TABA TURKISH-AMERICAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
www.amcham.orgTurkish - American Business Association was founded in 1987 with its head Office and 5 branch offices in İstanbul as a non-commercial organisation. It has 650 members. As the Turkey representative of American Chamber of Commerce, its main aim is to develop trade between Turkey and America; support its members by communicating their potential strategic partners; help them to solve their problems about commerce and participate in Turkey’s promotion abroad.
FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
www.fulbright.org.trFulbright Commission is the leading scholarship program of American Government. Turkish Fulbright Commission was founded as a result of a mutual agreement signed between Turkey and USA in 1949. Commission supports Turkish and American graduates, academicians and high school teachers with scholarships covering their travel and living expenses and provides educational consultancy for Turkish students who want to study in the USA.
Education USA
www.educationusa.state.govEducation USA is a global network with more than 400 consultancy centres and which is supported by U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), introduces America’s history, society, art and various culture to masses in different countries as well as working on mutual agreement between the USA and other countries by developing individual, Professional and institutional connections between Americans and the citizens and institutions of other countries.
İBRAHİM KUTLUAY BASKETBALL ACADEMY
www.ibrahimkutluaybasketballacademy.comİbrahim Kutluay Basketball Academy was founded with the idea to convey İbrahim Kutluay’s knowledge and experience on basketball to future generations despite his ongoing career by Devrim Kıvanç, Ercüment Ülker, İbrahim Kutluay and Murat Özgül who have enormous knowledge and experience on basketball, basketball training, sports management and sports organisations in 2001 in order to serve Turkish youth and sport and to add new values. In İbrahim Kutluay Basketball Academy, about 6.000 athletes were trained; 3.500 of them in winter and summer basketball training programmes, 2.5000 of them in summer basketball camps. As a result of importance we give to the education of our athletes, 80 athletes attended NBA Summer Camp in the USA and 29 athletes won sports scholarship in the US universities and they have the opportunity to continue their education and basketball careers in the USA.
Ministry of National Education, General Director of Overseas Education – HASAN KAPLAN
Education:
Anadolu University, Open Education Faculty, French Department
İstanbul Atatürk Education Institution, French Department
Şanlıurfa Commercial High School
Foreign Language::
English, French, Kazakh, Russian
Services:
2003- General Director of Overseas Education
2001-2003 Non-formal Education Institute Teacher
1996-2001 T.C. Almaty Embassy Education Attaché and Counsellor
1995-1996 Ankara Provincial Deputy Director of National Education
1992-1995 Elazığ Provincial Director of National Education
1981-1992 French Teacher
Hasan Kaplan, who is still the General Director of Overseas Education and was born in 1955 in Şanlıurfa, is married and has 6 children.
NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL
www.nmhschool.orgHe is the executive editor of Wired Magazine who has 3 National Magazine Awards. NMH is an independent school that provides education for 630 students from 9th grade to 12th grade, it is a coeducational school and has both boarded and day students. The school provides various opportunities such as 61 different sports activities, different art classes, student clubs and international education. The average number of students in the classes is 17 per teacher.
THE TAFT SCHOOL
www.taftschool.orgThe Taft School, established in 1890, is a boarded school for 577 students of 9 – 12th grades. Talented and successful students from different countries in the world have their education at a campus built on a 220-acre field in Connecticut. The Taft School which provides opportunities for different sport and social activities raises students for the most prestigious universities of the world every year.
CHESIRE ACADEMY
www.cheshireacademy.orgCheshire Academy Chestire is a school in Connecticut. It is known to be the 10th school that was established in America as Episcopal Academy of Connecticut in 1794. The school has 363 students from 14 different countries; 145 girls and 218 boys. The school gives education at two levels; elementary school (7-8th grades) and high school (9-12th grades). As well as providing 16 Advance Placement course opportunities, Chesire Academy provides summer school opportunity for 7-9th grade students at the age of 13-15.
THE NORTH BROWARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
www.nbps.orgNorth Broward Preparatory School offers a different, hard and rich university preparation education experience for students from kindergarten to 12th grade in South Florida Campus. Preparatory school and Elemantary School prepare students for a hard high school curriculum. The North Broward Preparatory School offers an International Baccalaureate diploma programme with 20 Advance Placement classes and 18 course options.
ERB EDUCATIONAL RECORDS BUREAU
ww.erblearn.orgERB is an independent institution that serves in the fields of academic evaluation and measuring the success of students that will register to private schools. It provides support and information about the ways to follow for all students who want to register to private schools and also elegant state schools.