Ankara.

•    After breakfast check-out & departure via private bus for Beypazari & Ankara
•    Lunch in Bağevi & Sightseeing in Beypazari
•    Arrive in Ankara. Check-in to hotel; dinner & overnight in Ankara.