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In the spring of 2007, on an official visit to Ankara, I asked the counterpart of my host, the Minister of Education Hysein Çelik, if it would be possible to provide Albanian lessons in Turkish schools for the children of the almost five million Albanian community in that country. It is about Albanians from the Balkans who were forced to move by force or pressure from the time of the First Balkan War until after the Second World War; from the Greek Kingdom and especially from the Yugoslavia of Krajli and later of Tito; probably the largest group of the Albanian diaspora. Hysein Çelik was a kind man, cultured and full of care towards his guests. We signed several cooperation agreements with him covering areas up to the financing of scientific research.
But for my Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data special request, he was kind: "I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, but we can't do that." We are trying to introduce English from primary school and we don't have opportunities for other languages". Another reason that Mr. Çelik did not mention was that Ankara, from the time of Ataturk until today, has followed assimilation and homogenization policies that did not leave much room for the rights of minorities (as they are conceived by the conventions of the Council of Europe). . Since I saw that nothing was being done, we continued with other issues of cooperation. I remembered this episode when I read in the press the Albanian-Turkish agreement signed in Ankara on January 6, 2021 by Minister Khushi and her Turkish counterpart and approved by the government on February 24.
In general, the text seems standard and similar to previous agreements. With the exception of point three, according to which the Albanian side will assess the requirements for learning Turkish as a foreign language, as a subject of free choice in exams as well as a pilot program. Anyone who will assume that the Turkish side receives these obligations symmetrically would be disappointed. The agreement does not provide for any similar obligation for Turkey. Read also: Saturday horoscope, find out the star forecast for your sign The explosion in Lushnje, who are the injured (Names) Although the factual asymmetry is obvious: in Albania there is no Turkish minority in the historical sense and the community of Turkish citizens is small; while in Turkey the community of Albanian origin is several million as we described above.
But for my Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data special request, he was kind: "I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, but we can't do that." We are trying to introduce English from primary school and we don't have opportunities for other languages". Another reason that Mr. Çelik did not mention was that Ankara, from the time of Ataturk until today, has followed assimilation and homogenization policies that did not leave much room for the rights of minorities (as they are conceived by the conventions of the Council of Europe). . Since I saw that nothing was being done, we continued with other issues of cooperation. I remembered this episode when I read in the press the Albanian-Turkish agreement signed in Ankara on January 6, 2021 by Minister Khushi and her Turkish counterpart and approved by the government on February 24.
In general, the text seems standard and similar to previous agreements. With the exception of point three, according to which the Albanian side will assess the requirements for learning Turkish as a foreign language, as a subject of free choice in exams as well as a pilot program. Anyone who will assume that the Turkish side receives these obligations symmetrically would be disappointed. The agreement does not provide for any similar obligation for Turkey. Read also: Saturday horoscope, find out the star forecast for your sign The explosion in Lushnje, who are the injured (Names) Although the factual asymmetry is obvious: in Albania there is no Turkish minority in the historical sense and the community of Turkish citizens is small; while in Turkey the community of Albanian origin is several million as we described above.