Evliya Çelebi'nin Atının Sırtında Zamanda Yolculuk

We wanted to achieve to ensure that students firstly gain awareness about their own tangible and intangible cultural heritage and to raise their level of awareness, to encourage students to intera...

We wanted to achieve to ensure that students firstly gain awareness about their own tangible and intangible cultural heritage and to raise their level of awareness, to encourage students to interact with the peers from different cultures and to raise their awareness of the similarities between cultures and the common heritage of Europe ,to enable students to build a bridge between cultures by making use of cultural diversity and to recognise common values and to understand that cultural diversity is a richness that contributes to the common European heritage ,to revise the information described by Evliya Çelebi in the light of today and to arouse students' sense of curiosity by making comparisons between civilisation of that period and that of present,to enable students to shed light on the cultures of the places travelled, perhaps unknown or forgotten by the people of the places visited,to improve students' communication skills and foreign language skills by communicating with individuals of different languages, religions and cultures,to create awareness about environment and climate change by comparing past environmental conditions with present ones, to develop students' digital skills, to reach more people by this project.

We implemented virtual mobility via presentations by using video clips or slides. At the physical mobilities, students drew the historical and cultural elements described in the Seyahatname in the cities of the project before the mobilities and after the cities were visited they prepared and exhibited the collages by comparing them with their current state. All the cities of the project were visited and cultural elements were determined whether they still exist or not. Notes, photos and videos were taken. Mixed teams were established and digital and real posters were made about these elements.Some of the 26 kinds of compotes and local food that Evliya Çelebi tasted in these lands were prepared and taste by mixed teams of partners. Some stories from The Seyahatname were revived. Common words among the partners were searched. Drawing activities of some artifacts were performed. Past and present elements were compared. Some endemic plants were planted. Virtual magazines or video presentations were prepared. Ebru (art of marbling) activity was performed. A common songs choir was performed. Culture Street was established. Agiant canvas painting activity was prepared by common groups. A final virtual and physical booklet was published.

According to last online survey which was performed by the participants after the mobilities,all the questions were replied mostly as ‘Yes’ 80.5%.This means we reached our initial goals interms of green environment,digital skills,cultural awareness,language skills,communication skills,social skills,common European hetitage awareness,tangible and intangible heritage awareness. The survey results were uploaded on the digital platforms of the project. By recognizing cultural similarities and differences,the sustainability of these riches were ensured. Curiosity was awakened in students.Intercultural learning and international cooperation were ensured. Students were more socialized thus their foreign language skills and digital skills were developed.The students became more sensitive about the environment through the virtual and the physical mobility activities. Surveys of surviving places after each mobility were filled in all by the project members and comparing past and present documents were formed. A virtual magazine including all the activities of all the mobilities and comparisons between past and present conditions of the tangible and intangible heritage has been prepared. Finally, it has been published as a booklet.