Foreign students studying at ÇAKÜ introduced the cultures of their countries

ÇANKIRI (AA) – International Student Culture Day event was held at Çankırı Karatekin University (ÇAKÜ). At the event held at Uluyazı Campus, after a moment of silence and the reading of the National Anthem, a student from Djibouti read the poem called “Flag”. As part of the program, international students studying at the university performed dances and dances belonging to their own culture and sang Turkish songs. A henna burning show, which is a part of Turkish culture, was performed by ÇAKÜ A Sip of Anatolian Legend Folk Dances Group.

The program ended after the traditional clothing fashion show of Turkish and Djibouti culture. Rector Prof. Dr. Mevlüt Karataş told the AA correspondent that they actively provide education to 1200 international students from 37 different countries. Drawing attention to the importance of international students studying in Turkey, Karataş said, “Turkey’s vision is designed to increase the number of international students, currently around 390 thousand, to 500 thousand and then 1 million in the coming years.

As a university, we are doing our best to educate our international students who are open to quality education and in line with Turkish culture, and to fulfill their important duties in their own country, and especially to serve there as cultural ambassadors.” he said. Karataş thanked all the academicians who contributed to the education of the students and said, “Our students love us very much. We send them to their countries in tears after graduation.

And we never break our ties afterwards.” he said. ÇAKÜ Language Education Application and Research Center (DİLMER) student Habsan Abdillah from Djibouti stated that they had a hard time when they first came to Turkey and said, “We loved Turkey and Çankırı very much. Everything is fine. For example, Djiboutian culture and Turkish culture are different. We were forced between two cultures. “We had a little difficulty with the language, but now we have learned a little Turkish.” he said.