A 13.650KW solar energy system consisting of inverters and solar panels was established at The Beit-ul-Aman Nursing Home in Cape Town by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA).
Lindiwe Zulu, the Minister of Social Development; Ayşegül Kandaş, Türkiye’s Ambassador to Pretoria; Abdülkadir Abukan, TİKA’s Coordinator in Pretoria; Mogamed Phalide Jeppie, the Institute Principal, attended the opening ceremony of the project along with local media organizations.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ambassador Kandaş emphasized the importance of TİKA’s efforts for sustainable development in its development projects held in South Africa and expressed that she is more than glad to participate in the opening of this project which prioritizes the elderly.
Minister Zulu, in her speech, extended her thanks to TİKA and the project stakeholders, and stated that they have been working in order to improve the lives of South Africans and that such project outputs open the way for new opportunities for them.
In his speech, TİKA’s Office Coordinator in South Africa, Abukan highlighted the importance they attach to the project to be sustainable, renewable, and eco-friendly, and expressed his hope for the project to contribute significantly to Beit-ul-Aman and encourage the fellowship and the unity between the two countries.
Speaking at the ceremony, Institute Principal Jeppie stated that this system built by TİKA is a extremely useful operation, having an impact directly on the elderly who make up the most vulnerable part of the needy community. In addition, Jeppie said that the project means a lot to them, given the challenges they face due to the systemic and frequent power cuts in the country.
The nursing home, launched as a social project in the 1960s and has been institutionalizing and accepting its first residents since the mid-1970s, has hosted over 1000 people in need of care and met their needs. The project held by TİKA is expected to eliminate a significant expense item of the institution as well as to reduce the impact of the power crisis, one of the leading problems in South Africa in recent years, on the elderly.
Peshawar Institute of Cardiology’s pediatric cardiology department was renewed and furnished with modern hospital equipment by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA).
Peshawar Institute of Cardiology’s pediatric cardiology department in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was provided with modern medical and hospital equipment with a refurbishment project by TİKA.
The equipment provided to the Peshawar Institute of Cardiology, the most advanced cardiovascular hospital in the province, includes pediatric echocardiogram machines, infusion and syringe pumps, and cardiac monitors. Moreover, a playground was also built in the pediatric cardiology department.
Mehmet Paçacı, the Republic of Türkiye’s Ambassador to Islamabad; Muhsin Balcı, TİKA’s Coordinator in Islamabad; Prof. Dr. Shahkar Ahmed, the Medical Director at Peshawar Institute of Cardiology; and guests attended the ceremony held in the institute.
Ambassador Paçacı, in his ceremony statement, pointed out the historical roots of the relations between the two countries by mentioning that Türkiye is in cooperation with Pakistan in health, education and other various sectors.
The Medical Director at the Peshawar Institute of Cardiology, Prof. Dr. Ahmed, thanked Türkiye and TİKA for their support.
Following the ceremony, Ambassador Paçacı, together with other health officials, toured and inspected the hospital. Inspecting the work of TİKA in the pediatric cardiology department, Paçacı cut the ribbon there.
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) set up the Electric Training Workshop at the Salesian Institute, based in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu; Türkiye’s Ambassador to Pretoria, Ayşegül Kandaş; TİKA’s Coordinator in Pretoria, Abdülkadir Abukan; Institute Principal, Tony Austen; Board Member of Institute, John Doidge attended the opening ceremony of the workshop along with local media organizations.
Ambassador Kandaş, in her speech at the ceremony, mentioned the extent and the variety of the development projects that TİKA carried out in South Africa and said that they are feeling the excitement of the happiness and the pride brought by attending this new project’s opening ceremony. Emphasizing the value given to the development projects by Türkiye, Kandaş noted that gaining basic skills through vocational education brings freedom to individuals.
Minister Zulu mentioned in his speech that the institute is very meaningful for his country and such steps became crucial to develop bilateral relations and thanked TİKA.
TİKA’s Coordinator in South Africa Office, Abukan, in his opening ceremony speech, mentioned that they give particular attention to education for the activities of TİKA’s Office in Pretoria and that every project in the field of vocational training is meaningful. Abukan emphasized that this vocational training project in the institute acts as a sign of generosity of the Turkish people and the government.
Doidge, in his speech, while emphasizing that they are grateful for TİKA’s and Türkiye’s contribution that transformed the electric workshop into a place which will improve the learning experience of the institute students considerably, stated that this development would inspire the students to grow stronger and lead them to develop valuable skills and look for a brighter future.
In many countries, Salesian Institute aims to prepare children and young people, most of whom are growing up in dangerous environments and in economically poor conditions, for life especially by strengthening them via the vocational training. Salesian Institute, offering services since 1910 in Cape Town, provides training, especially for the children and young people of Cape Flats province, which is one of the poorest areas of the city.
In cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), projects to increase the qualified person source continue in friendly and sister nations.
A total of 24 journalists from the Balkan countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia attended the “New Media Journalism Advanced Training”, held in TRT Ankara studios.
The journalists who had completed the New Media Journalism Basics Training with four different trainings last year came to our country for the hands-on trainings this year. As part of the training, lessons and workshops carried out in fields such as; foundations of creating visual language in camera, digital media and design, video production for social media and digital media management and reporting.
Following a week of training, in the certification ceremony Head of the Department of Foreign Relations and Partnerships at TİKA, Uğur Tanyeli said: ”The Balkans is one of the regions where we have carried out the most projects.This is an indicator of our attention to the region. In this context, we care about the development of human resource and experience sharing.”
While mentioning that the media industry is getting more digitalized at high speed, TRT Education Department Vice President Ubeydullah Yener said: “I hope you can also produce more efficient content in the digital world through this training.”
Media trainings that are carried out in cooperation with TİKA and TRT are planned to continue in the future for journalists from different regions.
“Health Department Hands-on Training Workshop” set up, with the support of TİKA, at Zijah Dizdareviç Mixed High School in Fojnica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Being one of the biggest high schools in Central Bosnia Canton with more than 800 students, Zijah Dizdareviç Mixed High School was established in 1978.
The high school includes a total of 6 departments like wood processing, health (nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacist technician), information technologies, vehicle repair, electric and common high school. The school's health department is the most appealing aspect for the students, thanks to its closeness to the big thermal facilities and other health institutions in the city.
However, not being able to meet the conditions for performing hands-on training was a great disadvantage for the students and there were disruptions on fulfilling the hands-on training after theoretical training.
Carried out by TİKA in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the purpose of improving the hands-on training capacity, the “Fojnica Zijah Dizdareviç Mixed High School Health Department Practice Workshop Set Up Project” will contribute to the development of the country’s health sector and to the training of qualified intermediate staff that sector needs.
TİKA’s Coordinator in Sarajevo, Erdinç Işık; Fojnica Mayor, Sabahudin Klisura and Zijah Dizdareviç Mixed High School Principal, Samir Kucuk attended the project opening ceremony along with teachers and students.
Fojnica Mayor Klisura, in his speech, mentioned that even though Fojnica is a small municipality, it is in strong cooperation with, especially, TİKA and other institutions of the Republic of Türkiye and his appreciation towards this.
Klisura, while reminding the audience that he is an old student of this school’s health department, noted that this training workshop will be efficient for teachers and students to fulfill the need for practice.
“2nd Turkic World Literature and Book Festival” was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, jointly by the International Turkish Authors Association and Union of Azerbaijani Writers and with the support of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA).
The festival, attributed to Azerbaijan’s national leader Haydar Aliyev’s 100th birthday, included art and literature activities like book launches, autograph sessions, poem and song performances, folk dancing and movie screening. Turkic World communities’ history, culture, art and big names of their literature were introduced to book lovers.
The festival was held between 5-11 June in the garden of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and each day of the festival was named after a Turkish state with presentations, concerts and movie screenings about the important figures of the art and literature field of the state.
Institutions like the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture, the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY), the Executive Power of Baku City, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation sponsored the festival, where lots of publishers attended and the books were displayed.
In the scope of the Education & Learning Support Program (ELSP), the “Introduction to the Integrated Learning and Teaching Models” training, carried out with the cooperation of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Ministry of Education, was provided to 152 teachers and academicians participants between 29 May – 03 June 2023 in Andijan, Uzbekistan.
Within the training, STEM, the project-based teaching model in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, was conveyed to 152 participants attending from 16 different regions of Andijan. There were workshops in the fields of teaching methods based on problem-solving, interdisciplinary lecture design, computational thinking skills, robotics and game design, awareness of microcontroller usage in education and artificial intelligence usage in education, which are components of the “Hârezmî Training Model” named after the famous Uzbek scientist El Hârezmî. During the education program, which included group work in problem-solving and lasted for 6 days, the teachers developed various projects aimed at problem-solving in their works.
Uzbekistan Ministry of Preschool and School Education Andijan Province President, Resul Kerimov; TİKA’s Coordinator in Tashkent, Ali Rıza Tezcan; Z.M. Babür Universal Academy Principal, Nilüfer Haydarova and trainers coming from Türkiye attended the opening of the program hold in Andijan, Uzbekistan. In his speech, Kerimov emphasized that this was the first time this program was held in Andijan and thanked Türkiye.
TİKA's Coordinator Ali Rıza Tezcan mentioned the historical friendship between Türkiye and Uzbekistan and informed the audience about TİKA’s activities in Uzbekistan.
On the 5th day of the program, Andijan Province Governor Şuhratbek Abdurahmonov visited the school where the training was carried out, and examined it. Stating that the experiences the teachers gain within the project are highly important, Abdurahmonov expressed his appreciation towards the project.
On the last day of the project, the participants exhibited the items that they made during the project. After the workshop, the certificates of the Uzbek teachers were presented.
35 families in need, who live off of agricultural production in the villages of the Albanian cities Lushnjë, Elbasan and Belsh, were provided with two-wheel tractors by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) in the scope of “Purchasing Agricultural Implement to Increase Agricultural Production and Productivity Project”.
Türkiye’s Ambassador to Tirana, Tayyar Kağan Atay; TİKA’s Coordinator in Tirana, Emine Gizem Başkan; Alternative of the Future Foundation (ALSAR) President Mehdi Gurra and the representatives of Turkish agency and institutes in the country attended the delivery ceremony.
Ambassador Atay mentioned in his statement that their projects, led by TİKA with the support of ALSAR Foundation, still go on. In this context, Atay recalled to the audience that fruit tree nursery was given to the families of orphans last year, especially to support women in agricultural production and also mentioned that seed and fertilizer support provided to families at the beginning of the year.
Thanking ALSAR Foundation and TİKA for their contributions, Atay said:
“As the last part of this series, we give agricultural tools, small tractor-like vehicles suitable for automation in particular, to 35 families. We, as the Embassy, are extremely happy to, especially; support the families in need Albania, with whom we have a great relationship, as much as we can. This is also a reflection of our wonderful relationship with Albania in the field. We are also extremely happy regarding the attention we have received.’’There is always courtesy towards Türkiye, towards Türkiye’s support. And we will always support our friend Albania whether in both good times and bad times.”
Ambassador Atay, stating that they put another project into effect to support the families of orphans, said: “This project is a follow-up of the projects that we carried out for the families of orphans who have agricultural land. This is a tool for all families with the opportunity to use their land, cultivate, earn income and invigorate their economy.”
Ensuring the families trying to produce on small scales are saving time, budget and labour, increasing income and contributing to agricultural productivity is the aim of the project led by TİKA.
In cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), journalism training was provided to young people in Tajikistan.
In the two different training, conducted in the capital city of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 180 students were educated on social media content production, storytelling, mobile journalism and video montage training. The young people, who shot videos using mobile journalism techniques, delivered their final projects at the end of the training.
The first training was arranged for the students of Tajik National University, Faculty of Communication. University Rector, Prof. Dr. Komilcon Hushvahtzoda, stated in his speech in the training closing program that he was pleased to be able to witness that the students improved this much in a short period. In his speech Hushvahtzoda continuously said: “This hall that the training held is also TİKA’s work.” The modification and equipment of this hall were also done by TİKA. I hope our cooperation will continue in the future as well.”
The second training was carried out at Dushanbe International School for high school students. Türkiye’s Ambassador to Dushanbe, Umut Acar; Dushanbe International School Director, Yunus Emre Koç; TİKA's Coordinator in Dushanbe, Hacı İbrahim Erbir and TRT’s Journalism for the Young People Project Coordinator, Alpay Arı attended the closing ceremony of the training.
The project came to an end with the presentation of the certificates to the students after the closing speeches.
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) carried out the Agricultural Development Project for Ahiska Turks who got back to Georgia.
Agriculture and animal husbandry, both of which greatly contribute to Georgian economy, have the potential to improve with respect to the region of Ahiska’s climate and soil structure.
Accordingly, TİKA has carried out Agricultural Development Project for the purpose of improving quantity and quality of hygienic milk production and economically support families whose main source of income is animal husbandry and live in Georgia’s Samtredia, Ozurgeti and Ahiska regions. Milking machines, provided with the project, were delivered to families in Samtredia, Ozurgeti and Ahiska with the attendance of Ali Kaan Orbay, Türkiye’s ambassador to Tblisi; Tuba Özütok, TİKA’s coordinator in Tblisi; and Tahir Nadiradze, The World Union of Ahiska Turks’ delegate to Georgia.
In accordance with the project scope, the experts, coming from Türkiye, gave education regarding the quality and quantity of milk production to Ahiskan families.
Families that got their hands on milking machines expressed their happiness and gratitude towards TİKA.
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), provided 4 ice machines for the fishers to benefit from in two different marketplaces within the borders of Unguja Kaskazini A Municipality.
Fishing is one of the most important sources of income for the people living in the coastal region of the mainland and Zanzibar island in Tanzania. The biggest problem in the sector, run by small and low-income businesses, most of which are comprised of a small number of employees, is inadequate preservation and refrigeration conditions.
Due to the lack of investment opportunities, the caught fish could not be stored in proper conditions and had to be sold within a few hours. In the meantime, the unsold fish had been spoiling and this situation had been causing significant revenue loss and waste.
Carrying out a project to contribute to the solution of the current problem, TİKA delivered 4 ice machines, to be used in two different marketplaces under the responsibility of Unguja Kaskazini A Municipality, to the municipality authorities with a ceremony.
The waste will be prevented and the revenue will be increased
The project that is held in both marketplaces and is predicted to benefit about 2000 fishers aims to enable fishers to store the caught fish longer as fresh and to increase sales revenue by preventing waste by this means.
Dr. Mehmet Güllüoğlu, Türkiye’s Ambassador to Tanzania; Auyoup Mahmoud, the Governor of Kaskazini; Khamis Mohamed Muhammad, the Director of the Municipal Council, council members, tradespeople of the fish market, and citizens attended the delivery ceremony held in Unguja Kaskazini A Municipality.
Speaking at the ceremony, Auyoup Mahmoud, the Governor of Kaskazini, thanked the Republic of Türkiye and TİKA for the project carried out and stated that the project will provide access to healthy and fresh fish not only for the tradespeople who are engaged in fishing but also for the hotels in the region.
In their speech, Ambassador Dr. Mehmet Güllüoğlu indicated that the Republic of Türkiye always stands by the fellow people of Tanzania and Zanzibar. Remarking that the ice machines, which will benefit all the tradespeople who make a living from fishing in the region, will prevent waste above all by enabling the caught products to be stored longer in a healthy condition, Ambassador Güllüoğlu said that they believe TİKA which carries out projects and activities in almost every sector, will put a smile on faces by increasing the income of the tradespeople through this project.
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built a classroom theater to International Correction Television Channel for digital learning purposes.
At the International Correction Television Channel, which broadcasts secondary school and high school lectures, a class alike studio theater, at which the filming will be conducted, has been built.
This classroom environment provided by TİKA was equipped with various educational tools and equipment as well as physics, chemistry and biology laboratory materials.
Thanks to the project, those who don’t have access to education will be able to follow their lectures at their homes.
Arafat Deniz, TİKA’s Coordinator in Herat; Neciburrahman Hedid, International Correction Television Channel Director; and Ayende Sazân School executives and teachers participated in the first filming ceremony of the “Secondary School and High School Education at Home” program.
Deniz, TİKA’s Coordinator in Herat, commented that it is an alternative education model for secondary school and high school students whose access to education is blocked for various reasons.
Hedid, International Correction Television Channel Director, thanked TİKA for Türkiye’s projects in their home country. Hedid, who expressed his appreciation towards TİKA’s support especially in the development and capacity improvement fields, stated their plans to give education on television channels for a year thanks to TİKA’s support.
