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Tamer Yıldırım
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Kazakh
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Kyrgyz
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The Best Turkish Teacher on the Planet
Teaches
Turkish
Native
Speaks
English
French
Kazakh
Azerbaijani
Kyrgyz
Tatar
Uzbek
Russian
The Best Turkish Teacher on the Planet
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From TurkeyLiving in Lille, France (21:22 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 26, 2021InterestsMedical & HealthcareTechReading
Merhaba, I’m Tamer!
If you haven’t yet, please watch my introduction video to know more about me. If you have, then let me tell you more about myself.
I’m a man of logic and this has shaped my life so far. Illogical things baffle me and I really have hard time to figure them out. When I learn new things, I tend to believe that there should always be a logic behind it. This tendency helped me a lot with languages in general but with Turkish, it absolutely became an obsession. As a native speaker and a turcologist, I got the chance to discover the logic of Turkish and it developed me in my field since it is easier to teach something when you understand it thoroughly.Me as a Teacher
I am a caring teacher. I do care about your needs in your learning process.
Teaching Turkish is my business so I am always after improving my service quality and am always open to criticism. You should never hesitate to tell me what you don’t like about our lessons. Remember, you’re the boss here!
My feedbacks are always honest. If you did good, I will give you that. If you did bad, I won’t mention it because life itself is quite stressful and I don’t want your hobby to cause trouble to you. We cannot learn when we stress anyway, can we?My lessons & teaching style
After years of experience, I’ve created my own curriculum to teach you the Turkish language and its grammar the most effective way possible. In this curriculum, quite literally, every step is crucial and I do not go further before I make sure you get everything right. In Kazakh, to learn and to get used to are the same verb. So yes, I will be keep giving homeworks on the lacking subjects that I spot until you get used to, ahem, learn them. And wait, no, I am not teaching Kazakh but Turkish. You're not on the wrong profile! It was just a cool example to justify my hard homeworks.
Thank you for reading until the end. I hope we will be a great fit!My teaching material
- PDF file
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
- Test templates and examples
- Audio files
- Text Documents
- Video files
- Flashcards
- Articles and news
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Graphs and charts
- Image files
Certificates
Reference Letter - Comenius University - 2018This file prooves of my service at Comenius University in Bratislava.
Certificate verified
Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language - Yunus Emre Institute & Gazi University TÖMER - 2017It requires graduation from a Turkish language department and it officially allows you to teach Turkish to foreigners at state and private universities.
Certificate verified
Pedagogical Formation Certificate - Gazi University Faculty of Education - 2015It requires graduation from a Turkish language department and it officially allows you to teach Turkish literature at state schools and other government agencies.
Certificate verified
Education
2010 - 2014
Bachelor’s - Contemporary Turkic Dialects and LiteraturesThe Turkish name of my department is “Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları”
My studies focus on Turkish language in a very broad range with its and other Turkic languages’ historical developments.
2014 - 2019
Master's - Contemporary Turkic DialectsContemporary Turkic Dialects: Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri
In my master studies, we examined Turkic languages and Turkish grammar thoroughly. For my master thesis, I compared the vocabulary of the first Kazakh nowel with the first Ottoman Turkish dictionary.
Work Experience
2017 - 2018
Lecturer of Turkish LanguageI’ve taught Turkish to foreign learners in a classroom and gained a fantastic teaching experience. Some students had different levels than the others and I taught them individually. While teaching individually, I started to be convinced that these individual classes could have been held online.
2018 - 2021
FounderI’ve been teaching Turkish professionally as a freelance tutor since 2018.
5.0
Rating
48
Students
492
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
99%
Response rate
Turkish Lessons
Trial Lesson
28 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Turkish for Absolute Beginners and A1 Level
A1Language Essentials239 lessons completed
USD 41.00+
Package with 4% off
Turkish Grammar for A1-B1 Levels
A1 - B1Language Essentials20 lessons completed
USD 41.00+
Package with 4% off
Turkish for B2-C1 Level
B2 - C1Language Essentials26 lessons completed
USD 41.00+
Package with 4% off
Turkish Speaking Lessons for all levels! (A1-C2)
A1 - C2Conversation176 lessons completed
USD 41.00+
Package with 4% off
Availability
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My creations
Vocabulary (2)
Quiz (5)
158 Reviews
Nate Keating
47 Turkish lessons
Teacher’s pick
Tamer is a great instructor. The classes always have a clear plan and Tamer keeps things fun and interesting. My Turkish has definitely improved over the last few months of working with Tamer and I'm sure that will continue. I would highly recommend Tamer.
Oct 7, 2022
Michael
68 Turkish lessons
Teacher’s pick
The class was fantastic, we discussed Turkic languages and some of its’ older languages. I had some grammar questions on things that aren’t easily understandable but Tamer explained them all extremely well. I continue to be astounded at the progress I’m making in these classes. It’s been three weeks and I’ve advanced more than in the last three months.
Jun 4, 2021
A B
1 Turkish lesson
Tamer takes a truly innovative and holistic approach to his teaching methodology that is genuinely impressive. As someone who has has been studying Turkish for a while, I can genuinely say that I wish that I started with him from the beginning of learning Turkish, since his methodology makes language learning fun and engaging.
Jun 11, 2024
Chia81
107 Turkish lessons
Teacher’s pick
After meeting with Tamer for 20+ times, this is how I would summarize my experience: if you're looking for a teacher who will stretch your mind while at the same time giving you all they can and, even more importantly, make Turkish "real" in your mind and not just a collection of sentences in a book, look no further. Looking forward to the rest of my Turkish journey.
Dec 22, 2021
Guillaume
1 Turkish lesson
Thank you a million times !
Oct 1, 2024
Omer Varol
1 Turkish lesson
Tamer is an effective teacher that allows you to learn in a simple and calm way. Highly recommended.
Feb 22, 2023
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