Turkey's 'Mathematics Village': Changing education one equation at a time
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Re: Turkey's 'Mathematics Village': Changing education one equation at a time
#2> He was sued that same year by the state for illegal construction and illegally creating an educational institution.
I congratulate Prof. Nesin for creating such a place. No one will remember the stupid bureaucrats who tried to obstruct this unique place but the village will remain.
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#3I went to this village and was a student of Ali Nesin.
The village is intense and grad students go there to do full on set theory and group theory. Glad it is getting recognition.
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#4Such a beautiful school in such a beautiful location. I've been to Sirince a couple of times. It is famous for its wines.
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#5> He was sued that same year by the state for illegal construction and illegally creating an educational institution. I congratulate Prof. Nesin for creating such a place. No one will remember the stupid bureaucrats who tried to obstruct this unique place but the village will remain.
They sued him because he was critisizing Erdoğan.
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#6I have spent there 2 weeks in 2013. It was an amazing experience. What I liked the most was that it was more like a commune. Everybody helped with cleaning, doing the dishes and cooking. Everybody was eager to learn from each other, treated each other with great respect and there were no signs of age discrimination. Today, I am still in touch with people I met at the village. Some of them are way older and some of them are way younger than I am. I wish I could go back to see how it is now.
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#7> He was sued that same year by the state for illegal construction and illegally creating an educational institution. I congratulate Prof. Nesin for creating such a place. No one will remember the stupid bureaucrats who tried to obstruct this unique place but the village will remain.
They sued him because he was critisizing Erdoğan.
Just google “Ali nesin Erdoğan” and you will see the opposite mostly. He doesn’t admire Erdoğan but he is liberal enough to analyse him fair.
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#8The Mathematics Village is also well-known for hosting workshops and summer schools on advanced topics (graduate level and above) in mathematics. For instance, currently there is a summer school on diffeology, categories & toposes, and non-commutative geometry: https://plus.google.com/+UrsSchreiber/posts/Y3JCNohQJ3D
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#9Woah count me in, I'm there! Soon as I get rich :). I've been looking for this place.
Re: Turkey's 'Mathematics Village': Changing education one equation at a time
#10Woah count me in, I'm there! Soon as I get rich :). I've been looking for this place.
I too look forward to spending some cozy times with maths when I am comfortable. However my bank account has been near zero for a decade, I must at a certain point admit I will not achieve this vision and get on with life. Not there yet!