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                      PLANNING

1. School presentation
2. Students’ presentation
3. Parents’ permission
4. Logo competition
5. Describing Democracy

• Forum
• Evaluation of the part

6. International Women’s Day
7. Societies’ perception of democracy

• Democracy flag

8. Photo exhibition and competition
9. Democracy unites people in equality

• Karaoke
• Evaluation of the part

10. Analysis of the story

• slogan competition

11. General Evaluation Of The Project
    • Students’ evaluation
    • Time to say goodby
12. Dissemination and Transferring the project to the courses
13. Online meetings
14. Blog

PLAN

27.02.2019

1-      School Presentation

2-      Students’ Presentation

3-      Parents’ permissions

4-      Logo Competition:

common work-  Valentina

           10.03.2019

5-      Describing Democracy

(In this part, we will organize a forum. Each partner must chose one of subjects. one student of the  partner will make a speech of the subject choosen for 3 minutes. Common work: Forum – İnayet

Please write your name near the subject you chose.

Suffrage –  Fatma

Freedom –  Valentina

Equality – Arzu

           Tolerance – Ana

           Constitutional state İnayet

           Sovereignty of the people – Iulia

           Social,economic and political pluralism- Eda)

          Evaluation of the part.

  6.International Women’s Day

          ( writing Essay –Common work: essay book – Lulia)

20.03.2019

7.  Societies’ perception of democracy

(In this part, each partner must make street interview. Students will ask the people to describe the democracy just one word. And each partner will create a word cloud with these words ( shape must be like hand. We will create a democracy flag with these hands. Please write your name of country in the hand)

 Please chose one of them, fill in the shape  with the words you collect and send it to us.

Common work: democracy flag – Ana)

Evaluation of the part.

31.03.2019

8.        Photo Exhibition

(prepared with photos which define democracy taken by students

Common works: Photo exhibition and competition: Arzu

15.04.2019

9.       Democracy unites people in equality

(In this part, each country will chose a song and we will organize a competition between them. Each of the parts of the song choosen will be vocalized by the partner’s students

Common work: karaoke – Fatma)

Evaluation of the part.

30.04.2019

10.    Analysis of the story

(In this part we will give a story to the students and we will ask  them to analysis of the story organizing a discussion. Each partner will create a slogan and one of slogans will be choosen voting. common work:slogan competition – Lulia

slogan will be used by partners ( it can be written on a mug, t-shirt, board… we can decide together) and this will be shared by photo on this page. )

05.05.2019

11.   General Evaluation Of The Project

·          Students’ evaluation

·        Time to say goodby

                   15. 05. 2019

12.   Blog  – Eda and students

You can reach our school video via qr code

created by Gizem Gümüşışık-Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

IIS ENZO FERRARI,ITALY- AGRARIAN SCHOOL

You can reach Etiler Anatolian High School’s video. or  CLICK HERE

You can reach our school video via qr code

Erdemli Borsa Istanbul Scıence Hıgh School

This is one of our high school’s presentation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOwYymu69HU

Teacher: Iulia Perju

PADLET ACCOUNT_ STUDENTS’PRESENTATION

You can see our student’s presentations from the link below.

https://padlet.com/iustitiabirligi/8kr5fkz9zpdw

My name is Lily Karl.  I am 17 years old. My school profile is mathematics-informatics intensive English. In my free time i like to paint,to dance and play the Piano. For the moment, i don t have any plans for my future, but I  want to do something I will enjoy. My favourite subjects at school are chemistry, biology,mathematics and of course English.

Adnana Popescu- Age:16 years

Hobbies: playing sports,reading,searching for new things

Quote:  If at first you don’t succeed,laugh until you do

Dreams: finding the balance and achieving all my goals

Hello my name is Hassan Naderi-Far, I am 18 years old and I’m curently a student in 12th grade at the National College “Grigore Moisil”. Im interested in etwinning’s project about democracy because I’ve always found the mechanisims of the ways to govern interesting and complex. For my favorite quote i chose one from a influental president that shaped the American democracy. “Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people”

Hi! My name is Oana Tudor and I am 17 and I study mathematics and informatics at the national college “Grigore Moisil”. I like listening to music and watching videos on youtube. I want to become a doctor in the future ( I still don’t know what domain…. and my favourite quote is ” Go after dreams. Not people.”

Hello !My name is Amir Hashim.I am 17 years old. My passion is the art of theatre and also I am part of a theatre band called ACTING UP.I like what I am doing because it lets me free myself on the stage.

Hi! I’m Ana Sandu. I am sixteen years old, but next month I will be seventeen. I like to go to the opera and theatre. I also like to read. My favourite quote is “Ride to live. Live to ride”. My goal is to be a student at L’ecole Polytechnique in France.

Hi, everyone! I’m Bianca Stefan and I am a student in the 10th grade at “Grigore Moisil” National College. I am in the mathematics-computer science profile . I have been singing since I know myself and I don’t know how my life would be without music. For me, music means life  I also have a quote that I love and it sounds like this: “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” I really like to interact with new people, so send me a message if you want to talk. 

Hi! My name is Rebeca Toader. I am 16 and going on 17 (wohoo). I am really passionate about photography and fashion, styling and all that stuff. I used to draw when I was in middle school, but after that I just never had time to do it anymore. I would really like to be a powerful woman in the future and to have my voice to be heard by a lot of people. I would like to make the world a better and safer place than it is now.

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link:

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Describing Democracy

We created a forum with the participation of all our partners and we discussed the main topics of democrasy and we tried to make the spectators understand what democrasy is by answering their questions.

Moderator:

Kerem Gür -Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe -Turkey

Speakers:

Bedirhan Efe Akkuş – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School – Group 1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe – Turkey

Ulvi Maharramov– Etiler Anatolian High School- Teacher: Arzu Seydim – Turkey

Ahmet Uzun – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School  – Group 2 Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan / Turkey

Katarina Mihajlović, Sara DJurdjevic– Sixth Belgrade gymnasium, Grupa 1: Teacher: Ana Kovačević / Serbia

Aleyna Çetin – Erdemli Borsa Istanbul Hıgh School of Scıence -Teacher :Eda Ekşioğlu / Turkey

Perruccio Maria Teresa–  IIS Enzo Ferrari Teacher Valentina Fera- Italy

Popescu Adnana- Maria – Grigore  Moisil National College , Bucharest- Romania Teacher: Iulia Perju

Describing Democracy

We created a forum with the participation of all our partners and we discussed the main topics of democrasy and we tried to make the spectators understand what democrasy is by answering their questions.

Moderator:

Kerem Gür -Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe -Turkey

Speakers:

Bedirhan Efe Akkuş – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School – Group 1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe – Turkey

Ulvi Maharramov– Etiler Anatolian High School- Teacher: Arzu Seydim – Turkey

Ahmet Uzun – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School  – Group 2 Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan / Turkey

Katarina Mihajlović, Sara DJurdjevic– Sixth Belgrade gymnasium, Grupa 1: Teacher: Ana Kovačević / Serbia

Aleyna Çetin – Erdemli Borsa Istanbul Hıgh School of Scıence -Teacher :Eda Ekşioğlu / Turkey

Perruccio Maria Teresa–  IIS Enzo Ferrari Teacher Valentina Fera- Italy

Popescu Adnana- Maria – Grigore  Moisil National College , Bucharest- Romania Teacher: Iulia Perju

Please, write what you have learned about democracy and about the “forum” implementation.

( all students should write here )

I believe that it is important to live in a democratic country. The forum let me think about aspects of our lives that I took for granted. Living in a constitutional state is a really important thing. I also like the fact that during the forum, students made many questions after each speech. It was really nice to share ideas and points of view.

Francesca Sestito, IIS Enzo Ferrari Italy, Agrarian School. Teacher: Valentina Fera

I think that the forum with the other students was really interesting. Democracy is not only freedom but also equality and human rights in general. I learnt that democracy is everywhere around us. It is “the rule of the people”, as its literal meaning states, but it is always fundamental to respect your neighbor.

Perruccio Maria Teresa. IIS ENZO FERRARI  Italy- Agrarian school . Teacher: Valentina Fera

To know what democracy really is, is the first and the most important step to be democratic. First of all, I’ve learnt the definition. But the first question’s answer brung another question: Why do we need democracy? If there had been no democracy in the world how would our lives be?

The answer was given in the forum implementation. Democracy is needed because everybody should have same standarts. Back then, when there were no such thing as the formentioned democracy; kings, queens and noblesse had more rights and we couldn’t say a thing about equality. But now, in the most of the countries, there are democratic governance and everyone is equal in justice.

Zeynep İsmihan Avşar / Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1 / Turkey / Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

I think it is important to be in a project like this. Because democracy is needed in today’s world and we should be more aware of this regime. Aware of our rights and our responsibilities. Democracy gives us a lot of freedom and opportunities but there is also some things we should do to live this regime in it’s true meaning. I really like this project’s main idea because not everyone has the same thinking about a particular issue and democracy is not against any of those thoughts.

Mira Metin / Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/ Group 1/ Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

Freedom, liberty and happiness; all of them is strictly tied to the democracy. We had asked  too many good questions to ourselves and in the end, we figured out democracy is one of the basic rights of humans and there is no way that we can have stable relations with each other, especially politicians. Personally, I am extremely happy with this topic and discussion.

Kerem Gür /  Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/ Group 1/ Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

I think living in a democratic country is not a privilege but a right.As the youth we should be aware of the fact that democracy is  something very important.By this forum and this project I learned a lot about democracy.Not only it’s definition but how people see it,why we need it etc.Sharing ideas widen my perspective on this topic.

Elif Mumcu/Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/Group 2/Teacher:İnayet Çalışkan

In this forum we learnt that we can’t think a state especially a constitutional state without equality,freedom,justice and pluralism.Democracy should be connected with them.But why did we do this forum and why we should care about democracy that much.I think that we got our answers in this forum implementation and their answers to our questions that we asked them.

Berke Çimenoğlu/Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/Group 2/Teacher:İnayet Çalışkan

Even the idea of democracy brings many questions by itself. And a lot of good questions had been asked in the forum. Thankfully all of the participants had great answers to these questions and our forum was really good. We were able to see the different perspectives from different countries, and I think this was the best part of this forum.

Alperen Hasanoğlu / Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School / Group 2 / Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

In this forum we understood what the meaning of democracy is. We met with another country’s people and this forum was really interesting. This forum shows us what should come to mind when we talk about democracy. We see the different points of view of foreign countries. Thanks to everyone who participated in this form.

Dilara ÖZTÜRK— Beşiktaş Atatürk Analation High School— Group 2 — Teacher => İnayet Çalışkan

Actually the forum was really entertaining and i liked the ideas of other students. I hope that everyone got some eye opening ideas so everyone can think better in social life. Everyone prepared their speech very nicely. The speeches were very useful to me by the way.

Ensar Raşid Kocagöz / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim

The forum was not bad. There were plenty good speeches that I liked. I liked how everyone had different ideas and different points of views. People discussed what is right and what is wrong. A few of the speeches really deserved something. I think the only problem we had was the bad communication. It was pretty hard to understand people talking at first because there were too many people interrupting eachother.

Egemen Yıldız / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim

I think that the speeches were absolutely grate and effectable and everybody did their best. I totally believe that everybody have learnt so many useful informations. In conclusion, i would like to congratulate everybody for this excellent forum.

Ulvi Maharramov / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalik Seydim

The forum was absolutely good. The speakers told in concert and describe the real democracy so that was educational.  Everyone seemed very prepared. The speeches were very informative. And the other hand we met from people all around the world, that was amazing.

Aysu Kayazade/ Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/ Group2/ Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

The forum was a great way to show us the ideas of the people of the other countries. I think it was a good event. Even if there have been several problems, it was clearly effective.

Hakkı Burak Kaya / Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/ Group2/ Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

It was important for us to see if other countries live in a similar democratic way.

Ana Kovacevic Belgrade , 6 belgrade gymnasium

Women’s Day Essay

This beautiful creation of the God! The angel on the earth makes our life a wonderful experience all together. Imagining life without a woman is quite hard-hitting. This angel shakes the cradle with one hand the earth with the other hand. The fact that all the great people of the world are born from the womb of a woman and it is a woman from whom those great people have taken their initial teachings. And that is the reason we have always emphasized upon giving the due respect to women in their life. And that is why women’s day is celebrated with so much of zeal and it has spread throughout the world.

Aleyna Çetin /ERDEMLİ Borsa Istanbul Scıence Hıgh School /Teacher : Eda Ekşioğlu

Celebrating Woman is a way of feeling gratitude to the each and every woman in one’s life, be it in the professional or the personal life. International Women’s day is observed every year on 8th of March and it is observed around the world to celebrate the velour of women. In most of the country the day has been observed as a national holiday. Women from various cultural and ethnic groups come together crossing all the boundaries to remember their struggle of many decade for peace, justice, equality and development. The day allows women to raise her voice for an equal opportunity in whatever field she wants to participate in; same a man is provided with.

Beyza Ertürk /ERDEMLİ Borsa Istanbul Scıence Hıgh School /Teacher : Eda Ekşioğlu

The bottom line of celebrating women’s day is due to the wide spread differences in various fields- the pay difference of 14.9% between men and women, only 21.4% of seats for women in parliament around the world, lack of awareness for women education and many more.

Ecemsıla Çulha /ERDEMLİ Borsa Istanbul Scıence Hıgh School /Teacher : Eda Ekşioğlu

International women’s Day all about feeling women realize their worth and giving them boost to achieve as per their actual potential. On this day the world unites to appreciate their courage to cross all the hurdles and make such tremendous improvement in all most all the spheres of life. Besides that, it is the most important thing to be given emphasis is the work that still needs to be done to fill that gap completely that had existed from ages.

3. A general myth that exists in the society is that issues related to women empowerment can only be addressed at an infinitesimally slower pace. Many people out there in society believe that the gender gap not really exits and some are also of the belief that the efforts made by individuals cannot actually make difference to the gender gap that exists in the society. These beliefs have over the years debilitated the power of women. The first in this Endeavour to eradicating this deep rooted menace is realizing that the problem can only be identified and solved by interacting with the people who are actually irrational taboos of the society. On this day we must realize that every single person’s contribution towards fighting a threat of the society counts. International women’s day is all about being aware of the fact that each individual has to work in their own way for changing the ugly face of the society.

Elifsude Gevikler /ERDEMLİ Borsa Istanbul Scıence Hıgh School /Teacher : Eda Ekşioğlu

International Women’s Day Essays

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 2

Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

Alperen Hasanoğlu

  International Women’s Day is celebrated to pay regard to all women. Woman is respectable, and all the men should care about the rights of women as well as the women. International Women’s Day is a day to remember the importance of the woman so it should be celebrated on national and international levels.

  If you want to understand the importance of women, I can only try to explain it. A woman is very caring and loving as a mother, as a daughter, as a sister, as a wife and as a friend. A woman sacrifices her whole life for her family, works from day to night for the support of her family and spends her whole life for others. A woman can not be defeated if she stands against something. If she is stubborn, then she can pass through every trouble. The women are the key to a better, happier future. A collection of sacrifice, love, care, mystery, fun, tears, grace and beauty is called a “Woman”.

Berke Çimenoğlu

International Women’s Day is celebrated with full enthusiasm all over the world. It has been observed since early 1990s but now it is celebrated every year on 8^th March. The agenda behind celebrating this day is to empower the women who has gone through number of hurdles all through her life be it their social, political, religious, and cultural rights simultaneously it also calls for “Gender Equality”.

Although many years have passed by, they are still fighting for equality throughout the world.  Whether it is for political rights, positions in government leadership, economic equality, it is still an uphill battle for all women regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion.  It is a cause which ignites passion and unites us globally.  

Women are still not getting equal pay with some sources reporting it will be at least another 65 years until women can close the gender gap. Women are still being sexually harassed in workplaces.  Women are still facing sexual violence in countries throughout the world, and many have been enslaved into human trafficking.

Aysu Kayazade

International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on 8th of March. The day is a global day that celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political accomplishments of women.

The story of NWD: 

   On 8 March 1857, in New York a group of garment workers’ concerted together against reckless working conditions. They demanded a decrease on their working hours to ten hours. Fifty years after this action 15k women gathered and made a strike to get better working conditions and right of choice. Then next years the strike grown and 20-30k women took a part in it.    

  About a year after in a strike on 8th of March, a fire broke out in the company’s workshop. In this fire, emergency exits of the building were closed and women were left to death. Then socialists started to celebrate this day as Women’s Day. The first National Woman’s Day was occured in USA in 1909. A party in America designated this day in honour of the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York. 

   This strikes were social protests against harsh working conditions and it shows women’s struggle at various scales all over the world. To sum up International Women’s Day is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity.

Hakkı Burak Kaya

8 March International Women’s Day is the remembrence of the women that lived 150 years ago and wanted equal rights as men. On March the 8th 1857 in New York State of US, 40 thousand textile workers began strike in cause of better working conditions.
The police beat them and locked them into the factory. A fire started in the factory and they couldn’t ran outside the barricades. That caused 120 women workers to die. We are all human. These women were just wanting equal rights… This day is a mourning day. This day is a shame for humanity. But more importantly, this day should remind us to emphathize and care for each other. We should try to understand the feeling of the others and respect them. We should not force something to someone that ourselves would not want.
As humans, we should all try to make the world a better and happier place. Not for only ourselves, for everyone.

Dilara ÖZTÜRK

Origins of Women’s Day

“In 1908 in New York 15,000 women marched through the city demanding shorter work hours, better pay, voting rights and an end to child labour. The owner of the factory where these women were working, trying to avoid publicity of their action, closed them in the factory.Unfortunately, fire broke up and 129 women died because they couldn’t get over the police barricade. To commemorate this day, in 1910 Socialist International in Copenhagen established International Woman’s Day.” 

If you could see it from my eyes you would know you are one gem of a Woman!

Every Home,Every Heart, Every Feeling,Every Moment Of happiness is incomplete without you. Only you can complete this world .Happy Women’s Day

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Elif Mumcu

International Women’s Day ,which is celebrated on 8 March, is a day celebrated to raise awareness among people about women’s rights and equal society. Another aim is to show  people that there are a lot of  people -especially women- who can not realize their full potential, can not have the same rights only because of their gender.

For centuries women weren’t equal to men.Even now,in the 21st century, there are countries where women have less rights than men.In most of the countries even though a woman and a man does the same work,woman is less paid.This means that nearly half of the population is not equally paid.

Govrenments and people should be aware of the fact that discrimination is not benefical.To develop whole society needs to unite. Societies should acknowledge women and their potential in order to develop as a whole.

   As we all know, women in history always had to fight for their rights because of patriarchalism in society. After fighting for ending discrimination, they finally started to take their place in the world as they deserve.

The first International Women’s Day was run in 1911 in some European countries such as Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. More than a million women and men gathered to campaign for women’s rights to work, vote, education, and equality. By 1975,  International Women’s Day was officially recognized by the United Nations and has continued to gain international recognition. In some places like China, Afghanistan, Russia, and Burkina Faso,  International Women’s Day is a national holiday.

It is an important day to remember. The rights that we have as a woman now, comes from great fights from the past. We should honor our heritage in hand in hand with men. But also, it is a day to celebrate. To celebrate equality and the women’s part in society today. Most importantly, it must be a day not to forget. The parity is far from obtaining. There are still a lot of women out there who are subjected to violence both physically and mentally. So, we must not forget that the fight against discrimination is not over and we should keep fighting.

Mira METİN – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School 1. Group Teacher: Fatma Boztepe   

“Women can’t drive, do sports, make the right decisions, work, study…” they say. They think that women are born to be mothers to their children and wives to their husbands but Women’s Day is here to prove them wrong.

For centuries women have been of secondary importance compared to men and they had never gotten a chance to prove themselves in all areas such as science, mathematics or arts. However modern women know their worth and they are fighting for their rights. Therefore, women want to raise awareness to this issue to get what they deserve and March 8, International Women’s Day, is a great way to spread out their ideas. Despite what some misogynists who say that feminists are claiming that “Women are better than men.”, the feminists are actually stating that men and women are equal and no gender is superior to the other.

In conclusion, we can say that Women’s Day is a day dedicated to make people pay attention to gender inequality, not a cry for attention.

Begüm Kayaalp – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School  -1. Group Teacher: Fatma Boztepe 

8 March International Women’s Day is a day that must be known and cared for by all persons. Today is a day for women to draw attention to the subject of “women’s rights”.

The concept of “women’s rights” is a concept that is great importance; especially in the 19th century. And it is the name given to all the rights of women equal to men. In fact, even this definition, the use of the phrase in “equal to men” is an indication that there is no equality between women and men. If we had overcome this problem, we would have realized that the term “human rights” should stand out in the present age, rather than the term “women’s rights”.

Women are “ignored” in many issues around the world. In many state legal regulations, there is a distinction between women and men. In many regions around the world women are not recognized for choosing marriages, marriages, divorce and other basic civil rights. moreover, physical violence and psychological pressure for women cannot be completely prevented even in the most modern countries, and women are still being killed.

We must always be conscious of them; and we must do all we can to build a world where women do not see the treatment they do not deserve by other people.

Zeynep Serra Akkaya – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School-1. Group Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

Women are considered as ‘The Goddess’ in the Indian society from the ancient time however it is also true that they are not treated as goddess. The way of behaving, thinking and doing of women is completely different from the men so we can say that women are physically, physiologically and psychologically not equal to men. 

Women are the half population of the world mean half power of the world. If women of any country are not empowered mean that country is lack of half power. Without woman nothing is possible for men; women are basic unit of the society, they make a family, family make a home, home make a society and ultimately societies make a country. 

Throughout history, gender equality has been a recurring issue. In different cultures across the world there has been an imbalance between the roles of men and women in society. Starting from early civilization, men have held the power within government and society, while women have been seen as housewives.  But things are getting changed now; women are being aware of their rights and understanding well the dominating nature of men over their whole life. 

Gizem Gümüşışık Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group:1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights.

I believe that the day is especially important in the parts of the world where genders aren’t equal and patriarchal structure is still dominant. In those places, women struggle with inequality where there is no social awareness. Likewise, that’s why International Women’s Day must be important for both men and women: to raise awareness.

Although it is celebrated in many countries as a ‘holiday’, it doesn’t have a good background. The reason why its day is 8 March is a bloody strike ended with 129 women’s death. In 8 March 1857, about 40.000 people gathered in front of the factory they work at to protest the inequal working conditions. But they had been attacked and locked to the factory and couldn’t run away from the fire and the 129 women who couldn’t have escaped died there.

Thenceforward, most of the people defend the gender equality and since then, 8 March became the day that shows the empowerment of women and also started to symbolise the equailty between men and women.

Zeynep İsmihan Avşar – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School / 1. Group Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

First of all, International Women’s Day is the proof of the equality between men and woman. As men, we treated women like they were inferior to us but they are not and this day verifies it.Generally, it is celebrated to provide respect to whole women fraternity, appreciate them and to express love for them. As women are the major part of the society and plays a great role in the economic, political, and social activities, international women’s day is commemorated to remember and appreciate women’s all over achievements.

Even though, women enjoy more rights than they had in past; we can’t say we made a clean break to obscurantism yet.Sadly, in many parts of the developing world, women aren’t given the opportunity to realize their God-given potential. They’re often treated as second-class citizens, subject to gender-based discrimination, abuse, and exploitation. For example,many girls aren’t given the chance to stay in school or pursue their dreams for the future.

To sum up, International Women’s day shows us everyone has a place in society, nobody should be caged to their home if he or she is not willing to.

Kerem Gür –  Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group:1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

the most famous Serbian women

Jelena Anzujska first founder of the school

Jefimija first bookstore

Milica Hrebeljanovic first diplomate

Katarina Ivanovic first painter

Marija Maga first ballerina

Draga LJocic first doctor

Mileva Maric Anstajn first  mathematics

Milunka Savic first warrior

Regarding the rights of women and gender equality, gender equality is guaranteed by the 2006 Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. Serbia is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Political Rights of Women and the Convention on Equal Remuneration for Equal Value for Men and Women. The Law on Gender Equality envisages measures aimed at preventing and eliminating gender and gender discrimination. According to the European Commission’s Analytical Report, it is estimated that “the implementation of national strategies in this area remains at a low level.

Prepared by Yaren Ciğerci

Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School- Group 1

Prepared by Berk Can Biberoğlu-Arda Şeker

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School- Group:1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

You can reach our video via qr code

YouTube Link QR Code

What did you learn about democracy while interviewing?

I learned that every individual has their own opinions and we have to respect what they are thinking whether we are agreeing or not.Also I learned that  freedom of thought is a really important thing in society.

-Elif Mumcu/Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/Group2/İnayet Çalışkan

I learned that democracy gains it’s power from the people who are free to think and act as they desire. Every opinion is unique and has it’s own good sides as well as the bad sides. So we should respect to the all sorts of opinions.

-Alperen Hasanoğlu/Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/Group 2/İnayet Çalışkan

I learned that what democracy, freedom means for people. Also I learned that democracy of thought is a very important thing in society. We learned to respect even if we had different ideas from each other.

—Dilara ÖZTÜRK—Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School—Group 2– Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan.           

Firstly we learned how to respect each others opinions.

Also we learned many things about democracy,

and freedom. We have to help each other and respect the ideas. 

-Berk Can Biberoğlu- Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian Hıgh School

Group 1- Teacher: Fatma Boztepe 

We learned  everyones opinions Matter and how to respect them even if we don’t Agree.we learned freedom is the Most important thing in social life.and most importantly we learned how democracy works.

Bedirhan Efe akkuş Beşiktaş-Atatürk Anatolian Hıgh School-group 1 teacher fatma Boztepe-

It may be easy to talk about your opinion but the hard thing is to listen the others’ ideas. Democracy requires that everyone’s opinions is important and should be considered. It is a huge freedom. 

Mira Metin -Atatürk Anatolian High School Group1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

We learned that in addition to democracy, tolerance, respect, and respect are also important.

Ana Kovacevic

6 Belgrade gymnasium

I had a lot of fun in the interview I gained new experiences I was really fun to be announcer I had a beautiful day with my team mates

Bahar Cengizoğlu /Etiler Anatolian High School /Teacher Arzu Çalık Seydim /İstanbul Turkey

Asking people’s opinion, I have understood how important it is to know people’s concepts about democracy. Each of them has answered differently and freely.

Ulvi Maharramov / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim

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3D was prepared by Tolga Kavuncu

Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School- Group 1

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Taken by Alperen Hasanoğlu  – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School – Group 2 – Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan Taken by Alperen Hasanoğlu – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School – Group 2 – Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

Taken by Aysu Kayazade – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School – Group 2 – Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

Taken by Elif Mumcu – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School – Group 2-Teacher:İnayet Çalışkan

Bertucci Nicoletta, 1b LL ,IIS Enzo Ferrari Chiaravalle, Italy

Perruccio Maria Teresa, 3AP IIS Enzo Ferrari Chiaravalle, Italy

Cerchidi Salvatore, 3AP, IIS Enzo Ferrari Chiaravalle, Italy

Sestito Francesca, 3AP IIS Enzo Ferrari Chiaravalle Italy

GARIERI Gabriele 3AP IIS Enzo Ferrari Chiaravalle Italy

Ponteduro Mattia 3AP IIS Enzo Ferrari Chiaravalle Italy

 I think democracy means more than just political manners. I think democracy should mean support and people always having eachother’s back on their way to equality even if they might be some obstacles through it.

Toader Rebeca

Naderi-Far Hassan

Tudor Oana

Stefan Bianca

Sandu Ana

Karl Lily

Hashim Amir  

free and yours

Belgrade is the world

You can reach “The Photo Exhibition of Democracy” by clicking HERE

or

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You can also reach the competition link by scanning the QR Code

 Competition and Exhibition

Prepared by:Ensar Raşid Kocagöz 

Etiler Anatolian High School

Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim 

Here Are The Winner Graphs!

You can reach the link by scanning the QR Code

Here’s The Link To The Results

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Last Day to Vote: 14.05.2019!

Etiler Anatolian High School

has won the Competition

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Thanks for joining!

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You can reach the results at the link down below!

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HAYAT BAYRAM OLSA

Prepared by Begüm Kayaalp – Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

This karaoke is for you to sing this song easly. Enjoy!

Prepared by Bedirhan Efe Akkuş- Teacher: fatma Boztepe

If you want to play this song, here!

notalar.docx

If Only Life Would Be Like A Feast.docx

Gençlik Başımda Duman /

Youth is Smoke in My Head

(Singers: Güzin and Baha)

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  Turkish Version

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Prepared by:Egemen Yıldız

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Here’s the Karaoke version of the song Eğri Büğrü we made:

Enjoy!

Here is our Song about FREEDOM!

Freedom by Pharrel Williams

This is our song about JOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRx5PrAlUdY

prepared by Karl Lilian

Teacher Iulia Perju

Romanian version:

DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Alo? Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc
şi te rog iubirea mea primeşte, fericirea
Alo? Alo! Sunt eu, Picasso.
Ţi-am dat beep şi sunt voinic
dar, să ştii, nu-ţi cer nimic.

Vrei să pleci dar
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
Chipul tău şi
dragostea din tei
mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

Vrei să pleci dar
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
Chipul tău şi
dragostea din tei
mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

Te sun sa-ţi spun ce simt acum.
Alo, iubirea mea. Sunt eu, fericirea.
Alo? Alo! Sunt iaraşi eu, Picasso.
Ţi-am dat beep şi sunt voinic
dar ,să ştii, nu-ţi cer nimic.

Vrei să pleci dar
nu mă, nu mă iei,

nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
Chipul tău şi
dragostea din tei
mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

Vrei să pleci dar
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
Chipul tău şi
dragostea din tei
mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Mai-ia-hii
Mai-ia-huu
Mai-ia-ha
Mai-ia-haha

Vrei să pleci dar
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
Chipul tău şi
dragostea din tei
mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

Vrei să pleci dar
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă iei,
nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
Chipul tău şi
dragostea din tei
mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

Link for karaoke version :

https://youtu.be/fwZAhgjUAkw

English Version:

LOVE IN THE LINDEN TREE

Ma ia hi

Ma ia hoo
Ma ia ha
Mi ia haa
Ma ia hi
Ma ia hoo
Ma ia ha
Mi ia haa
Ma ia hi
Ma ia hoo
Ma ia ha
Mi ia haa
Hello
Hi
It’s me, an outlaw
and please, accept happiness,my love
Hello
Hello
It is me Picasso
I gave you a call
And I am tough
But I want you to know
I ask nothing from you
You want to leave but
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t
You can’t take me
The image of you face
And the love in the linden tree
Remind me of your eyes
I call
To tell you
What I feel now
Hello
My love,
It’s me
Happiness
Hello
Hello
It is me Picasso
I gave you a call
And I am tough
But I want you to know
I ask nothing from you
You want to leave but
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t
You can’t take me
The image of you face

And the love in the linden tree
Remind me of your eyes
You want to leave but
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t
You can’t take me
The image of you face
And the love in the linden tree
Remind me of your eyes
Ma ia hi
Ma ia hoo
Ma ia ha
Mi ia haa
Ma la hi
Ma la hoo
Ma la ha
Mi ia haa
Ma ia hi
Ma ia hoo
Ma ia ha
Mi ia haa
Ma ia hi
Ma ia hoo
Ma ia ha
Mi ia haa
You want to leave but
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t
You can’t take me
The image of you face
And the love in the linden tree
Remind me of your eyes
You want to leave but
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t take me
You can’t, you can’t
You can’t take me
The image of you face
And the love in the linden tree
Remind me of your eyes

freedom and independence

Ana Kovacevic

6 Belgrade gymnasium

The part of the Turkish song played by the Romanian team formed by the students : Bianca Stefan (singing) and Lily Karl (recording)- teacher Iulia Perju

The part of the Turkish song played by Italian team formed by the students : Salvatore Carchidi(singing) and Francesca Sestito (recording). Teacher Valentina Fera

The winner of The song Competition is…

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1!

Turkey – Serbia – Italy are singing 🙂

Edited by Bedirhan Efe Akkuş

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1

What do you think about this kind of democracy? Please write here.

In a true democratic country every single citizen should be able to vote and have an effect on their country. The public should know what is happening in their country and be able to change the parliament’s decisions. People often know better when something is wrong and in need of change. In these kinds of situations the parliament should listen to the public opinion. Like what happened in Turkey, Tunceli, where they insisted the public transportation should be free. When the city hall finally gave in and did what the people asked the people were happy. And continued to elect the governers who that does listen to them. So, a true democracy is beneficial to every party who takes place.

Tolga KAVUNCU – Turkish Student – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School, Group 1, Teacher : Fatma BOZTEPE

In direct democracy we are living the regime as it requires to be. We can be sure that people are accually active about the decisions in their country. For example, in our school there was a propper uniform but as students we wanted to change it. So, we organized a poll. Democracy is not only about referandums. Public must be aware of everything and should be in charge in every decision. That’s why direct democracy is a better way to rule and to be ruled.

Mira METİN – Turkish Student – Atatürk Anatolian High School, Group:1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

we all know all countries should be governed by democracy. but in some countries that are governed by democracy, we saw that democracy is not a thing for people’s life. democracy should not remain as a mere form of governance. at this point, participatory democracy comes into play. participatory democracy is the type of democracy in which every human being exists in the decision. An example of this: in Ankara, Turkey, an art center will be open with a decision given with the participation of the public.

Zeynep Serra Akkaya -Turkish Student- Besiktas Ataturk Anatolian High School, Group:1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

Most of the people think that democracy is important. It really is, but there isn’t just one type of it. We are familiar with representative democracy. This process involves an electorate selecting and voting on political candidates and political parties. Citizens entrust their elected leaders to act in accordance to how they wish to be represented. But on the other hand, the participatory democracy (also known as direct democracy) puts policy responsibilities directly in the hands of the citizenry. I believe that democracy is not enough for a good ruling. If people are voicless in the country where they live, democracy becomes meaningless. 

Gizem Gümüşışık Turkish Student Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

we all have heard or seen democracy in our lifes but we usually dont know the types of democracy.the democracy we usually see and hear is representetive democracybut there are some other democracy types like participatory democracy and such.and ı think nearly all types of democracy is healthy for citizens and rulers becouse they can decide what they are going to do as a whole.

Bedirhan Efe Akkuş – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

In Switzerland, the federal authorities are headquartered in Bern and 26 Canton Federal Republic.It is a country that has adopted direct democracy, one of the rare systems in the world.Direct democracy is the type of democracy that the people use in themselves and directly.In Switzerland, four referenda are held annually on municipal, cantonal and federal issues.Direct democracy has advantages such as public support, living in harmony, social participation, sensitivity and empowerment. The referendum system in Switzerland is one of the most important forces controlling the parliament and the elite. It has been observed that this system strengthens the link between the state and society.

EFL/ PREPARED BY ELİFSUDE GEVİKLER /Teacher : EDA EKŞİOĞLU 

People from around the world wonder how it feels to be a Swiss and why Swiss’s should be proud to be a Swiss.Well the answer is simple; it’s the sense of freedom. Living in a democratic society has allowed us to gain freedom and power in our country today. Democracy as a political system has allowed us to choose our representatives and hold them accountable for our protection and interest.

Ulvi Maharramov/Etiler Anatolian High School/Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim

 Democracy is where happiness is. The best example for this is Switzerland. The people there are living in harmony because the laws are being applied perfectly.

In 6 years the population grew up just 1 million. You can see the united power of the Swiss from this example.
I wish we could govern our people better than Switzerland.

Ensar Raşid Kocagöz / Etiler Anatolian High School /

Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim

Switzerland is one of the most peaceful countries in the history. Switzerland passed two world wars but not even a single bullet got inside the country. Imagine the peace and the perfect government in there. They have a wonderful system. But I believe that we can create better laws even better than Switzerland.

Aslı Vatansever / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher : Arzu Çalık Seydim

Happy people show that democracy is well managed there, just as in Switzerland. I understand that Switzerland is a very well established country. This makes is very peacefull place. The peace environment seams to have increased the welfare of its people. I think I might consider going to Switzerland in the future.

Bahar Cengizoğlu / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher : Arzu Çalık Seydim

Switzerland is a country with systematic democracy. This makes people happier. We can explain that like this; they do not have much trouble in the state affairs, they are directing themselves to other activities. This directly affects their development. Switzerland is a country that will soon be eye-catching on the world. İt is very systematic and has overcome many (political) problems. I believe that if we  have sustainable and systematic democracy in our country, we will have a voice in the world.

Egemen Yıldız / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher : Arzu Çalık Seydim 

Direct democracy is also called as “pure democracy” and involves having the citizens as individuals vote on issues instead of elected representatives.I think by this type of democracy  community can know more about politics.

Elif Mumcu/Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/Group:2/Teacher:İnayet Çalşkan

In my opinion, the citizens should be able to make their opinions reach to the government directly. Direct democracy gives them the opportunity to do that and that’s why I support it.

Emir İkiz/Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/Group:2/Teacher:İnayet Çalşkan

Dear Friends, Please Share Your Slogan 

On This Page

Slogan Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin

6 Belgrade gymnasium

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This is our slogan:

“THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE VOICE OF RIGHT”

Prepared by Gizem Gümüşışık

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School- Group 1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

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 Etiler Anatolian High School’s 

 Slogan 

 Slogan by:Ulvi Maharramov 

 “By the heart, via the mind” 

 Video prepared by:Bahar 

“FREEDOM IS A WONDERFUL GIFT”

IIS FERRARI, ITALY

SLOGAN BY SALVATORE CARCHIDI

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Our slogan is:

“ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL”

Prepared by Berke Çimenoğlu

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School- Group 2, Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

Please, vote:

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And the winner is…….

Congratulations, Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 2 !!!

Created by Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1- Group 2

Have a look please! We have preparede a gift for you <3

Prepared by Nehir Uluocak

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1 Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

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In this project we experienced a different side of democracy. Now, I know that democracy is not only a regime or a system. It is about communion and deal with a situation in different perspectives. We all have so many opinions, so many rights and wrongs and we can only get the best result by combining that opinions. We learned that with the forums where we shared our opinions and discussed about them. When we decide about our logo, we all voted and it helped us apply a part of democracy. As we learn, we had so much fun and improved our computer skills. 

Mira METİN – Turkish Student – Atatürk Anatolian High School, Group:1, Teacher: Fatma BOZTEPE

In this eTwinning project we learned what democracy should be, and what it is now. We learned that it is not a simple topic, we asked people what do they think democracy is and are we living in a democratic country. We voted on the project logos with the other students. We learned about people’s rights. We showed what democracy is in photos. We talked about democracy’s effect on equality. This project helped improve my english. I met with people from around the globe.

Tolga KAVUNCU – Turkish Student –  Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School, Group 1, Teacher : Fatma

Knowing what democracy really is, is the biggest step to be democratic. And in this project, by doing all of those exercises with our friends and partners from other countries, we’ve learnt the meaning and how to be democratic well. Also, by doing them; I’ve gained experience and improved my English. 

Zeynep İsmihan Avşar, Turkish Student, Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School – Group 1; Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

with this project, i understand that democracy is an important concept. with this, i can learn about other people’s view on democracy. we write essays about democracy, and we debate about them. I feel like i have more opinion about democracy. I improved my English and I improved my ability to use computer. I am very happy to be in the project like this.

Zeynep Serra Akkaya -Turkish Student- Besiktas Ataturk Anatolian High School, Group 1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe.

I have now a new and better point of view about democracy. I learnt that democracy is more important than it looks. People should become conscious about this topic and especially teachers should do a lot of things to teach their students. In this project we discussed democratically, using forums and other web sites. We used computers and it is really good for all of us. I am happy to be in this project.

Gizem Gümüşışık – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

This project taught us a lot about democracy and its unavoidable effect in our lives. I had been moderator in the recent forums and I would like to indicate being moderator is one of the pure samples of democracy, giving everyone same speaking time and much more. We have learned using new communication tools and I am sure I will use them in rest of my life.

Kerem Gür – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

the things ı learned from this project are so worthy for me and my social ideas had changed a lot in this project.becouse project thaught me what the real democracy is and how precious it is.ı now can see why we need democracy in our life.ın this project we also learned how to listen to each other and give values to each other s ideas.

Bedirhan Efe Akkuş – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe 

This project showed me how valuable democracy was. Seeing the world with different perspectives had been life-changing for me. I’ve learned how to have emphaty and understand others. This project made me more mature about conflicts and how to solve them. I’m grateful for this opportunity.

-Begüm Kayaalp- Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1, Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

In this project, we learned what people think about democracy and what democracy really is. We discussed what can we do to improve the democracy in forums. We saw the perception of the people from different countries and environments. Apart from these we learned how to use web tools to make great videos. It was nice to be a part of this project. 

Alperen Hasanoğlu – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 2 – Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

Thanks to this project, we improved our online skills. We made online forums, meetings, discussions, chats etc. We met with people all around the world. And we are educated about democracy and society. I am glad to be in this project. 

Aysu Kayazade – Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School/ Group 2 – Teacher: İnayet Çalışkan

I’m so glad we worked together on this beautiful project. it was a very active project for us .It was very important and fun. We felt the awareness of democracy at every point in our lives. Heartfelt thanks to all of you.

Ecem Sıla Çulha -Erdemli Borsa Istanbul Scıence Hıgh School /Mersin-Teacher: Eda Ekşioğlu

I am very happy that we work together in this project that once again makes us feel the importance of democracy in our lives. Thank you, everyone.

Aleyna Çetin -Erdemli Borsa Istanbul Scıence Hıgh School /Mersin-Teacher: Eda Ekşioğlu

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In this project, I’ve learned a lot of information about democracy, I got new friends, I learned to use technological programs. Due to that, it has helped me to improve my English accent. Moreover,I’ve thought and imagined a creative logo and slogan via my potential and interests for this work. In the end, it would be correct to say that we have learned to change our outlook on the world. I feel lucky to be in that project.

Ulvi Maharramov, Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim, İstanbul, Turkey

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I am very grateful to my counselor teacher, friends and stakeholders from other countries for being involved in this project. We have better understood and emphasized the importance of democracy in our lives. Together we produced great outputs such as designing the flag of democracy, the project logo and slogan, and singing the song. I had the chance to improve my knowledge and skills. I would like to join a new eTwinning project again.

Seval Maden, Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim, Istanbul Turkey

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eTwining has taught us to be disciplined, for example, etwinning web site required us to upload something into the system at a certain time. This project taught us to take responsibility and fulfill that responsibility and also taught research and interpretation and constructive criticism, and taught us to push our horizon and improve ourselves. This project took out aspects of democracy that we didn’t know and he made us think about how we should improve our democracy in the future and how we can implement it.
Democracy is important or even very important in our lives. We research a lot about Democracy. In the end of research we have learned to be more democratic. With that project we understood that democracy is as vital as the breathing in our lives.

Aslı Vatansever, Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher : Arzu Çalık Seydim, İstanbul, Turkey

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This Etwining project gave a different perspective to democracy and taught us to take responsibility. We made new friendship. We spent time together. We interacted together. We remembered once again that democracy has an important place in our lives. We had a live video chat about democracy . It was a common work. My group’s topic was equality and this project reminded us the importance of equality as democracy. it was very clear that it should be the main basis of our lives.By using web2tools; I created a poster. It has expanded our horizon and enabled us to develop ideas. My friend developed a slogan and translated it into video. We debated together and knew different characters. We interviewed and broke our own walls. He taught us to be compatible with the group work. I think the most important thing is that we have done this project with participants from different countries and discuss democracy with them. I’m happy to participate in this project.

Bahar Cengizoğlu, Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher : Arzu Çalık Seydim, İstanbul, Turkey

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In this eTwinning project we obtained new and better points of views in democracy. I learnt that democracy is more important than how it looks and I realized that we should value democracy more. We discussed about democracy and found what is right and what is wrong. We created great friendships even from other schools. I’ve learned to use video programs more detailed. It was really cool to be in this project.

Egemen Yıldız, Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim, İstanbul, Turkey

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It was a very good experience for  me. This project contributed me a lot. I got new friends and I used my technology programs knowledge in this project. We did a lot of preparation like preparing a board in school, using different ideas in democracy by making interviews with society.
Preparing an online photo exhibition was a very different experience. I liked the preparation of voting and see the different ideas in a competition.
The most important thing that we did it all together. I really enjoyed this project.

Ensar Raşid Kocagöz / Etiler Anatolian High School / Teacher: Arzu Çalık Seydim / Istanbul, Turkey

congratulations…

Dear colleagues and students, thank you for your cooperation. I congratulate you all

Teacher Fatma Boztepe

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School, Group 1

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Students giving feedback about the project:

I liked this project because I had the opportunity to exchange ideas with pupils from other countries.  My favorite part was that we had to create materials about different social issues. For example, we had to write an essay about Women’s Day, something I’m passionate about and also, a subject I enjoyed doing research for.

Sandu Ana- Maria

 For me, this experience was something awesome. I learned so much in such a short period of time and I got to know more facts about democracy. In the same time I got to know different points of view about this topic from my classmates. It was a very interesting experience and I am happy that I took part in this project.

Tudor Oana

This project developed my creativity. It was a great opportunity for me to socialise with other people. I enjoyed it and had a great time with my classmate, Bia, during making that video with singing in a foreign language. It was a woderful experience and I hope I will repeat it.

Karl Lily

Truly sorry to say Good-bye….

This part can be used in project duration

program introduction

prepared by Melisa Tozun – Teacher Fatma Boztepe

school official web page

social media-facebook

our banner on social media

our logo on social media

program introduction on social media

Democracy with poems – transferring the project to the course

We announced our eTwinning Project

in our school’s official web site.

Our project in social media (Facebook)

Our project in social media (Twitter)

Our Logo in social media (Instagram)

Project Board at Our School

DISSEMINATION OF THE PROJECT ON THE SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE

One of the first steps to implement the results of the project has been starting Public Speaking classes on human rights and democracy issues.

Here are some students preparing and delivering their speeches in front of their colleagues. Small steps, but confident ones.

http://erdemlifen.meb.k12.tr/

ALL OF OUR WORK WAS PUBLISHED ON OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE.

From Our exhibition…..

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democracy chat.xlsx

democracy chat2.xlsx

Edited by Emir İkiz

Teacher: Fatma Boztepe

Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School Group 1