Republic of Turkey Services for Deaf People
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Republic of Turkey
Services for Deaf People
Presented by Mary Essex
April 29, 2005
Marmara Earthquake
North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ)
3:01 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
Introduction
Why Turkey
Profile of Turkey
Profile of Deaf
People
GoT
• Administration of
Disabilities
Health
Education
Labor
Telecommunications
Television
Organizations
Language/History
My Host family
Bordering Countries
Greece
Bulgaria
Iran
Iraq
Georgia
Armenia
Syria
1923 - 1st President: Mustafa K. Attaturk
Calendar
Friday vs. Sunday
Alphabet changed
• Latin Characters from Arabic
• 30 letters
c sounds like j
ş ç ğ ü ı ö
No q or w
Statistics
81 Provinces – Population 70
Million
Capital
• Ankara
Largest City
• Istanbul – Population 12 Million
Constantinople
• Byzantium Empire
• Ottoman Empire
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%
Human Development Index (HDI)
Based on 175 countries.
In 2003, Turkey, ranks 96th,
• representing a 11 steps decline from
2002 as 85th.
Terminology
Deaf
Hearing Impaired
Hearing Disabled
Deaf Mute (Silent)
Sağır
İşitme Engelliler
İşitme Özürlüler
Sağır ve Dilsiz
• Sağır ve Sessiz
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
Proportion of Disabilities
12.29% Disabled
All
Deaf
.37% Deaf
.60% Blind
.38% Speech
.48% Intellectual
1.25% Physical
9.70% Chronic
Blind
Speech
Phsycical
Speech
Chronic
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
Total
Deaf
Causes of Hearing Loss
Congenital
• 24.59%
Subsequental
• 78.80%
Unknown
• 3.61%
Con
Sub
Unk
Congenital
Congenital
• 24.59%
Genetic
• 19.74%
Don’t Know
• 54.99%
Genetic
DK
Susequental
Subsequental
• 78.80%
Accident
Medical
Accident
Medical
Illness
Malnutrition
Other
DK
Illness
Malnutrition
Other
DK
Gender and Deaf
259,000
• .37% of Total
Population
Females
• .33%
Males
• .41%
• Other Stats
Marriage rates,
Literacy, Social
Security
Total
Female
Male
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
70+
60-69
50-59
40-49
30-39
Deaf
20-29
10-19
0-9
Total
0
50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000
Reported Difficulties
1.
Lack of visual warning systems in public places
2.
Unsupportive community Insufficient services
provided by the State
3.
6.
7.
8.
38.60%
2.
38.19%
3.
57.76%
4.
52.83%
5.
33.01%
6.
35.22%
7.
38.00%
8.
28.55%
Unaffordable appropriate assistive device
4.
5.
1.
Not benefiting from Educational Facilities
Inability to overcome daily living problems
Not able to use communication devices
Not able to benefit from visual broadcasting