Programme Costs
[2007 prices]
| 1 Month |
£924 |
| 2 Months |
£1176 |
| 3 Months |
£1409 |
| 4 Months |
£1652 |
| 5 Months |
£1894 |
| 9 Months |
£2864 |
Included in the cost of the programme:
- Pre-departure orientation
- Airport transfer
- Orientation on arrival
- Excursions
- Accommodation and Meals
- Volunteer project placement
- Language instruction
- In country and EIL UK staff support
NOT included in the cost of the programme:
- International travel
- Pocket money
- Health and Travel Insurance (obligatory)
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You will enjoy the delicious food, marvellous local wines and drinks, and the hospitality of the people.
Turkey straddles the point where Europe and Asia meet. Geographically, the country is located in the northern half of the hemisphere at a point that is about halfway between the equator and North Pole. Because of its geographical location, the mainland of Anatolia has always found favour throughout history, and has been the birthplace of many great civilizations.
Turkey offers a fusion of culture – old and new, east and west, modern and traditional. Volunteers contribute to worthwhile causes while meeting new people, learning valuable work and life skills and becoming part of Turkish community life. In Turkey, you can see landscapes of incredible natural beauty, sites of great antiquity, towns and villages with lovely examples of architecture from Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman times.
Programme Overview
Turkish Language Course - Basic Turkish language classes will be covered during your orientation to enable you to communicate with the locals. There is an optional intensive Turkish Language courses at EIL Turkey's office. Excursions: There will be a guided tour in the parts of the old city known as Constantinople. Blue Mosque, Saint Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar, Golden Horn and Spice Bazaar will be visited during these tours.
Orientation - Your orientation programme will cover basic information about customs, values and daily life in Turkey as well as tips about learning and living in a different culture. The participants will be informed about the different lifestyles, values, beliefs of people s/he will encounter during the volunteer community service.
Homestay - Throughout your programme you will live with a Turkish host family. Host families are carefully selected, volunteer families. You will experience famous “Turkish hospitality” .
Volunteer service - Following orientation programme you will start your volunteer programme. Volunteer projects include: working as assistant to teachers in orphanages, public primary schools or public kindergartens, social work for the elderly, handicapped or street kids, environmental work, reforestation, working for environmental NGO's, community work in rural areas, agriculture and field work with villagers, constructing playgrounds or working in a village primary school.
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Turkey Fact File
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Population
72,907,000
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Capital
Ankara; 3,428,000
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Area
779,452 sq. kilometers
(300,948 sq. miles)
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Language
Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
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Religion
Muslim (mostly Sunni)
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Currency
Turkish Lira
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Life Expectancy
69
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GDP per Capita
U.S. $7,300
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Literacy
87%
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