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TURKISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETYACTIVITY REPORT 2010

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ACTIVITY REPORT 2010www.tck.org.tr




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AT THE BEGInInGTurkish Geographical Society

In June 1941, Turkish Ministry of Education has been pioneered to the gathering of first Geography Congress by taking decisions of founding Turkish Geographical Society in Turkey.

Turkish Geographical Society has become a non gov- ernmental organization by the decision given by the Council of Ministers.

Between the years of 1943-1988, the headquarter of Turkish Geographical Society was in Ankara, but since 1988, the headquarter is in İstanbul.

The Main Goal of the Society

To promote and improve the endeavors of geography in Turkey, other places and anthrogeography and an- alyzing Turkey’s geographical surveys with scientific methods and following the earths geographical movements and improvements.

Turkish Geographical Review

In 1943, the first edition of Turkish Geographical Review was published, and in 2008, its 49th edition published.

Turkish Geographical Review has also been serving at the internet site with the address of www.tcd.org.tr even if by publishing its 50th edition.

By publishing twice a year ( June and December) and it has been granted the status of national reference magazine, its 54th edition has been published in 2010 July.

Especially, Academicians, partly Geography teachers and different geographical scientific researcher papers have given an important status to the said society by publishing its magazines.



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Example Facilities of the Society

In 29th Occupational Geography Week, South

Marmara Region (locational problem and so- lutions)

meeting has been accomplished by heading and

editing of Prof. Dr. Suna Doganer in Çanakkale on 17-

19 May 2001. In this context, one announcement

about this meeting has been published.

Scientific congress held in memory of our

Association’s sixth president (Prof.Dr. Ismail

YALÇINLAR) and a geography congress was held in

İstanbul called National Geographic Congress 2005.

Announcement book of the congress published as

of 724 pages.

Geography Teachers Workshop in September 2010

was held with the participation of 100 teachers and

supported by the National Education Management

of Tokat province by the organiz ing of at the

Gaziosmanpaşa University, Faculty of Education

with presentations of academicians and geography

teachers. Second day, a fieldwork was made along

the Kelkit River.

Field Trip: Geography teachers and environmentalists

field trip was held by Mehmet Zor and Ahmet Ertek

and their team of 47 people during 6 days in the

Mediterranean and Southeastern Anatolia, passing

3500 kilometers. Geography Teachers Field Trip 2009

was held by Dr. Ahmet Ertek and his team of 40

people during 14 days in the Internal and Western

Anatolian, passing 5000 km.

India and Nepal Overland 2010, headed by

Geography Teacher Fügen DEDE and her team of

4 members was completed successfully with in 36

days, passing two countries of Asia.

After the Last General Meeting of the Society in January 2010.

Within Three Years Plan:• At the fall of 2011, celebrating of founding

70th Anniversary of the Society to organize a big an International broad participation Geography Congress,

• To make an International High School Geography Projects Competition among students,

• To arrange intermediate and advance level Geographic Information System seminars,

• To prepare International Scientific Projects, Workshops, Seminars and to arrange conferences,

• In Homeland (Internal and East Anatolian Fieldwork, Blacksea Region Fieldwork) in Abroad (İstanbul- Akabe Overland, South America Overland, Central America Overland, South East Asia Overland) to make field trips and geographical excursions,

• Where meets the continents and connects other world geographic locations.

Dear my colleagues,

We aim to publish newsletter regarding with the Society (Turkish- English) at the per year period at the website of (www.tck.org.tr) and to accomplish this aim tryings have been started.

With Best Regards

20.04.2011

Dr. T. Ahmet ERTEK

President of Turkish Geographical Society

E_mail: [email protected]

E_mail: [email protected]

Phone: 0090 212 455 5700/ 15767

Mobile phone: 0090 535 466 0203



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1st Activity: Turkish Geographical Society did its General Assembly on 10th January 2010. As a result, the new administrative councils of the society was determined by election as follows:

TURKISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ACTIVITY REPORT 2010

ADMInISTRATIVE BOARD (PERMAnEnT MEMBERS) 1- Assistant Professor T.Ahmet ERTEK (President)

2 - Professor Dr. Barbaros GÖNENÇGİL (Vice President)

3- Fügen DEDE (Vice President)

4- Mesut SÜZER (General Secretary)

5- Faruk ÖZBAKAN (Accountant Member)

6- Mehmet UŞAR (Member)

7- Dr.Hakan KAYA (Member)

ADMInISTRATIVE BOARD (SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS) 1- Nurgül ÖZENİR

2- Dr.Yasin BEŞER

3- Professor Telat KOÇ

4- Professor Mustafa MUTLUER

5- Professor Recep EFE

6- Professor Murat TÜRKEŞ

7- Mehmet ZOR

InSPECTORATE (PERMAnEnT MEMBERS)1- Kemal AKALIN (President)

2- Cem YILDIZ (Member)

3- Eylem GÜÇLÜ (Member)

InSPECTORATE (SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS)1- Assistant Professor Musa ULUDAĞ

2- Associate Professor Evren ERGİNAL

3- Assistant Professor Cengiz AKBULAK

COURT OF HOnOUR (PERMAnEnT MEMBERS)1- Professor Barış MATER

2- Professor İlhan KAYAN

3- Professor İbrahim ATALAY

4- Professor Hakan YİĞİTBAŞIOĞLU

5- Professor Meral AVCI

COURT OF HOnOUR (SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS)1- Professor Akif AKKUŞ

2- Professor Selami GÖZENÇ

3- Professor Ali Fuat DOĞU

4- Professor İhsan BULUT

5- Professor Ali UZUN

Board Members Faruk Özbakan, Barbaros Gönençgil, Fügen Dede, Ahmet Ertek, Hakan Kaya, Mehmet Uşar, Mesut Süzer



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2nd Activity: TGS Administrative Board decided Turkish Geographical Journal

(www.tcd.org.tr) Editorial Board which consists of Professor Sedat Avcı (Editor), Professor Dr. Barbaros Gönençgil (Member) and Assistant Pofessor T. Ahmet Ertek (Member) to continue their dutie one more year.

3rd Activity: We had chance to announce our 2009 Annual Report to the world by

sending it to IGU. We published this report in our web site

4th Activity: Our society was invited to the “Geography Postgraduate Seminar” which

was organized by Ege University Faculty of Arts, Division of Geography. Postgraduate students and research assistants organized the seminar at the faculty’s Conference Hall on 27th April 2010 and president of the society Ahmet Ertek made speeches in both opening and closing.

5th Activity: A common press release of Turkish Geographical Society (TGS) – Turkish

Environmental and Woodlands Protection Society (TÜRÇEK) presidents notified to the news agencies about Eyyafyallajokul Volcano which began to operate in Iceland on 29th April 2010. This notification published in near 50 internet sites and the society’s web site.

6th Activity: Our society prepared the society’s English introduction

brochures with the support of ZED Event Management&Consultancy, main supporter of our 2011 national congress, 2012 IGU World Congress and IGU world 2020 candidate city activities.

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7 th Activity: “Southeast Anatolia Nature Investigations Trip” including Adana - Hatay -

Şanlıurfa - Mardin cities organized by our member Mehmet ZOR in 18-23 May 2010.

8 th Activity: The GEO Magazine published field work of 40 people in 18-23 May 2010,

with the title of “Geographers Went Down to South” in July 2010 volume.

Hassa leçeleri - Hatay

Yasemek - Gaziantep

Birecik Baraj Gölü - Şanlıurfa

GEO Magazine on July 2010



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Tel Aviv – İsrail IGU President Ronald Abler and TGS President Ahmet Ertek’s meeting at 2010 Regional Geography Congress in Tel Aviv (14th July 2010)

9 th Activity: Turkish Geographical Society President Ahmet Ertek and Vice President

Barbaros Gönençgil attended to the “Regional

Geography Congress” organized in Tel-Aviv, Israel

on 12-16 July 2010. The congress lasted for 5

days and achieved in 33 commisssions and 11

seperate meeting rooms. During the congress,

there was a chance to meet IGU (International

Geographical Union) President Prof. Dr. Ronald

Abler. During this conversation required

document about Turkish Geographical Society’s

“2020 International Geography Congress”

candidacy delivered to him. In the closing

session in stead of many speeches, TGS President

Ertek made a presentation about the society and

Istanbul on 16th July 2010.

Turkish Geographical Society President Ahmet Ertek’s speech about the society and Istanbul at 2010 Regional Geography Congress Closing Session in Tel Aviv

(16th July 2010)

Turkish Geographical Society President Assistant Professor Ahmet Ertek, 2010 Regional Geography Congress Organisation Committee President Professor İzak Schnell and Turkish Geographical Society

Vice President Associate Professor Barbaros Gönençgil (13th July 2010).



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10th Activity: Our society attended to the International Geography Olympiad which was done in highschool level between dates 28th July-4th August 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan. With the efforts of

our society Vice President Barbaros Gönençgil, our society represented in observer level.

International Geography Olympiad Opening Ceremony in Taiwan, Taipe (28th July 2010)

Fügen Dede with a native Indian man. Fügen Dede with children of Nepal.

11th Activity: A geography field trip including India and Thibet was achieved with presidency of TGS Vice President Fügen Dede on August 2010.



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12th Activity: With efforts of Turkish Geographical Journal Chief Editor Prof. Dr. Sedat Avcı, The 54th volume of Turkish Geographical Journal published (www.tcd.org.tr).

Turkish Geographical Journal Volume 54 published online

Home page of articles in the 54th volume of Turkish Geographical Journal (www.tcd.org.tr)



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13th Activity: Geography Teacher’s Workshop named “New Approaches and New Information in Geography Workshop” which was coordinated by our member Associate Professor Eren

YÜRÜDÜR happened with cooperation of Tokat-Gaziosmanpaşa University, Turkish Geographical Society and Tokat National Education Director of Province at Tokat-Gaziosmanpaşa University between dates 17-18 September 2010. On the first day,opening speeches made with participation of 100 geography teachers who work in Tokat and presentations made by 6 lecturer from 4 seperate universities in the conference hall. On the second day, a geographical trip achieved with all participants in the Kelkit Valley.

Professor İhsan Bulut (Atatürk University) Professor Mehmet Arslan (Gaziosmanpaşa University)

Associate Prefessor Kenan Arıbaş (Aksaray University) Associate Professor Eren Yürüdür (Gaziosmanpaşa University)

Assistant Professor Ahmet Ertek (Istanbul University)Tokat Geography Teachers watching presentations at the workshop

(17th September 2010)



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Tokat Geography Teachers who participated the workshop and Kelkit Valley behind

The Point which Kelkit River and Yeşilırmak River combine and Sakarat Mountains behind

Views from Tokat Geography Teachers Workshop and fieldwork.

Geography Teachers Workshop participants in front of Tokat-Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Education (17.09.2010)



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14th Activity: Our society was invited to “National Geomorphology Symposium-2010”which was in honour of Prof. Dr. Oğuz Erol between dates 11-12 October 2010 at Afyon-Kocatepe

University. One of the opening speeches was made by our society president Assistant Professor Ahmet Ertek.

15th Activity: Our society attended to “6th National Geography Symposium” at

Ankara University Faculty of Languages, History and Geography between dates 3-5 November 2010. On the last day of the symposium, our society was introduced and its activities explained in the “Turkish Geographical Society Session”. Introduction and presentation was made by society’s Vice President Professor Dr. Barbaros Gönençgil.

Turkish Geographical Society President Ahmet Ertek, making the opening speech at “National Geomorphology Symposium - 2010” in Afyon (11th October 2010)

TGS Vice President Barbaros Gönençgil while making his presentation at Ankara University

6th National Geography Symposium



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16th Activity: Introduction of our lecturers’ books sustained in our web site (www.tck.org.tr).



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17 th Activity: The workouts on “Turkish Geographical Society History” is sustaining with A.Ertek, with presidency of our Board of Directors Member Faruk Özbakan. On this issue, data was

collected by visiting libraries and associations. Workouts are proceeding. Furthermore, the society’s former lecturer presidents (Professor Süha Göney and Professor Metin Tuncel) were visited about this workout.

18rd Activity: Our Board of Directors Members Barbaros Gönençgil, Fügen Dede and Mesut Süzer are sustaining their work about “International Geography Olympiad ” which is organized

between highschools. 2012 Cologe (Koln, Germany) olympiad selections.

19th Activity: New improvements from Turkey and the World, discovered fiels

and ingredients started to be presented in our website (www.tck.org.tr) with the headline of “Geography Notice Line”.

20th Activity: Presentation and publishing workouts was done in

control of General Secretary Mesut Süzer from Turkish Geographical Society official website www.tck.org.tr.



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The First Society Rules Published in Ulus Newspaper on 5th April 1942

22th Activity: Connected with IGU, the preperations

about bringing and organizing “2020 International Geographical Congress” in Turkey are sustaining, with contributions of our society. About this issue, it is decided to organize a congress named “International Participated Geographical Congress-2011” in İstanbul University between dates 7-10 September 2011, on remembrance of Turkish Geographical Society’s 70th anniversary.

21th Activity: Our society’s “First Rules” which was published in 5th April 1942 Ulus Newspaper Constitution, was provided by our Board of Directors Member Faruk Özbakan from Beyazıt

Library.

Website of “International Participated Geography Congress - 2011“ (www.ukck2011.com)



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Poster of “International Participated Geography Congress - 2011”

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