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TÜRKİYE MOBILITY DAY BY DAY On Monday
We all were very happy and excited because at last we met each other face to face after having zoom meetings for about a year. We had a school tour, then each country made a presentation of their education systems,Sweden also attended online to this session. In the afternoon we had a visit to Sultanahmet Square which is an important part of Historical Peninsula of İstanbul. It was the heart of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.It’s a central location from the HagiaSophia, the Blue Mosque,Topkapı Palace , Şerefiye Cisterns.
We visited all of these places and had an idea about the history of İstanbul and Türkiye.
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Tuesday
Our 3 rd graders showed us some Turkish FolcloricDances.Then our school’s Folcloric and Modern Dances teacher showed some zumba and folcloric dances and our quests had an experience to learn some traditional Turkish folcloric dances.
On the same day our rhythm teacher taught some rhythms with a Turkish percussion instrument called ‘Darbuka’ and everybody tried to play darbuka.
In the afternoon we had a visit to another very historical part of İstanbul, Balat Tour. We visited Fener Greek Patriarchate, Sveti Stefan Bulgarian Church, Panagia of Vlahernon Church, we walked through Fener – Balat Street which is very local and full of history.
The Ottoman Empire was tolerant of different religions and cultures and İstanbul has always been a multicultural city, with a large Christian population as a result of its Byzantine Heritage.
On Wednesday
We had a glass workshop. A glass artist showed our guests glass blowing art.They practıced of shaping mass glass that has been softened by heat by blowıng air. Our 2nd grade students presented a story 'Grandma and the Fox'. Students came to the stage and told the story one by one. In the afternoon we had a boat trip through the Istanbul Bosphourus. So our guests could see the ımportant hıstorıcal places by the Bosphourus.
On Thursday
We had a workshop about a tradıtıonal Turkısh strategy game 'MANGALA'. First we gave ınformatıon about the game and then played together. It was very enjoyable. At noon we had a vısıt to a prıvate school to have more ıdeas about Turkısh educatıonal system. And we had lunch wıth teachers there. In the afternoon we had a trıp to Grand Bazaar. Our guests had a free tıme for shopping.
