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English As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Erman Türkili, a Musician and Assistant Professor at Bahcesehir University, in Istanbul, Turkey, and the founder of the House of Arts and Sciences in Istanbul.
This post presents the resources that Erman Türkili mentioned during the conversation.
Erman Türkili
Erman Türkili is a Musician and Assistant Professor at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. In 1995, Dr. Türkili started his music education at the conservatory of Cukurova University in Adana, Turkey. At a young age, he appeared as a soloist and chamber music musician. In 2005, he was awarded with an assistantship from Pittsburg State University to continue his graduate education under the direction of Prof. Selim Giray. He won 4 competitions and became the state champion of the competition held by ASTA (American String Teachers Association). In 2007, he was awarded with an assistantship from Pittsburg State University to continue his doctorate education under the direction of Prof. Eliot Chapo who served as a concertmaster as New York Philarmonic, Dallas Symphony and such. At the age of 26, he finished his education and received the “DMA – Doctor of Music in Arts” title. Between the years of 2009-2019, he investigated the benefits of learning an instrument by using symbols and colors. He has been working with kids with spectrum as well as children of early ages. Dr. Turkili founded a learning center in Istanbul “House of Arts and Sciences – www.bskcocuk.com”, where he and his colleagues work with children with learning disabilities and with young children from ages 2-3 and above. He also serves as an assistant professor at Bahcesehir University Conservatory in Istanbul, Turkey.
First Steps of a Little Artist – Introduction video
This video introduces the interview. Author Dr. Erman Turkili introduces his new beginner’s piano method for very early age and children with autism and learning disabilities.
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First Steps of a Little Artist – Introduction video on YouTube
Dialogue in the Dark
Dialogue in the Dark is one of the world’s most exciting life-changing experiences where visitors are guided by blind guides in absolute darkness. You get the chance to experience daily environments from a completely new perspective, when you enjoy a walk in the park, take a boat cruise or visit a café in our specially designed darkened rooms. Daily routines become exciting and a reversal of role is created where sighted become blind and blind become sighted. Dialogue in the Dark pushes you out of the comfort zone orienting you to a world without pictures. The blind guides are master of this environment and hence provide the visitors with a sense of security. Since more than 34 years Dialogue in the Dark has been presented in more than 47 countries throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Millions of visitors have been led through the exhibition by thousands of blind individuals, and learned to see in the darkness.