Download Republic of Turkey Services for Deaf People

Republic of Turkey
Services for Deaf People
Presented by Mary Essex
April 29, 2005
Marmara Earthquake
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North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ)
3:01 AM on August 17, 1999
7.4 on the Richter scale
Estimated 17,000 people killed
This brought me to work in Turkey August
2001
Introduction
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Why Turkey
Profile of Turkey
Profile of Deaf
People
GoT
• Administration of
Disabilities
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Health
Education
Labor
Telecommunications
Television
Organizations
Language/History
My Host family
Bordering Countries
Greece
 Bulgaria
 Iran
 Iraq
 Georgia
 Armenia
 Syria
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1923 - 1st President: Mustafa K. Attaturk
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Calendar
Friday vs. Sunday
Alphabet changed
• Latin Characters from Arabic
• 30 letters
 c sounds like j
 ş ç ğ ü ı ö
 No q or w
Statistics
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81 Provinces – Population 70
Million
Capital
• Ankara
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Largest City
• Istanbul – Population 12 Million
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Constantinople
• Byzantium Empire
• Ottoman Empire
Country Profiles
Turkey
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268,601 square
miles
Texas
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Population
65.5 Million
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Illiteracy
Male - 6.5%
Female – 24.5%
Unemployment
11%
USA
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301.380 square miles
All States and
Territories
Population
280.6 Million
Illiteracy
Male – 3.0%
Female – 3.0%
Unemployment
5.8%
Human Development Index (HDI)
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Based on 175 countries.
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In 2003, Turkey, ranks 96th,
• representing a 11 steps decline from
2002 as 85th.
Terminology
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Deaf
Hearing Impaired
Hearing Disabled
Deaf Mute (Silent)
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Sağır
İşitme Engelliler
İşitme Özürlüler
Sağır ve Dilsiz
• Sağır ve Sessiz
Government of Turkey
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Rights of Person with Disabilities are protected by
Legislation.
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Administration of Disabilities
• Established 1997
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State Institute of Statistics
• 1st Disability Survey 2002
Proportion of Disabilities
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12.29% Disabled
All
Deaf
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.37% Deaf
.60% Blind
.38% Speech
.48% Intellectual
1.25% Physical
9.70% Chronic
Blind
Speech
Phsycical
Speech
Chronic
Type of Hearing Loss
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259,000
• .37% of Total
Population
32.45% Deaf (80,046)
18.96% Total loss 1 ear
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other
24.90% Mild both ears
16.59% One ear is Deaf
2.28% Other
4.83% Unknown
Total
Deaf
Causes of Hearing Loss
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Congenital
• 24.59%
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Subsequental
• 78.80%
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Unknown
• 3.61%
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Sub
Unk
Congenital
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Congenital
• 24.59%
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Genetic
• 19.74%
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Don’t Know
• 54.99%
Genetic
DK
Susequental
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Subsequental
• 78.80%
Accident
Medical
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Accident
Medical
Illness
Malnutrition
Other
DK
Illness
Malnutrition
Other
DK
Gender and Deaf
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259,000
• .37% of Total
Population
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Females
• .33%
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Males
• .41%
• Other Stats
Marriage rates,
Literacy, Social
Security
Total
Female
Male
Deaf and Ages
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259,000
• .37% of Total
Population
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0-9
27,429
10-19 35,748
20-29 39,823
30-39 36,647
40-49 27,592
50-59 20,820
60-69 26,996
70+
37,613
70+
60-69
50-59
40-49
30-39
Deaf
20-29
10-19
0-9
Total
0
50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000
Reported Difficulties
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Lack of visual warning systems in public places
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Unsupportive community Insufficient services
provided by the State
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38.60%
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38.19%
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57.76%
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52.83%
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33.01%
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35.22%
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38.00%
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28.55%
Unaffordable appropriate assistive device
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Not benefiting from Educational Facilities
Inability to overcome daily living problems
Not able to use communication devices
Not able to benefit from visual broadcasting