In a Field of Extroverts: Let’s Talk Turkey

 

Another reason why we are so proud of our students!Here is a lovely and flattering blog piece written about Yaşar University and the Department of English Literature by one of the students, Julianne Meyers, from TnCIS Study Abroad group whom Yaşar University hosted in May, 2015 :In a Field of Extroverts: Let’s Talk TurkeyFor press releases about the visiting students, seehttp://haber.yasar.edu.tr/yasarin-abdli-konuklari/ 11270206_10206768278549422_8109799319586230863_o
The visiting students also participated in a round-table discussion about gender rights and issues in Turkey and the U.S.A., preceded by short oral and visual presentations prepared by the members of our Student Literary Society. In their presentations, the students introduced some gender and women’s rights topics that are currently debated in Turkey, such as rape and other forms of violence against women, female parliamantary representation, and sexism in advertisements. gender workshop