GREEKS LEARNING TO SPEAK OTTOMAN
More and more Greek professionals are taking up Ottoman language classes in Athens to better understand the rich Ottoman heritage in their country
- Stelyo Berberakis
- Updated : 22.12.2014 09:43:18
- Published : 21.12.2014 18:17:59
ATHENS — Turkey is in the grips of a public debate over the wisdom of teaching the Ottoman alphabet to students. However, Turkey's neighbor across the Aegean has gone beyond that: Finance Ministry inspector Dimitris Lupis is teaching the Ottoman language to Greeks.
Ninety Greeks have already applied to the Ottoman classes given at the Scientific Research Institute in Athens. Among the 65 accepted applications, there are doctors, architects, an archaeologist, a painter, a student and tourist guide, a historian, several public servants and even a gymnast. Each one of them has a different reason for taking the challenge.
The three-year Ottoman course will produce its first graduates next year.
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