February 4, 2024
It was the end of August in the year 2007 when my life took a thrilling turn. On a sunny Sunday, I bid farewell to the […]
July 10, 2022
Founding a school in Pakistan was a modest move inspired by a sublime ideal followed by a group of education volunteers at the outset of the […]
July 5, 2022
Educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about his leaving Pakistan, where he lived for 7 years. He narrated the interesting events he had experienced during the […]
June 24, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the exciting flag ceremony on the Pakistan-India border near Lahore. One experience to be had at least once for anyone visiting […]
June 14, 2022
Cemil Çiçek, who served as the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) between 2011 and 2015, visited Pakistan in 2013 with a group of […]
June 9, 2022
Researcher and educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the 400-year-old Shalimar Gardens, known as the ‘paradise corners’ of Lahore. Yücel explained the history of the gardens, their […]
June 4, 2022
Assoc. Prof. Hüseyin Çelik, who served as the Minister of National Education of the ruling AKP government between 2003 and 2009, visited Pakistan after the devastating […]
May 31, 2022
Researcher and educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, an architectural landmark considered one of the most significant religious and cultural structures of […]
May 27, 2022
Having returned with outstanding success from an international mathematics competition held in Thailand, the students of the PakTurk Schools were greeted with enthusiasm in Pakistan. The […]
May 24, 2022
Researcher and educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, considered one of the most significant religious and cultural buildings in Pakistan. Yücel explained […]
May 12, 2022
Besides his teaching duty at the PakTurk Schools, educationist Doğan Yücel also volunteered in the businessmen’s association established to develop the trade between Pakistan and Turkey. […]
May 9, 2022
A group of activists in the UK has launched a campaign they call ‘Play2Fund’. They will support persons or communities struggling for human rights with funds […]
May 7, 2022
Besides his teaching duties at the PakTurk Schools, educationist Doğan Yücel was also involved in the activities of the businessmen’s association founded to develop the trade […]
April 30, 2022
Educationist Sadık Pakdil wrote the story of Rooh Afza, which has become an indispensable gem and drink of Ramadan in Pakistan. Pakdil explained when and how […]
April 25, 2022
Educationist Engin Yiğit wrote about the Ramadans he lived in Pakistan and has not forgotten still. He explained how Ramadans in Pakistan differ from those in […]
April 22, 2022
In the last part of our interview, PakTurk Schools English teacher Gönül Barış narrates her years of teaching in Lahore, the friendships she made with the […]
April 18, 2022
Besides teaching at the PakTurk Schools, educationist Doğan Yücel also volunteered in the businessmen’s association established to develop the trade between Pakistan and Turkey. He explained […]
April 13, 2022
500 days have passed since we set off on our quest to convey the unique, quarter-century-old chronicle of the PakTurk Schools to future generations. We accomplished […]
April 12, 2022
In this part of our interview, PakTurk Schools English teacher Gönül Barış narrates her teaching career she started right after graduating from university. she candidly shares […]
April 8, 2022
Besides his teaching commitment at the PakTurk Schools, educationist Doğan Yücel also volunteered in the businessmen’s association founded to further trade between Pakistan and Turkey. Yücel […]
April 6, 2022
In the second part of our interview, PakTurk Schools English teacher Gönül Barış narrates her university years in Lahore, her rapport with the boarding students in […]
April 1, 2022
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote a portrayal of Bahauddin Zakariyya, Multan’s the most prominent saint and a descendant of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be […]
March 28, 2022
Gönül Barış experienced many firsts of her life in Pakistan, where she went as a university student. After graduating from university, she gained her first teaching […]
March 24, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about his association with the late Pakistani academic Prof. Dr. Mujahid Ali and his memories with him. Yücel conveyed the insightful words […]
March 22, 2022
Today is March the 23rd, the Pakistan Day. It’s the anniversary of the day in 1940, when Muslims of the Subcontinent proclaimed from Lahore to the […]
March 21, 2022
A former dean of the Faculty of Law at the Bahauddin Zekeriyya University Multan and a close friend of PakTurk Schools Prof. Dr. Mujahid Ali passed […]
March 19, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the Qurbani meat distribution programs organized in Pakistan after the devastating flood disaster in 2010. He explained how the sacrificial meat […]
March 17, 2022
In this part of his memoirs, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the tonnes of detergents and diapers sent from Turkey as flood relief but proved unusable […]
March 15, 2022
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the Khewra Salt Mines, the source of the Himalayan salt, mined in Pakistan and sold worldwide for both health and artistic […]
March 12, 2022
At the beginning of 2016, the Hyderabad branch of the PakTurk Schools released a banner attached to air balloons to announce the annual ‘Sports Week’ events. […]
March 11, 2022
PakTurk students always made a name for themselves with their successful performances in the finals of the Turkish Olympiads held in Turkey. A group of PakTurk […]
March 9, 2022
In this part of the series in which he narrated the aftermath of the massive flood disaster in Pakistan, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote how the humanitarian […]
March 7, 2022
Education volunteer Fatih Çapar wrote about the first year he spent in Pakistan, where he went to study at university, and what he experienced during his […]
March 6, 2022
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote a portrayal of Mirza Kalich Beg, who is considered the founder of modern Sindh literature and whom Yücel came to know while […]
March 4, 2022
A suicide attack was carried out on a mosque in the north-western city of Peshawar in Pakistan. While the congregation had gathered at the Shiite mosque […]
March 3, 2022
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate the relief activities initiated by the PakTurk Schools after the flood disaster in 2010. In this section, Koçyiğit wrote about […]
March 1, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about a helping hand reaching out from Turkey during Pakistan’s hard times and how it served as a bridge alongside the educational […]
February 26, 2022
Educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the foods preferred at breakfast tables in Pakistan and the Turkish reservation towards local tastes. Yücel also narrated what […]
February 24, 2022
Fatma Esra Tosun, who worked as a teacher and administrator in different cities of Pakistan for 13 years, says the people of Pakistan always stood for […]
February 21, 2022
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the Ghaznavid Sufi Ali Hujwiri, who has been considered the chief guest of Lahore for 10 centuries, and his visit to […]
February 20, 2022
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about how the relief materials brought to Pakistan from Turkey by the Kimse Yok Mu Solidarity and Aid Association were distributed after […]
February 16, 2022
After working at the PakTurk Schools in Khairpur Mirs for a year, educationist Fatma Esra Tosun and her family moved to Islamabad where she worked for […]
February 15, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about his departure from Lahore, where he worked for five years, to Karachi. He related his feelings while saying goodbye and the […]
February 11, 2022
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to write about the flash-flood in 2010, considered one of the most devastating natural disasters in Pakistan’s history. This time, he narrated […]
February 10, 2022
Speaking in a live broadcast to support the legal struggle of the PakTurk Schools, educationist Engin Yiğit talked about the bond between the people of Pakistan […]
February 8, 2022
In this part of our interview, educationist Fatma Esra Tosun narrates her experiences in Khairpur Mirs, her first place of tenure in Pakistan. Expressing the parents’ […]
February 5, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel narrated why he decided to get married after a short while in Pakistan, where he arrived as single, and how he prepared for […]
February 3, 2022
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the flood disaster in 2010, one of the most devastating natural disasters in Pakistan’s history, the humanitarian aid mobilization led by […]
February 2, 2022
Dear friends, dear followers; It’s been one year since the PakTurkFile website and social media accounts started their publicising life with modest steps. We are just […]
February 1, 2022
Fatma Esra Tosun worked as an administrator and teacher in several branches of the PakTurk Schools during her 13-year tenure and life in Pakistan. Except for […]
January 29, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel is one of many who witnessed the gradual spread of the PakTurk Schools to Pakistan. He related a first-person account of how and […]
January 28, 2022
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the meals, desserts and drinks he tasted in Pakistan and could not forget until today. Here are the flavours some of […]
January 26, 2022
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the flash-flood in 2010, one of the most devastating natural disasters in the history of Pakistan, and why the destruction had […]
January 24, 2022
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 […]
January 22, 2022
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 18, 2022
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the first fundraiser for education services participated by the businessmen in Lahore and how PakTurk Schools gradually transitioned from villa-type school […]
January 17, 2022
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the trip to Turkey he and his colleagues had organized with businessmen from Lahore and Islamabad, and the “healing water” taken […]
January 14, 2022
In this part of his memoirs, educationist Taner Koçyiğit narrated Lahore, where he worked for eight years. Emphasizing the historical, commercial and cultural significance of the […]
January 12, 2022
Teachers and administrators of the PakTurk Schools in Pakistan, which were usurped in 2018 through the pressure from the Turkish government, give a struggle for rights […]
January 10, 2022
Hacer Bahar Çokarslan, who worked as a Mathematics teacher at the PakTurk Schools, narrated her experiences while she was preparing to leave Pakistan, the support given […]
January 8, 2022
Pakistan has been shaken by the snowstorm disaster in the north of the country. 25 people lost their lives when stranded on roads near Murree. It […]
January 7, 2022
Muzammil Shahzad, who graduated from the PakTurk College in Lahore in 2012, wrote his school memoirs for the PakTurkFile. In the second part of his memoirs, […]
January 5, 2022
In this part of his memoirs, educationist Taner Koçyiğit narrated how Pakistani businessmen and traders started their trips to Turkey and why their participation increased over […]
January 4, 2022
In the third part of our interview, Hacer Bahar Çokarslan, who taught Mathematics at the PakTurk Schools, narrated her marriage process and how that affected her […]
January 2, 2022
Hüseyin Yılmaz, who went to Pakistan years ago to study at a university there, wrote down one of his unforgettable travel memories. There are moments full […]
December 31, 2021
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 […]
December 29, 2021
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 28, 2021
In the second part of our interview, PakTurk Schools Mathematics Teacher Hacer Bahar Çokarslan narrates her first teaching experiences in Karachi and Lahore, her rapport with […]
December 26, 2021
In this part of his memoirs, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote how and under what conditions Pakistani businessmen, tradesmen and their spouses supported education services, and what […]
December 25, 2021
Founded as the reward of millions of sacrifices and intense hard work, Pakistan celebrates the 146th Birth Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on this December […]
December 23, 2021
On sad occasion of Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal’s demise, educationist Doğan Yücel wrote his memoirs about this late Pakistani academic who conducted significant studies on the […]
December 21, 2021
While still a high school student, Hacer Bahar Çokarslan had intended to become a teacher in Turkish schools abroad. Her parents were not even willing to […]
December 20, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel narrated his trip to Turkey, an activity of the businessmen’s association he had co-founded with some teachers in Lahore. Part Twenty-Five: In Lahore, […]
December 16, 2021
An eloquent painting for Nurefşan, who lost her life in the Maritza River, from Pakistan-born Zeynep
Zeynep Nazlı Yücel, who immigrated to Bosnia and Herzegovina from Pakistan with her family at 5, painted Nurefşan, who died at 9 while crossing the Maritza […]
December 14, 2021
In the last part of our interview with Mustafa Hatipoğlu, one of the first Hizmet-inspired volunteers who migrated to Pakistan at a young age to provide […]
December 12, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote a memory of from an Eid-ul Adha he experienced while working in Lahore years ago. He explained how the sacrificial animal shares […]
December 11, 2021
Muzammil Shahzad, who graduated from the Lahore PakTurk College in 2012, wrote his school memoirs for the PakTurkFile. In the first part, he narrated how he […]
December 9, 2021
The first short documentary we prepared as the PakTurkFile team was broadcast on our YouTube channel. The documentary narrates how the PakTurk International Schools & Colleges, […]
December 7, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel narrated the construction process of the PakTurk School in Lahore and the financial support provided by Pakistani businessmen in this part of his […]
December 4, 2021
Journalist-writer Kerim Balcı explained the steps taken and the progress in the legal struggle initiated against the usurpation of the PakTurk Schools. Balcı also made significant […]
December 1, 2021
Ahmed Faraz, one of Pakistan’s leading poets, was censured and imprisoned for his emancipatory ideas and revolutionary poetry. He also lived in exile for some years. […]
November 30, 2021
In this part of article series on his life and work in Pakistan, educationist Doğan Yücel narrated the opening of a PakTurk School branch in Lahore […]
November 26, 2021
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 […]
November 25, 2021
Some organizations have key unforgettable moments over the years. One of such moments is when Muhammad Owais Bangash, a former student of the PakTurk Schools in […]
November 23, 2021
A group of teachers and administrators of the PakTurk Schools will participate in the simultaneous live broadcast on MC TV and Hizmetten YouTube channels on Saturday, […]
November 19, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate Uncle Abdul Razzaq, a Pakistani benefactor of the PakTurk Schools. In this part, Koçyiğit relates Uncle Abdul Razzaq’s sincere interest […]
November 19, 2021
Turkish teacher and researcher Doğan Yücel, a prolific author on the PakTurkFile website, answered our questions. Explaining how he collected countless memories both while teaching and […]
November 18, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel, who occasionally introduces us to the historical and cultural aspects of Pakistan, wrote about the lives of two individuals buried in Lahore, where […]
November 16, 2021
In the fourth part of our interview, Mustafa Hatipoğlu, one of the first education volunteers to go to Pakistan, narrated his marriage process, the exciting events […]
November 13, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate about Uncle Abdul Razzaq, a Pakistani volunteer for the Hizmet Movement. In this part of his memoirs, Koçyiğit wrote about […]
November 12, 2021
In the third part of our interview, educationist Mustafa Hatipoğlu narrated how the first students were enrolled in the PakTurk Schools, his teaching days and the […]
November 9, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote the story of Uncle Abdul Razzaq, one of Lahore’s leading philanthropic businessmen. Koçyiğit narrated the support Uncle Abdul Razzaq provided to the […]
November 7, 2021
Mustafa Hatipoğlu, who lived in Pakistan for 18 years and provided various educational services at the PakTurk Schools, narrates his student life in Islamabad, his road […]
November 7, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel, who occasionally introduces the historical and cultural values of Pakistan, wrote about the lives of two prominent people who left a great mark […]
November 5, 2021
Ahmed Faraz, one of Pakistan’s leading poets, was censured and imprisoned for his emancipatory ideas and revolutionary poetry. He also lived in exile for some years. […]
November 4, 2021
Educationist Mehmet Karadayı narrated the story of the 23 April Peace March organized by the PakTurk Schools in 2004 and the repercussions of the function. He […]
November 2, 2021
Educationist and theologian Mustafa Hatipoğlu is one of the first volunteers to migrate to Pakistan with the ideal of sublime service to humanity. Actually, the stepping-stones […]
October 29, 2021
Turkish teacher Doğan Yücel wrote the story of Inamullah, a PakTurk student who prepared for the national qualifier of the 2007 Turkish Language Olympiad. He narrated […]
October 27, 2021
In today’s “A Page from History” section is the visit made by the 11th President of the Republic of Turkey Abdullah Gül to the Islamabad PakTurk […]
October 26, 2021
Educationist Hakan Çelik narrated a memory he had with his house-mates in Pakistan, providing an interesting example to what it meant to work at PakTurk and […]
October 25, 2021
Taner Koçyiğit, a former administrator and teacher of the PakTurk Schools, recorded a short video explaining why he wrote his memoirs upon our request. Expressing how […]
October 25, 2021
Journalist-writer Semsinur Ozdemir, who made serial interviews with numerous people, answered our questions this time. Preparing for compiling the interviews she made with PakTurk teachers in […]
October 25, 2021
Education volunteer Doğan Yücel wrote about his trip to Turkey with a group of businessmen from Pakistan in 2007. He narrated the highlights of the Black […]
October 22, 2021
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a human rights organization in Nigeria and known for its Islamic sensitivities, made an important call to the Federal Government of Nigeria. […]
October 21, 2021
Education volunteer Hakan Çelik narrated his visit to the Turkish Embassy in Islamabad for a passport appointment while he was working in Lahore, and an interesting […]
October 19, 2021
Turkish teacher Doğan Yücel wrote how and under what conditions the PakTurk branch in Lahore Raiwind Road, which had opened its doors to education in 2007, […]
October 17, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about a detail that caught his attention when he first went to Pakistan. He narrated the Turkish image in the minds of […]
October 16, 2021
Hakan Celik, a former PakTurk teacher, wrote about the difficulties he faced due to his weak Urdu and English when he first went to Pakistan and […]
October 15, 2021
In this part of the article series, Turkish teacher Doğan Yücel narrated the birth of their first child, Zeynep Nazlı, and their experiences. Part Seventeen: We […]
October 13, 2021
Educationist Mehmet Karadayı wrote about the impact of a science fair organized by the PakTurk Schools in Islamabad on students and the city residents. He also […]
October 12, 2021
A PakTurk teacher, who wrote poems under the pen name ‘Farzımuhal’ (Let’s Suppose), expressed his feelings while leaving Pakistan in his poem titled ‘Migration’. We publish […]
October 9, 2021
PakTurkFile team have set new targets for 2022 to carry their voices to wider masses in their struggle for rights. To achieve these goals, they started […]
October 7, 2021
Pakistan was rocked by a distressing disaster. At least 20 lost their lives and over 300 were injured in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake in the Balochistan […]
October 7, 2021
Sevda Arslan, who lived in Pakistan for 13 years and raised her three children there, narrates the process of leaving the country and how her family […]
October 6, 2021
In the second part of our interview with Sevda Arslan, an education volunteer who lived in Pakistan for 13 years, we relate the memories in Lahore […]
October 5, 2021
The activities of the education volunteers who migrated to Pakistan from Turkey were not just about teaching in schools. There were also volunteers who provided guidance […]
October 3, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit continues to narrate his colleague Abdülgani Gülmez’s life in Pakistan. In this part, Bayazit narrates Gülmez’s journey from Khairpur Mirs to Multan, his […]
October 1, 2021
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, […]
October 1, 2021
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, one of Pakistan’s leading poets and a fellow townsman of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, is an intellectual who was nominated for the Nobel Prize […]
September 30, 2021
In this part of his memoirs, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the duties he and his colleagues undertook within the scope of their public relations tasks […]
September 29, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit continues to narrate the his ‘friend-in-destiny’ Abdulgani Gülmez’s life in Pakistan. In the eleventh part of the memoirs, Bayazit wrote about the preparations […]
September 28, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote down the reasons the Basant Kite Festival, the ancient festival of Pakistan, was banned for 10 years and allowed again. Part Two: […]
September 26, 2021
The festival that accompanies the colourful awakening on the ground in the sky: Basant Kite Festival
Educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about a long-standing tradition, a festival in Pakistan. He narrated the Basant Kite Festival organized to celebrate the spring, its […]
September 24, 2021
Education volunteer Fatih Çapar wrote about how he and his colleagues acquainted with locals and developed their relationships in Pakistan, where he went to study at […]
September 22, 2021
In the part titled “A Page from History” this time we share with you a scene from 2010: Pakistan finals of the Turkish Olympiads. We relate […]
September 21, 2021
Mesut Kaçmaz and his wife Meral Kaçmaz, who were abducted by intelligence operatives and taken to Turkey under torture and arrested there while Mesut Kacmaz was […]
September 21, 2021
Educator Doğan Yücel wrote about the field trips and social activities participated by PakTurk students while he was working in Lahore. Yücel also reminded that ministerial […]
September 18, 2021
Engin Yiğit, an educator who had also worked as an administrator in the PakTurk Schools, wrote about the repercussions of the schools’ achievements on the public […]
September 18, 2021
Tooba Jamali, an alumna of PakTurk Schools Quetta Girls High School shared her feelings about her school days with us. “I felt better in PakTurk than […]
September 17, 2021
In the last episode of his memoir, education volunteer Osman Arslanhan explained the process that led to his departure from Pakistan. Conveying the parents’ sincere feelings […]
September 17, 2021
Teacher Orhan is an education volunteer who arrived in Pakistan after his heartfelt reply to a question in 2006. His journey started with worry and tears, […]
September 16, 2021
We publish the second part of our interview with Zeynep Simsar, a former teacher of PakTurk. In this part, Simsar describes her life, years of teaching […]
September 15, 2021
Zeynep Simsar was one of the students who could not continue their studies in Turkey due to the restrictions on the practice of their faith. Like […]
September 13, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the competitions, exams and social events attended by PakTurk students during his tenure in Lahore. Yücel narrated the outstanding achievements in […]
September 12, 2021
PakTurk Schools fast-tracked their promotional activities after constructing the new school building in Lahore Raiwind Road in 2008. In this context, interviews were published in some […]
September 11, 2021
Educationist Engin Baştürk wrote about finding the plot and starting the construction of the new PakTurk School building in Peshawar to meet the demands posed by […]
September 9, 2021
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, one of Pakistan’s leading poets and a fellow townsman of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, is an intellectual who was nominated for the Nobel Prize […]
September 8, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about a trip to Turkey he and his colleagues organized for parents and businessmen while he was working in Lahore. He shared […]
September 8, 2021
Mathematics teacher Engin Baştürk wished to serve abroad when he graduated from the university in Turkey. Through an acquaintance, he learned he could work in Pakistan. […]
September 7, 2021
Turkish teacher Doğan Yücel wrote about a student he prepared for the Turkish Olympiads while he was working in Lahore, and the student’s determination, hard work […]
September 4, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit continues to narrate the life of his ‘friend in fate’ Abdülgani Gülmez in Pakistan. In this part, he puts Gülmez’s narration into words […]
September 4, 2021
In the second and last part of our interview with PakTurk Schools Chemistry teacher Hakan Tokdemir, we talked about the years he lived in Khairpur Mirs, […]
September 1, 2021
Turkish teacher Doğan Yücel wrote about an end-of-year function organized by the PakTurk Schools in Lahore and the words of praise the Governor Punjab, who presided […]
September 1, 2021
Hakan Tokdemir’s emigration story began when he migrated to Istanbul from Siirt at 5 with his family. Years after this journey forced by life conditions, he […]
August 30, 2021
Educationist Engin Baştürk wrote about the interesting events he experienced during a parent visit he made during Ramadan while he was working in Quetta. He narrated […]
August 27, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel shared some of his memories from 2006 and 2007 when he worked in Lahore. He wrote how level of education was raised for […]
August 26, 2021
In this part of the article series, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the activities he and his colleagues undertook as part of their public relations tasks […]
August 25, 2021
Jamil Malik, a prominent Pakistani educator who passed away in 2001, is also a poet of national and international repute. We share Malik’s poem ‘New Generations […]
August 25, 2021
Literary writer Mehmet Karadayı wrote why they went to ‘Pindi’ to buy a computer in Islamabad and what they went through while shopping for one using […]
August 23, 2021
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. […]
August 21, 2021
In the twentieth part of the article series, educationist Taner Koçyiğit narrated the public relations department formed in Lahore after he shifted from the post of […]
August 21, 2021
Turkish teacher Elif Demirbaş: I was amazed by Pakistan’s arts, music, and colourful cultural mosaic
Even if you went abroad with the idealistic intention of teaching, you know that life is not just about education and students. Living in a different […]
August 19, 2021
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, one of Pakistan’s leading poets and a fellow townsman of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, is an intellectual who was nominated for the Nobel Prize […]
August 18, 2021
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. […]
August 17, 2021
Educator Taner Koçyiğit narrated his first days in Lahore, where he worked after Quetta, and what he did to get used to the variances offered by […]
August 15, 2021
Dear friends of the PakTurkFile, Our efforts to write and tell the 25-year history of PakTurk Schools in Pakistan, of which you were the witnesses and […]
August 14, 2021
Today is August 14, Pakistan’s independence day. It is the anniversary of the day when the Muslims of the subcontinent realized their dream of a country […]
August 13, 2021
Meryem Köken, a former student of PakTurk, interpreted Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s poem “Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua”, also known as “Bachche Ki Dua (Child’s Prayer)”, with […]
August 12, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel narrated through a witness account how the first Lahore branch of the PakTurk Schools was opened. Part Six: I had already mentioned that […]
August 12, 2021
In this part of our interview, PakTurk Schools English teacher Fatma Öksüzer narrates the process of her departure from Pakistan, the ordeals they went through, where […]
August 10, 2021
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. […]
August 10, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about going to Turkey to get married while working in Quetta and what he thought to explain the conditions of Quetta to […]
August 8, 2021
Pakistan’s capital Islamabad turned 61 on August 1, 2021. When Pakistan declared her independence in 1947, Karachi was the capital. In the thirteen years that passed […]
August 6, 2021
Fatma Öksüzer was an idealistic teacher who had just graduated from the university. While she could opt to practise her profession comfortably in her own country, […]
August 5, 2021
Jamil Malik, a prominent Pakistani educator who passed away in 2001, is also a poet of national and international repute. We share Malik’s poem ‘The Three […]
August 5, 2021
In this part of the article series, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about how he spent each Eid al-Adha in Pakistan and what he and his colleagues […]
August 4, 2021
Educationist Ali Öksüzer wrote about an interesting incident he and his family experienced when they were compelled to leave Pakistan. He conveyed the sadness of his […]
August 2, 2021
Educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote a portrayal of Farooq Ali Khan, a well-known businessman and academic in Lahore, who passed away last May. In the […]
August 1, 2021
Educator and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote a portrayal of Farooq Ali Khan, a well-known businessman and academic in Lahore, who passed away last May. He also […]
July 30, 2021
Educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote a portrayal of Farooq Ali Khan, a well-known businessman and academic in Lahore, who passed away last May. Yücel also […]
July 29, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the climate of Quetta and the scarcity of picnic areas in its vicinity. He told about his experiences at a picnic […]
July 29, 2021
Education volunteer Fatih Çapar talked about his first mentoring experiences in Pakistan, where he went to study at a university, and the circumstances he faced while […]
July 28, 2021
Elif Köken, who belongs to a family of immigrants from Greece living in Balıkesir, was 22 years old when she decided to migrate voluntarily with the […]
July 26, 2021
Turkish teacher Doğan Yücel wrote about the scholarship exams they held while he and his colleagues were working in Lahore in 2005 and the conditions under […]
July 24, 2021
Government of Pakistan has made a leap to solve the problems in education, one of the bleeding wounds of the country. The project, developed by the […]
July 23, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate his memories of the Eid al-Adha. In this article, he wrote about the interesting events that took place during the […]
July 23, 2021
Education volunteer Taner Koçyiğit wrote about how they spent Eid al-Adha in Pakistan. He explained what Eid meant to the PakTurk staff and what they did […]
July 21, 2021
Educationist Rüveyda Arslanhan embarked on an imaginary journey on the morning of Eid al-Adha, which she spent far away from her family home in Turkey and […]
July 21, 2021
We felicitate the Muslim World and the people of Pakistan and Turkey – first and foremost, the friends of the PakTurk file and the volunteers of […]
July 19, 2021
We publish the second part of our interview with Züleyha Özşahin, a biology teacher who worked at the PakTurk Schools for 4.5 years. In this part, […]
July 15, 2021
We are launching a week-long social media campaign to preserve our memories and the quarter-century-old history of PakTurk Schools in Pakistan. You can support our campaign […]
July 14, 2021
In the fourth part of the article series, educationist Doğan Yücel narrated how the PakTurk scholarship exams started in Lahore and how they spread throughout Pakistan […]
July 13, 2021
Züleyha Özşahin is a teacher in love with her profession. When she was still a high school student, she dreamed of going abroad for teaching, but […]
July 11, 2021
In this part of the article series, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about a famous market in Quetta where goods brought by the ‘suitcase trade’ were sold. […]
July 10, 2021
Today, in the ‘A Page from History’ section, we share one of the services rendered by the Kimse Yok Mu Association in Pakistan. The Association, which […]
July 8, 2021
Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about his teaching career in Lahore and his first experiences in the third part of the memoirs based on his life in […]
July 6, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit, in the twelfth part of his memoirs based on his life in Pakistan, wrote about an incident which he personally experienced in Quetta […]
July 6, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about Anarkali – the legendary figure of Lahore who was the subject of many books, movies and stage plays – and her […]
July 3, 2021
In the “A Page from History” section, this time we feature an achievement that made the people of Pakistan and PakTurk Schools proud. PakTurk student Sanya […]
July 2, 2021
Educator Taner Koçyiğit, in the eleventh part of his memoirs based on his life in Pakistan, drew attention to a crucial problem which also affected the […]
June 30, 2021
Doğan Yücel, a former PakTurk teacher, wrote about the long but inexpensive train journeys in Pakistan. Yücel, who quoted examples from his adventurous travel experiences, also […]
June 29, 2021
Doğan Yücel, who went to Pakistan to teach there soon after graduating from a university in Turkey, wrote about the interesting incidents he experienced in Lahore, […]
June 28, 2021
Fatih Çapar wrote about his 12 years in Pakistan, where he went to study at a university. In the second part of his memoir, he wrote […]
June 27, 2021
Author and writer Mehmet Karadayı wrote about the Itwar Bazaar, Islamabad’s renowned Sunday open-air market. Narrating the kaleidoscopic colours of the bazaar with the throngs of […]
June 25, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate about his life in Pakistan; a life full of colourful memories. In the tenth part of his memoir, he narrates […]
June 24, 2021
We share the second and last part of the interview which we published yesterday. In this part, we talked with Mrs. Tuğba about her life in […]
June 23, 2021
Mrs. Tuğba was an idealist young teacher who had just graduated from a university in Turkey. She was full of love for service to humanity. While […]
June 22, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit continues to narrate his friend-in-fate Abdulgani Gulmez’s life in Pakistan. In the tenth part of the memoirs, he wrote, in the words of […]
June 22, 2021
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 […]
June 19, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate his life in Pakistan with its entire colourful memories. In the ninth part of his memoir, he wrote about his […]
June 18, 2021
Fatih Çapar wrote about his 12 years in Pakistan, where he went to study at a university. In the first part of his memoirs, he narrated […]
June 18, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit continues his memoirs in which he writes on his ‘friend-in-fate’ friend Abdulgani Gulmez’s ‘life in emigration’. In the ninth part of the series, […]
June 17, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay and his works in Pakistan. Yücel drew attention to Dalokay’s works in Turkey and around the […]
June 15, 2021
Doğan Yücel, who decided to teach abroad right after graduating from the university in Turkey, wrote the story of his migration to Pakistan. Yücel dreamt of […]
June 15, 2021
We publish the second part of our interview with Ayşegül Karahan, who started working at PakTurk School in Karachi after teaching Turkish in Peshawar for 3 […]
June 12, 2021
Educator Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate about his life in Pakistan. In the eighth part of his memoirs, he narrates his experiences in Quetta, his new […]
June 12, 2021
Educator Sadullah Bayazit continues his series of articles in which he wrote his ‘friend-in-fate’ Abdulgani Gulmez’s ‘life in emigration’. In the eighth part of his memoirs, […]
June 9, 2021
In the ‘Page from History’ series, this time we share the story of medical support provided by a group of doctors from Turkey after the great […]
June 9, 2021
During the hours we talked with Ayşegül Karahan, who taught Turkish at the PakTurk Schools, about her life in Pakistan, the sentence she most often repeated […]
June 7, 2021
62 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two passenger trains collided in southern Pakistan. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, while […]
June 5, 2021
Educationist Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate special stories from his 14 years in Pakistan. In the seventh part of his memoirs, he wrote about the reading […]
June 4, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit continues to narrate the opening process of the PakTurk School in Khairpur Mirs in the seventh part of the article series in which […]
June 3, 2021
Guitar performance by Meryem Köken, a former PakTurk student, and the song ‘Allahi Allah Kiya Karo’ sung in Urdu. You can find the Urdu lyrics and […]
June 2, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the popular parks and recreation areas in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi by adding his own experiences. LAHORE Changa Manga: Lahore metropolitan […]
June 1, 2021
Education volunteer Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate stories from his 14 years in Pakistan. In the sixth part of his memoirs, he wrote about his departure […]
May 31, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit continues to narrate the opening process of the Turkish School in Khairpur Mirs in the sixth part of the series in which he […]
May 30, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the Turkic ruler Jahangir Shah’s keenness for hunting and what he did in the region that now remains within the borders […]
May 29, 2021
Hüseyin Yılmaz, who went to Pakistan as a university student years ago, continued to work in the PakTurk Schools after his graduation. He got so used […]
May 27, 2021
Education volunteer Taner Koçyiğit continues to narrate the accounts from his 14 years in Pakistan. In the fifth part, he shares with us their first-ever Eid […]
May 26, 2021
Educator Sadullah Bayazit continues to narrate the opening process of the first-ever Turkish School in Khairpur Mirs in the fifth part of the series in which […]
May 25, 2021
The following are the top three prize winners of the ‘Children’s Painting’ category of the PakTurk File Arts Competition titled, “My Life in Pakistan”: First Prize: […]
May 25, 2021
The following are the top three prize winners of the ‘Youth’s Painting’ category of the PakTurk File Arts Competition titled, “My Life in Pakistan”: First Prize: […]
May 25, 2021
Refia Meryem Acar’s poem got the first position in the ‘Children’s Poetry’ category of the PakTurk File Arts Competition titled ‘My Life in Pakistan’. We publish […]
May 24, 2021
Fatih Bayır’s non-fiction story got the first position in the ‘Children Stories’ category of the PakTurkFile Arts Competition titled ‘My Life in Pakistan’. We publish 11-year […]
May 24, 2021
Nursena Gülmez’s non-fiction story got the second position in the ‘Children Stories’ category of the PakTurkFile Arts Competition titled ‘My Life in Pakistan’. We publish 11-year […]
May 24, 2021
Hüsnü Cihan Yücel’s non-fiction story got the third position in the ‘Children Stories’ category of the PakTurkFile Arts Competition titled ‘My Life in Pakistan’. We publish […]
May 22, 2021
Arts Competition ‘Youth Stories’ Category First-Position Holder Nurefşan Gülmez: If Dreams Were Real
Nurefşan Gülmez’s non-fiction story got the first position in the ‘Youth Stories’ category of the PakTurkFile Arts Competition titled ‘My Life in Pakistan’. We publish 16-year […]
May 22, 2021
Daniş Murad Erguvan’s non-fiction story got the second position in the ‘Youth Stories’ category of the PakTurkFile Arts Competition titled ‘My Life in Pakistan’. We publish […]
May 22, 2021
Zeynep Nazlı Yücel’s non-fiction story got the third position in the ‘Youth Stories’ category of the PakTurkFile Arts Competition titled ‘My Life in Pakistan’. We publish […]
May 21, 2021
Fikret Otyam, a Turkish painter and author, visited some countries in the early 1970s. He compiled his memories of the visits in his travelogue ‘Ne Biçim […]
May 20, 2021
Education volunteer Taner Koçyiğit continues narrating accounts from the 14 years he spent in Pakistan. In the fourth part, he described the school in Attock, how […]
May 19, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit narrated the opening process of the first Turkish School in Khairpur Mirs in the fourth part of his memoirs in which he also […]
May 19, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the constantly dense Lahore traffic. Narrating his quest in purchasing a car and getting a driver’s license as well, Yücel also […]
May 17, 2021
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 […]
May 15, 2021
Educator, writer and poet Mehmet Karadayı wrote an emotion-laden poem on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr, describing his longing for Pakistan. Karadayı was compelled to […]
May 14, 2021
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 14, 2021
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 13, 2021
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 12, 2021
Education volunteer Taner Koçyiğit wrote about his life in Pakistan, where he spent 14 years, having gone there at the expense of even selling vacuum cleaners […]
May 11, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit wrote about the emigration of Abdülgani Gülmez, whom he met while going to Pakistan in the 90s and found – in a sense […]
May 10, 2021
We share the short story of a math teacher who had his first professional experience in Pakistan where he had enthusiastically migrated to work. M.E. Ünal […]
May 9, 2021
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 7, 2021
Educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the climate patterns in Pakistan by adding his own experiences. He narrated how monsoon rains affect life and what […]
May 6, 2021
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 6, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit wrote about the emigration of Abdülgani Gülmez, whom he met in Turkey in the 90s while he was getting prepared for going to […]
May 4, 2021
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 1, 2021
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 1, 2021
Educationist and researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the Islamabad traffic, which bears different aspects from the traffic in other Pakistani cities. He narrates the interesting and […]
April 30, 2021
Education volunteer Taner Koçyiğit wrote about his colourful life in Pakistan, where he spent 14 years of his youth with the intention of ‘Hizmet’, having gone […]
April 29, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit wrote about the “emigration ” of Abdülgani Gülmez, who he met in Turkey in the 1990s while he was preparing for leaving for […]
April 27, 2021
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 […]
April 27, 2021
In the second part of our interview with Zübeyde Koçyiğit, who taught Islamiat at PakTurk Schools, you will read about her years in Lahore and Islamabad, […]
April 27, 2021
Gamze Çiçek, who had her university education in Pakistan and had to migrate to Africa afterwards, wrote her experiences in that continent, mentioning the various impacts […]
April 26, 2021
Four Pakistani workers lost their lives in a fire in a hardware warehouse in Arnavutköy, Istanbul. No information was given about the cause of the fire […]
April 24, 2021
In this part of a series of articles, educationist and writer Mehmet Karadayı narrated the preparations that started before Ramadan in Pakistan, how it showed changes […]
April 22, 2021
Researcher and educationist Doğan Yücel narrated some of the social events in which he found himself caught inadvertently in Pakistan and how he managed to come […]
April 22, 2021
Zübeyde Koçyiğit, who taught Islamiat at PakTurk Schools, had the Pakistan episode in her life started before she even got there. That was because, when she […]
April 21, 2021
We are broadcasting the documentary “Iqbalia Town”, which was shot in 2015 by the Medyalogic broadcasting company, but could not be broadcast until today. Pakistan was […]
April 21, 2021
Veteran educationist Sadullah Bayazit narrated how an unassuming step taken in Quetta in 2005 with an amateur spirit turned into a resounding success with determination and […]
April 20, 2021
In the second part of his article on Ramadan in Pakistan, educationist Sadık Pakdil, narrated the TV shows that transformed in time into displays of competition […]
April 19, 2021
Fatih Çapar, who had his university education in Pakistan and also worked as a journalist there for some years, wrote about the story of the five […]
April 16, 2021
Educationist Ekrem Kara wrote one of his memories on a tarawih prayer during a month of Ramadan in Pakistan. First of all, I should say that […]
April 15, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the relations of Turkish teachers with a bunch people in Pakistan who knew Turkish. Yucel also explained how, with the impact […]
April 15, 2021
Sadullah Bayazit, an educationist who lived in Pakistan for almost a quarter of a century, wrote about the months of Ramadan he had experienced there. Stating […]
April 15, 2021
Educationist Sadık Pakdil wrote about the Ramadan preparations, forms of worship and iftar-sahoor traditions in Pakistan, where he worked for many years. For the people of […]
April 13, 2021
Mrs. Hilal is a teacher who tried not to neglect her own children while trying to get her students on the track of progress. She left […]
April 12, 2021
On the occasion of the month of Ramadan, which is to start by tomorrow, we share the fatherly advice, which Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal proudly mentioned […]
April 11, 2021
Why does PakTurkFile appeal to crowdfunding? PakTurkFile has been established with an aim to preserve the memories of the Hizmet volunteers who founded and run the […]
April 10, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit wrote about the founding process of the last branch of the PakTurk Schools, which was opened in Lahore under his supervision, and the […]
April 9, 2021
Researcher Dogan Yucel, wrote about the communication limitations they experienced in Pakistan during the days when the smartphones were not widespread and how they had established […]
April 9, 2021
Educationist Sadullah Bayazit wrote about the interesting traffic incidents he and his colleagues experienced in Pakistan. We will publish the traffic incidents experienced by different people […]
April 7, 2021
(*) In 2006, Metin Keskin, a journalist working in Germany, had covered the humanitarian aid tour organized after the devastating October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan for […]
April 7, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the parent visits his teacher friends carried out during their tenure in Quetta. Due to regional circumstances, such visits were sort […]
April 6, 2021
Sadullah Bayazit, who devoted the most productive periods of his life to the education of the youth in Pakistan, wrote about the 9 years he spent […]
April 5, 2021
Dear friends of the PakTurkFile, Our website has been online for the last three-and-a-half months with your support. With the beautiful memories you send to us, […]
April 3, 2021
Ekrem Kara, a former teacher of the PakTurk Schools, wrote about one of the Turkish dishes he had missed while he was in Pakistan. He told […]
April 1, 2021
Gamze Çiçek, who barely managed to graduate from her university in Pakistan as she was forced to leave the country, wrote about her experiences in those […]
April 1, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the order and rules of the traffic in Pakistan, which appears like a “chaotic mess” from the outside. The points told […]
March 31, 2021
Educator Engin Yiğit narrated the close concern shown by the former President of Azad Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan to the PakTurk Schools and a visit […]
March 30, 2021
Sadullah Bayazit continues narrating the 22.5 years of Hizmet he lived in Pakistan. In this part, Bayazit wrote about his days in Peshawar and Quetta, mentioning […]
March 27, 2021
Esra Yıldırım, who worked at PakTurk Schools as a Mathematics teacher, wrote about Khairpur Mirs, of which songs still resonate in her ears, and described her […]
March 26, 2021
Sadullah Bayazit is an education volunteer who spent 22.5 years in Pakistan. Beyazit, who went to Pakistan as a student and continued to teach there after […]
March 25, 2021
Gamze Çiçek, who studied at a university in Pakistan, wrote about a spectacular incident she experienced during the stage of her graduation. She shared how she […]
March 23, 2021
Today is March the 23rd, the Pakistan Day. It’s the anniversary of the day in 1940, when Muslims of the Subcontinent proclaimed from Lahore to the […]
March 22, 2021
March 22 marks the “World Children’s Poetry Day”. This day is celebrated annually in all United Nations-member countries in line with the decision taken by the […]
March 21, 2021
The Gadani shipbreaking yard is the third largest shipbreaking site in the world, located on a 10 km coastline along the Arabian Sea in the southern […]
March 19, 2021
Gamze Çiçek, a Turkish student who had her higher education in Pakistan, wrote about her troubled times after 2016. She told about her ‘elder sister’ in […]
March 19, 2021
Having described Pakistan’s vegetables and fruits in his previous articles, researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about Pakistani street food this time: Some of these flavours, which are […]
March 18, 2021
Fatih Çapar, who – besides the difficulties he faced in Pakistan where he went to study at a university – discovered different climes that touched the […]
March 17, 2021
Selviye Koç is one of the education volunteers who went abroad with the concern of ‘escaping the decay generated by comfort’ while teaching in very conducive […]
March 15, 2021
Muhammad Salman, the Pakistani high school student magnificently sang the Turkish song ‘Bu Adam Benim Babam’ (This Man is My Father) at the 2009 Turkish Olympiad […]
March 13, 2021
In this episode of his life in Pakistan, educator-writer Mehmet Karadayı continues to describe his houseowner, his shopping adventures and, of course, his test with English […]
March 12, 2021
Known by PakTurkFile readers mostly for his cultural research articles, Dr. Doğan Yücel wrote the story of his marriage this time. The extraordinary events that Yücel […]
March 10, 2021
‘Baba Noor’ is a short story by Ahmad Nadim Qasimi, one of the most prolific authors of Pakistani Urdu literature. We share the story as translated […]
March 9, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel, who previously showcased the fruits of Pakistan in three different articles, wrote the about the vegetables of Pakistan this time. Telling about Pakistan’s […]
March 6, 2021
Rüveyda Arslanhan, an educator who worked in the PakTurk Schools for many years, wrote about the “Pakistan in her heart”. Even though Arslanhan says, “I am […]
March 5, 2021
Researcher Dr. Doğan Yücel wrote about I. Malik Khan Sahib, the late philanthropist businessman from Lahore, whom he had met in consequence of a synchronicity and […]
March 4, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel, who wrote about the fruits of Pakistan in his last two articles, this time wrote about the fruits that cannot be or rarely […]
March 2, 2021
Educator Yavuz İlbay shared a colourful memory from the years he had taught in Quetta. We hope this incident which happened in a period while he […]
March 2, 2021
Educator Engin Yiğit wrote about Multan also known as “the Konya of Pakistan” and his memories there. While describing the growth process of the PakTurk Schools, […]
March 1, 2021
Researcher Dr Doğan Yücel wrote about the Turkish words used in the languages spoken in Pakistan. Referring to the sources of this transitivity, Yücel cited scientific […]
February 27, 2021
In this part of his memoir, educationist and writer Mehmet Karadayı narrates the process of his adjustment to the life in Pakistan and details his haircut […]
February 26, 2021
Turkish teachers and administrators of PakTurk Schools had to leave Pakistan with their families at the end of 2016 by the decision of the political will. […]
February 23, 2021
Anum Anwar was a student who had contracted cancer and died while studying at the PakTurk Schools. Anum, who loved Turkey and her Turkish teachers, had […]
February 22, 2021
Journalist and writer Ekrem Dumanlı had written about his meeting with Justice Nasira Javid Iqbal, Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal’s daughter-in-law, in his 2005 article published in […]
February 18, 2021
Education volunteer Yavuz İlbay, who worked at PakTurk Schools for about 15 years, wrote an interesting memory that came to his mind after hearing about the […]
February 17, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the variety of fruits, a rarely known aspect of Pakistan. Comparing with similar fruits in Turkey, Yucel added his own experience […]
February 16, 2021
In the second part of his memoir, educationist and writer Mehmet Karadayı tells about his first days in Pakistan and his adaptation process. Karadayı proficiently makes […]
February 15, 2021
Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the variety of fruits, a rarely known aspect of Pakistan. Comparing with similar fruits in Turkey, Yucel added his own experience […]
February 13, 2021
The sad news arrived from Haripur about the 6.4 magnitude earthquake epicentered in Tajikistan and felt in many cities of Pakistan. According to the Geo News, […]
February 12, 2021
Pakistan was shaken by an earthquake on Friday night, February 12, 2021 The earthquake of 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was felt in various cities […]
February 12, 2021
This time, researcher Doğan Yücel provides us a different portrait of Allama Muhammed Iqbal. Giving an overview of Iqbal’s life and his world of thought, Yücel […]
February 11, 2021
Writer and educator Mehmet Karadayı wrote about his journey to Pakistan where he arrived as a teacher in 2003. The story of Karadayı’s journey starts in […]
February 10, 2021
Educationist Engin Yiğit wrote about the humanitarian assistance provided by the PakTurk Educational Institutions to Pakistan during the times of disaster, the ‘Outstanding Service Award’ conferred […]
February 9, 2021
In the fourth part of his memoir, educationist Osman Arslanhan described the emergency relief assignments carried out by the PakTurk Schools in response to Pakistan’s recent […]
February 8, 2021
“This is why we have not wished to remember our education volunteers on the PakTurkFile website only with their heroism … We have wished to remember […]
February 7, 2021
(*) This news, signed by Sabrina Tavernise, was published on May 4, 2008 in The New York Times newspaper of the USA. Praying in Pakistan has […]
February 6, 2021
LOVE FOR TURKEY Turkey’s formed a great bond in my heart and soul The torches of fidelity got kindled in our heart. Friends, I saw such […]
February 6, 2021
Educationist Engin Yiğit wrote about the exciting journey he took along with two PakTurk students to attend to an IT Olympiad in Europe, students’ prominent success, […]
February 5, 2021
In the third episode of his article series, educationist Osman Arslanhan narrates the foundation process of the PakTurk Schools, the devastating October 2005 Earthquake, and the […]
February 4, 2021
Researcher Adem Arıkanlı pens a portrait of Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, who first conceived the idea of Pakistan’s independence. Noting the similar aspects of Iqbal with […]
February 4, 2021
There is a letter from a former PakTurk student… Ahmed A. wrote the memorable sentence he learned from his Turkish teacher and about his days at […]
February 3, 2021
Ekrem Kara is a teacher who found himself destined for Pakistan despite his intention to migrate to Africa as an ‘education volunteer’. Kara narrated how he […]
February 2, 2021
A city thousands of kilometres away from Anatolia, Uch Sharif is exclusively peculiar with its cultural and religious motifs. Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the relationship […]
February 1, 2021
An educator who worked at PakTurk Schools, Engin Yiğit wrote on one of the resounding international successes achieved by the PakTurk students and the message he […]
January 30, 2021
In the second episode of his memoirs, education volunteer Osman Arslanhan narrates his moving to Kayseri for a better school, the surprising news he received in […]
January 29, 2021
Late Turkologist Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sabir dedicated his life to the fraternal bonds between Pakistan and Turkey. Sabir, who after reading Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Risale-i Nur […]
January 28, 2021
Education volunteer Osman Arslanhan’s affinity with Pakistan dates back to his childhood. Arslanhan narrated how his path was crossed with Pakistan which he first heard in […]
January 26, 2021
The village of Asota Sharif, located 30 km north-east of Mardan, one of the important cities of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and in the Swabi region, […]
January 14, 2021
There’s a letter from PakTurk Schools alumna Rohma Kakar… Kakar tells about what PakTurk, where she first entered when she was 9, changed in her life […]
January 6, 2021
Educator and theologian Mustafa Hatipoğlu is one of the first volunteers who migrated to Pakistan with a sublime ideal of service. The stones of this path […]
January 6, 2021
It was autumn when I came to you… The faded beams of the sun shone both in the midafternoon of the day and the year. I […]
January 6, 2021
Kübra Ünverdi was born in Pakistan and lived there until she was 9. Even though it has been two years since she left Pakistan and settled […]
January 6, 2021
Mrs. Ishrat Zafar, founding headmistress of PakTurk International Schools & Colleges Karachi Branch, passed away on January 7, 2021. As the PakTurkFile family, we offer our […]
January 6, 2021
Having started her education in an ordinary neighbourhood school, Hira Naz’s life underwent a sweeping change during a visit to an exhibition. Naz wrote about her […]
January 6, 2021
Pakistan has 35 summits with heights exceeding 7000 metres. The 8.611 metres tall K2 is second to the Mount Everest and the 8.125 metres tall Nanga […]
January 6, 2021
Adopted as the national anthem in 1954 and composed into music in 1949 by Ahmad G. Chaghla, the National Anthem of Pakistan (Qaumi Taranah) is in […]
January 6, 2021
Officially known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China […]
January 6, 2021
You were the doe-eyed Mehlika* of our youth Why are you offended at us now, Snowdrop? Once you were distinguished among many Why did you hang […]
January 5, 2021
The sky where kites do not flutter the city of recluse whispers women missing from the pavements the picture of absence in presence Shortness of breath […]
January 2, 2021
What is the unit of measurement for the adequacy of the humanitarian relief in the wake of a disaster, afflicting a nation with colossal loss in […]
January 2, 2021
You know what, Non-Existent? Tomorrow is the anniversary of Pakistan’s independence. Pakistan will be 63 tomorrow. They have been proud with their Turkey 86 times and […]
January 2, 2021
We are the Turkish teachers and education volunteers who worked in different periods during the last quarter of a century in Pakistan. As a sweet manifestation […]
January 1, 2021
Ghamama Rashid, who studied at PakTurk Schools in 2004-2013, shared her feelings about that period. Rashid especially longs for the days she spent in the dormitory… […]