Articles

June 22, 2021

The needlework in need of light (Story)

A short story written by educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel, who taught Turkish in Pakistan for many years, won the first prize in the competition organized […]
July 6, 2021

Anarkali – the legendary figure of Lahore – and the Turkic ruler Jahangir

Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about Anarkali – the legendary figure of Lahore who was the subject of many books, movies and stage plays – and her […]
August 10, 2021

Durr-e-Shahwar Sultan’s journey from Istanbul to Hyderabad Deccan (1)

Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote the story of Khadija Khayria Durr-e-Shahwar Sultan, the daughter of the last Ottoman Caliph Abdul Majid Effendi, from Istanbul to Hyderabad Deccan. […]
October 1, 2021

I cannot write, yet I must write!

Education volunteer Rüveyda Arslanhan wrote the sequel to her previous article titled “I’m Unable to Write”. Stating she has started to forget her memories of Pakistan, […]
November 26, 2021

Adem Yavuz Arslan, wrote for PakTurkFile: WHAT DID I WITNESS IN PAKISTAN?

Journalist Adem Yavuz Arslan wrote for PakTurkFile the impressions he had in visits he made to Pakistan during his career. Arslan narrated how the doors the […]
December 29, 2021

‘For what sin have you been snatched away from the educational centres you loved like your own home?’

Theologian-author Abdullah Aymaz voiced his concerns against the demand for expelling the PakTurk teachers from Pakistan five years ago due to the pressure from the Turkish […]
December 31, 2021

‘We experienced the War-of-Independence milieu of altruism there again’

Theologian Abdullah Aymaz had raised the issue of the deportation of the PakTurk teachers from Pakistan five years ago. We publish the remaining part of the […]
January 22, 2022

The ageless taste of Pakistani cuisine: Shami Kebab

Today we publish the first of our ‘Food Memories’ series. Sadık Pakdil, an educationist who formerly worked at the PakTurk Schools, wrote the history and recipe […]
January 24, 2022

What good is food without ‘Masala’?

Educationist Doğan Yücel supported the articles on “Food Memories” by elucidating on the place of “masala”, meaning “mixture of spices”, in the Pakistani cuisine. He also […]