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April 27, 2021

The service the world talks about: The Mobile Camel Library in Balochistan

Two sisters living in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province developed an interesting project for village children who could not reach the books due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The […]
May 1, 2021

‘Disaster of the Century’ and Being a Woman in Pakistan (Documentary)

We are now broadcasting the documentary “Being a Woman in Pakistan”, which was shot in 2015 by Medyalogic, but could not be broadcast until today. Pakistan […]
May 4, 2021

Turkish students’ ‘mom in a foreign land’ Ayşegül Akyıldız: We know the hardships suffered are not in vain

Homemaker Ayşegül Akyıldız, who went to Pakistan with her two children and her husband when the PakTurk Schools were under duress, especially tried to stand by […]
May 6, 2021

I was in Islamabad, but no one was waiting for a person like me!

Education volunteer Taner Koçyiğit wrote about his life in Pakistan, where he spent 14 years having gone there even chancing to sell vacuum cleaners for the […]
May 9, 2021

A page from history: CHP’s Nur Serter visited the Turkish school

On our website, we will sometimes train our magnifying glass on different pages from the quarter-of-a-century long history of the PakTurk Schools. In today’s part of […]
May 13, 2021

“We had a decent meal for the first time in 7 days in Ramadan”

Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the humanitarian assistance activities organized by the volunteer PakTurk employees after the devastating flood disaster in 2010 which also coincided with […]
May 14, 2021

In Pakistan, Eid is a grand family reunion

Educationist Sadullah Bayazit narrated the Eid traditions and the significance of exchanging Eid greetings in Pakistan, where he lived for many years.  Having arrived after the […]
May 14, 2021

Death and condolence

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mr. Farooq Ali Khan, one of Lahore’s esteemed businessmen and academics, as well as one of […]
May 17, 2021

Beşiktaş’s championship and a ‘common denominator’ in Pakistan

Osman Arslanhan, an educator who worked in Pakistan for many years, wrote his memories that surfaced after Beşiktaş’s 2021 championship in the Turkish Super League. He […]