Republic of Turkey Services for Deaf People

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Republic of TurkeyServices for Deaf People

• Presented by Mary Essex
• April 29, 2005

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Marmara Earthquake

• North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ)
• 301 AM on August 17, 1999
• 7.4 on the Richter scale
• Estimated 17,000 people killed
• This brought me to work in Turkey August 2001

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Introduction

• Why Turkey
• Profile of Turkey
• Profile of Deaf People
• GoT
• Administration of Disabilities

• Health
• Education
• Labor
• Telecommunications
• Television
• Organizations
• Language/History

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My Host family
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Bordering Countries

• Greece
• Bulgaria
• Iran
• Iraq
• Georgia
• Armenia
• Syria

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1923 - 1st President Mustafa K. Attaturk

• Calendar
• Friday vs. Sunday
• Alphabet changed
• Latin Characters from Arabic
• 30 letters
• c sounds like j
• s ç g ü i ö
• No q or w

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Statistics

• 81 Provinces Population 70 Million
• Capital
• Ankara
• Largest City
• Istanbul Population 12 Million
• Constantinople
• Byzantium Empire
• Ottoman Empire

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Country Profiles

• Turkey
• 268,601 square miles
• Texas
• Population
• 65.5 Million
• Illiteracy
• Male - 6.5
• Female 24.5
• Unemployment
• 11

• USA
• 301.380 square miles
• All States and Territories
• Population
• 280.6 Million
• Illiteracy
• Male 3.0
• Female 3.0
• Unemployment
• 5.8

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Human Development Index (HDI)

• Based on 175 countries.
• In 2003, Turkey, ranks 96th,
• representing a 11 steps decline from 2002 as 85th.

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Terminology

• Deaf
• Hearing Impaired
• Hearing Disabled
• Deaf Mute (Silent)

• Sagir
• Isitme Engelliler
• Isitme Özürlüler
• Sagir ve Dilsiz
• Sagir ve Sessiz

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Government of Turkey

• Rights of Person with Disabilities are protected
  by Legislation.
• Administration of Disabilities
• Established 1997
• State Institute of Statistics
• 1st Disability Survey 2002

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Proportion of Disabilities

• 12.29 Disabled
• .37 Deaf
• .60 Blind
• .38 Speech
• .48 Intellectual
• 1.25 Physical
• 9.70 Chronic

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Type of Hearing Loss

• 259,000
• .37 of Total Population
• 32.45 Deaf (80,046)
• 18.96 Total loss 1 ear /mild other
• 24.90 Mild both ears
• 16.59 One ear is Deaf
• 2.28 Other
• 4.83 Unknown

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Causes of Hearing Loss

• Congenital
• 24.59
• Subsequental
• 78.80
• Unknown
• 3.61

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Congenital

• Congenital
• 24.59
• Genetic
• 19.74
• Dont Know
• 54.99

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Susequental

• Subsequental
• 78.80
• Accident
• Medical
• Illness
• Malnutrition
• Other
• DK

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Gender and Deaf

• 259,000
• .37 of Total Population
• Females
• .33
• Males
• .41
• Other Stats
• Marriage rates, Literacy, Social Security

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Deaf and Ages

• 259,000
• .37 of Total Population
• 0-9 27,429
• 10-19 35,748
• 20-29 39,823
• 30-39 36,647
• 40-49 27,592
• 50-59 20,820
• 60-69 26,996
• 70 37,613

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Reported Difficulties

• 38.60
• 38.19
• 57.76
• 52.83
• 33.01
• 35.22
• 38.00
• 28.55

• Lack of visual warning systems in public places
• Unsupportive community Insufficient services
  provided by the State
• Unaffordable appropriate assistive device
• Not benefiting from Educational Facilities
• Inability to overcome daily living problems
• Not able to use communication devices
• Not able to benefit from visual broadcasting