Yunus Emre Institute (YEI), which started its activities in the Balkans in 2009, continues to introduce the whole world to Turkish and Turkish culture and weave cultural nets around the world by carrying its activities to 6 continents.

Establishing permanent cultural ties by promoting Türkiye, Turkish language, and culture through the Cultural Centers it has established all over the world, the Institute aims to reach 100 representative offices abroad within the scope of the “Vision of The Year 2023" set for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Türkiye.

100 OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES ON THE 100TH  ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC

Yunus Emre Institute, which carries out a wide range of activities in different geographies of the world with the motto "From Türkiye, which was weaved with iron nets in its 10^th year, to Türkiye that encompassed the world with cultural nets in its 100^th year’’, continues to carry out preparations for the events that will mark the 100th anniversary of the Republic.

Yunus Emre Institute President Prof. Dr. Şeref Ateş said in a statement to TRT Haber: "Currently, the number of Yunus Emre Institutes has increased to 85. By opening Turkish Cultural Centers within universities in different countries of the world, we will hopefully complete 100 Turkish Cultural Centers in the 100th year. In this way, we will weave the whole world with cultural nets in a manner befitting our hundred-year-old Republic."

LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA, AND FAR EAST COUNTRIES ARE NO LONGER FAR AWAY

Ateş, President of the Institute, said: "For 10 years, we have reached more than 15 million people all over the world through Turkish language teaching and culture and arts activities. Within the scope of 2023, before the Institute is established, we will meet the international demand for learning Turkish, which has been created by Turkish media, Turkish TV series, and Turkish cinema. For this reason, especially Latin American countries, African countries, and Far East countries are no longer far away for us, but closer."

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS TO TURKISH WORLDWIDE

In 2022, the Institute accelerated its Turkish teaching activities and received hundreds of thousands of applications for face-to-face and online Turkish courses from around the world.

"WE WILL CARRY THE IDEA OF TÜRKİYE WITH TURKISH TO THE WHOLE WORLD"

Regarding the Turkish language teaching activities carried out by the Institute, Prof. Dr. Ateş made the following statements:

"As Yunus Emre Institute, we carry Yunus' idea of bringing all beings together to the world. There is a great demand from Arab countries, Latin American and African countries to learn Turkish. By teaching our culture and language, we will carry to the whole world the Turkish people, the idea of Türkiye, the achievements of the Republic, and what the Turkish nation has contributed to the Republic."