A First from Bahçeşehir University: Dictionary Symposium

The International Symposium on Dictionary Writing and Research in Türkiye and the Worldwas held with the participation of two foundations and Bahçeşehir University, making it the first symposium of this scale on DICTIONARIES ever organized in our country.

TWO FOUNDATIONS AND BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY JOIN HANDS

Held under the leadership of Kubbealtı in its 40th anniversary year, with the support of the Scientific Committee members, in close cooperation with the Elginkan Foundation and hosted by the Bahçeşehir University Center for Civilization Studies, the symposium welcomed 45 scholars from Türkiye and abroad.

Held at the Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus between 4-6 November 2010, the symposium was organized in memory of İlhan Ayverdi, founder of the Kubbealtı Academy Culture and Arts Foundation.

A TRIBUTE FROM KUBBEALTI TO İLHAN AYVERDİ

Born in the 1970s from the pursuit of a Misalli Büyük Türkçe Lugat (Great Turkish Dictionary with Examples) and having grown up together with it, Kubbealtı has achieved its goals in dictionary writing with the Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, Türkçe Sözlük and Okul Sözlüğü , which it has offered to the service of the Turkish language one after another since 2005. In 2010, its 40th anniversary year, the same foundation sought to lead the field by opening the subject of dictionary research with a symposium. While the first talks for the symposium were under way, Ms. İlhan Ayverdi, who devoted 34 years of her life to writing the Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük , passed away. In light of this, Kubbealtı considered it another duty to commemorate her dear memory, in the first year, with a symposium on dictionary writing and research.

THE AIM IS TO DRAW ACADEMICS' ATTENTION

Following the profound scientific change in language research worldwide in the first half of the 20th century, in the second half of the same century, new topics on dictionary writing, use and teaching have begun to be opened in independent units devoted to lexicology and lexicography at universities and compilation and research centers, and efforts have been made to approach the subject with different methods. As a result, although valuable and guiding studies and, in parallel, new dictionaries have emerged, according to experts in the field there is still much work to be done. This symposium was organized precisely to draw our academics' attention to lexicology, dictionary writing, dictionary use and teaching, which are still in their infancy in terms of both Turkish and linguistics, to secure their contributions, and to bring them together with international expertise.

THE AIM IS TO MAKE THE SYMPOSIUM A TRADITION

In the coming years, the aims are
to make the symposium a tradition,
to open dictionary research, survey and compilation centers in language departments, divisions and institutes at universities,
to connect with institutions with parallel aims in order to gain an international identity,
to spread knowledge and practical experience in this field and increase participation by bringing graduate students together with experts from Türkiye and abroad at summer schools,
to organize courses to train support staff for dictionary writing,
and to support successful textbooks on dictionary use and teaching.