CUMHURİYETİN 100. YILINDA DÜNYA DİLİ TÜRKÇE

Turkish, one of the oldest spoken and written languages in the world, is making steady progress towards becoming a global language. In particular, over the last 30 years, with the collapse of the USSR, the five Turkic republics established as a result, and the Turkish-descended communities living within the Russian Federation's borders, Turkish has become an increasingly powerful potential force through education and languagebased projects. In this context, the "Great Student Project," initiated in 1992, has played a crucial role in connecting us with regions that share the same cultural roots. This project spans from the Balkans to Turkestan, Siberia, the Caucasus, the Idil-Ural, and the Turkmeneli regions. Through the different dialects of the oldest forms of Turkish used in these geographical areas, Turkish has grown into a significant force on a global scale. Today, when we consider that approximately 230 million people speak various dialects of Turkish as their mother tongue, we can clearly see the immense global influence of Turkish. The process of teaching one’s own language as a foreign language, which is also referred to as a "smokeless industry," will gain even more importance in the coming years. It will turn into a major competitive field, as it brings significant added value to the economies of developed countries. Of course, we do not evaluate this process solely in terms of economic input. In recent years, concepts like cultural transmission, cultural interaction, intercultural communication, and intercultural communicative competence have gained prominence. It is certain that in the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language, cultural transmission plays a key role. In this sense, one of the most important aspects in teaching Turkish to Turkish children abroad, teaching Turkish to Turkish-descended communities, and in the foreign language teaching of Turkish, is cultural transmission.