a youth association in Gaziantep -

TURKEY

INFORMATION ABOUT TURKEY

•Capital city is Ankara

•The biggest city is Istanbul

•It has got 81 cities

•Official Language is Turkish

•Founder is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

•Population is nearly 75 million (December 2010)

•Currency is Turkish Lira

•Turkey started full membership negotiations with European Union in 2005

•Turkey is a transcontinental Euroasian country

•Turkey has got important tourism, industry and agricultural potentials

•The country is proud of its musical, touristic, historical and cultural richness and rich cuisine

TURKEY

GAZİANTEP

•Gaziantep is most probably the site of the Hellenistic city of Anthiochia and Taurum. Its history dates back to 4th millennium BC.

•The city is located in the Southestern of Turkey •Its population is about 1,7 million (2010)

•It receives too much local migration every year.•Gaziantep is one of the most developed provinces of the region and the 6th biggest city of Turkey.

•The city is an economic centre for South Eastern and Eastern Turkey.

•The most important historical sites are Zeugma, Rumkale and Yesemek.

•Gaziantep is famous for its regional specialities with its handicrafts, food, deserts, traditional dances and mozaıqs, authantic streets,castles amd museums, bazaars, hans and hamams.

GAZİANTEP

TAŞEV TRAINING CULTURE AND YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Taşev Training Culture and Youth Association was founded in 2008 in Gaziantep. Organisation aims to support developtment of the personal capabilities of young people and to share our cultural richness with young generation.

serves in a historical building at the city centre.

target groups are social and economic dissadventaged young people between the age of 13-30. But we are ready to support all young people with our activities.

has 300-350 volunteers in local and we want to enlarge the number of our volunteers both in local and international level.

it is one of the 8 acreditated organisations in Gaziantep and works as

SO-HO-CO in Action 2 EVS under the framework of YIA programme.

has partners from EU member and neighbour countries and open for all partnerships from all over the world.

believes that new partnerships mean new opportunuties for young people

ACTIVITIES

Cultural Nights

Concerts

Meetings

Trips Courses

Exhibitions

Cinema days

Workshops

TAŞEV for WHOM?

for young people who have social, educational and economic disadvantages;

EVS volunteers;and everybody who wants -to learn -to teach -to discover -to enjoy

WHAT are the MAIN THEMES ?

  cultural diversity

  active participation of young people

culture and art volunteering youth information

WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION ?

to increase the competences (knowledge,skills and attitudes) of young people

to cooperate between key actors involvedin the support system around EVSvolunteers and the other organisations.

to raise awareness of the cultural diversityamong young people.

How do we work?

in the spirit ofNon-formal learningIntercultural learning

Learning to Experiential learning

Learning by enjoying

WORKING PRINCIPLES

responsibility

feedback

norms and standarts

good communication

clear tasks

informative

flexible

GOODPARTNERSHIPS

COMMUNICATION

tasevder@gmail.com www.tasevder.org +90 3422311620

Akyol Mahallesi

Sabit Çıkmaz Sokak

No: 11 ŞAHİNBEY

GAZİANTEP/TURKEY

tasevder@gmail.com –www.tasevder.org