The inaugural meeting of the International Union of Islamic Publishers, of which Akdem Publishing is among the founders, was held on 18.09.2021 at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.At the meeting, which was attended by Islamic Publishers from 30 countries, the current situation and future of Islamic publishing around the world were discussed for two days.
As Akdemistanbul Language Center and Akdem Publishing, we signed an agreement with Alif Bee, the digital platform of Arabic teaching worldwide, on the partnership of Turkey. We hope that our partnership regarding the promotion and distribution of Alif Bee in Arabic education institutions and schools in Turkey and the development of the program will be beneficial.
Akdem Publications continues finding new partners all around the world...Masuma Hasan Zade, who is responsible for Arabic programs of the Ministry of Education of Iran, visited Akdem Publishing,Turkey's largest publishing house in the field of Arabic teaching. After introducing the works of Akdem Publishing, we discussed joint projects that we can carry out together. Moreover, we also discussed the publication of new works of Dr. Soheila Mohseni Nejad, one of our authors who passed away last month.
Masuma Hasan Zade, who is responsible for the Arabic programs of the Ministry of Education of Iran, visited Akdemistanbul Language Center. Various discussions were held on the implementation of the Arabic programs of the Ministry of Education of Iran and the Arabic Language Proficiency Test (APT) administered by the Akdem Test Center.
As Akdemistanbul Language Center, we held an online meeting with the Al Hadara Center for Arab Culture in Kazan (Russia), the capital of Tatarstan. The meeting was attended by the director of the Al Hadara Prof. Dr. Muhammed Salih Alammari, Al Hadara Arabic courses coordinator Emiliya Bayramova, Akdemistanbul general director Dr. Muhammed Ağırakça, Akdemistanbul Arabic academic coordinator Ahmad Al Ruhban and Akdemistanbul international relations coordinator Gülnara Yakupova attended.
At the Foundation Centre of Islamic Civilization (FOCIC)-located in Macedonia- which is one of our business partners, our students receive their Arabic education with the series called Miftah Al-Arabiyya, which is written and published by Akdem Publishing within Akdemistanbul. We wish our Macedonian student continued success in learning Arabic and congratulate our teachers at our partner organization, Foundation Centre of Islamic Civilization,Macedonia.
Akdem Publishing has held an introductory symposium on the Miftah Al-Arabiyya, an integrated educational series for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers. This symposium was prepared and presented by Mr. Ahmed Al Ruhban who is the co-writer of the book, Arabic Academic Coordinator and Director of International Relations at the Akdemistanbul Language Center
In the meeting held with the General Directorate of Foreign Relations of the Iranian Ministry of National Education and the officials of Al-Zahra University, it was agreed that the TÖMER Exams will be implemented in Iran and that our online Turkish courses will be introduced to students who want to learn Turkish throughout Iran through Al-Zahra University.
The YÖS exam is the university entrance exam for foreign students to enter the Turkish universities. The YÖS Department at Akdemistanbul Language Center has launched a set of free YÖS courses, in the form of introductory and basic courses, under the supervision of an academic team specialized in the field.