If Syrian refugees are going to be accepted as a country, their education attendance rate is the minimum one on earth right now. Turkey is the biggest host for Syrian refugees but having a different language and alphabet which may reduce the attendances rates of these children. Can Arab Intellectuals in different countries turn into coach for these children to get mother language and familiar education? Can Internet connection and device sharing approach create a difference?

1. memlakat.com
A platform for Syrian refugee children to get
education in their own language and their own
syllabus.
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* Memlakat means country/hometown in arabic.
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2. 2.688.686 Syrian refugees in Turkey

3. TemporaryShelteringCenterDispersedTotal
0 750000 1500000 2250000 3000000
2.688.686 Syrian refugees in Turkey

4. TemporaryShelteringCenterDispersedTotal
0 750000 1500000 2250000 3000000
2.414.608 dispersed Syrian refugees in Turkey

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200000
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400000
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Hatay
İstanbul
Gaziantep
Adana
Mersin
Kilis
Mardin
Bursa
İzmir
K.maraş
Konya
Ankara
Kayseri
Osmaniye
Diyarbakır
Adıyaman
Kocaeli
Dispersed to different big cities.

6. 40-50% of refugees in Turkey
should go to the school.
Ministry of national education reported that there are 310.000 children are registered in
Turkish primary, secondary schools however; 620.000 children are out of education
system. 450.000 children are planned to be integrated to education system till 2017. !
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The number of proficient arabic educators in Turkey(2015) = 3.220 (2.831 Arab, 389 Turkish) !

7. Observed problems
• Turkish education system is designed for Turkish and using latin alphabet. There
are limited resource on arab backgrounded teachers and educational materials.
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• The Syrian refugee children outside the camps are dispersed in different cities. It is
hard to create education related logistic channels with current conservational
approaches.
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• Refugee children are helping family and working in day time.
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• Lack of role-models and not having a good psychological state

8. Latin vs Arabic Alphabet

9. Future context:
Naturalization of refugees:
These refugee children are going to stay in host countries and never return back original
country;therefore, they don’t need education in their mother language and need naturalization
process. They need to learn the host language, culture and so on.
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Familiarization activités:
These refugee children are going to return their country when the dilemma is solved. They
need to rebuild their country and for that reason essential skills, culture are important to gain
during war period.

10. Using volunteered intellectual arab
population for remote education
activities via Internet technologies.
Syrian diaspora
United Arab Emirates 242.000 !
Germany 200.000 !
United States 154.560 !
Kuwait 120.000 !
Canada 40.849 !
Sweden 40.000 !
Australia 13.517 !
Arab diaspora
France 4.000.000 !
Netherlands 230.000 !
Germany 400.000 !
UK 240.545 !
USA 1,697,570!

11. Volunteer educator
Classrooms hosts
Familiar Syllabus
Connecting these three elements to create almost the
same experience for Syrian children.
host
classrooms 4-10 students
Intellectual
volunteers
(arabic)
America Europe
students
classroom president(organizer)
Syllabus
Education Materials
Psychological support
Role Models
Time tables
Video conferencing
Monitoring hosts
Reporting abuses

12. Familiar Syllabus
Our platform only accepts positive sciences and literature focus approach because of
not evoking any political and religion oriented issues and conflicts.
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• The syllabus and related content digitalization activities
• Heuristic study for quality with higher education institutions
• Suitable for learning and tutoring activities

13. Identifying educator
Role: Educator are going to use defined syllabus and materials in the platform. Main role
of the these people are;
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• to support refugee children on education subjects
• to facilitate education
• to check process
• instant answering if there are any questions.
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14. Identifying educator
For better matching reasons; information related to;
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1 - Understanding the time zone
2 - Identifying the background, education and interests
3 - Patterning the days and time-slots
4 - Role-modeling and supportive acts
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15. Hosting a classroom
Dispersed refugees are living in the cities together with Turkish citizens. There are
Turkish citizens who are willing to provide internet connection and share an internet
connected device periodically.
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Upon request, beneficial aid can be delivered to these people.
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16. Child abuse
After each session, the classroom owner can check recorded session and report any
unacceptable behavior. Kids are also going to be questioned if there is any abuse situation
which will be shared with government authorities.
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