Turkish Seminar -Traditions and Identity

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1) What is your age?(490 Answer)


14 - 20	172
21 -50	295
50+	23

2) Which Religion do you assoiciate yourself with?(490 Answer)


Catholic	30
Muslim	157
Jewish	2
Atheist	126
Agnostic	80
Buddist	4
Prodestant	15
Diğer	76

3) On a scale of 0 to 5 (5 is very religious) how religious do you feel?(490 Answer)

Değer	Sayı
0	196
1	85
2	72
3	70
4	48
5	19

4) How important an influence is your religious faith in your life?(490 Answer)

Değer	Sayı
0	196
1	89
2	67
3	63
4	47
5	28

5) Have you ever read any religious texts in detail? If yes which ones?(490 Answer)


No	179
Bible	71
Quran	196
Torah	4
Diğer	40

6) On a scale of 0 to 5 (0 is never) how often do you visit religious houses? (Without touristic purposes)(490 Answer)

Değer	Sayı
0	227
1	155
2	46
3	30
4	14
5	18

6.1) Why do you visit religious houses?(489 Answer)


Funerals	64
Marriage	25
Religious festivals (Eg: Christmas/ Sacrifice fest/ etc)	56
Praying	81
Christening	1
I do not visit them	115
Touristic	125
touristic	20
christening	2

7) On a scale of 0 to 5 (5 is very religious) how religious is your family?(490 Answer)

Değer	Sayı
0	47
1	81
2	91
3	119
4	117
5	35

8) Is your religion (really) the same as your parent?(490 Answer)


Yes	242
No	248

9) Do/Did you have a compulsory religion as a lesson in your school?(490 Answer)


Yes	417
No	73

10) Do/Did you have an optional religion lesson in your schools?(490 Answer)


Yes	98
No	392

11) What does the religious lesson include ?(321 Answer)

Islam

islam

Quran

İslam

Muslim

Read the bibble

Nothing

I dont know

I don't know

Catholic churches

Islam only

Islam mostly

details of islam

religion

nothing

Nothing

Islamic studies

All religions

Muslim things

islamic

mainly history and some basics

Religion

Din kültürü ve ahlak bilgisi

Mostly Islam

Only Islam

Sunni Islam

History

nothing

Only islam

history of religion

Training in values

History of religions

Dinin icerigini ve gereklerini icermeli

Rules of life

To get to know the most importants points of the catholithism

Reading religious texts

There was none

Activities about catholic

Watching films and learning about other religions

Speak with other students

I don't really remember

Life of Saint muhammed

Culture of Religion and The Knowledge of Ethics. It's generally about Islam.

Muslim and the Quran

Talking useless stuff

muhammad's life, religious aspects of islam

it include theory of our religions that can be very useful and interesting too for us

The religious lesson include talk about other religions or about our God

Jesus' life

no idea really

Moral concepts

Theory and doctrine of the Catholic religion and knowledge of other religions

The prophet muhammads life, religious subjects about islam

It's all about Islam

histories of religions, mostly islam

I usually treat current themes.

Life of the Prophet, pray

Pray

History of Islam and prohphets, the İslamic nations their descendants formed and so on.

Life values

Religious study

Reading the bible

Bible, Quran, Thora

things for learning it

Dios

I think it includes praying and visiting religious temples.

the knowledge of all the religions all over the world

It include to go to mass every Sunday

Reaf short texts form the bible

Sometimes the bible and other time we organise trips for visit the church also do things for help

Valores morales y enseñanzas de la religión

A way of thinking

Tradition

The christian theory

I don't know

Prayc

History about catholicism and interpretation of the bibleo

About Bible

Nada

Informations about Islam, and very little information aboutnother religions.

Rules of religion, moral

Islamic bias

Muslims and the history of it

Şaban Bey's greatness

Some information about all religions, comparisons between islam and others

Religions but almost totally Islam and Islamic life style

Only islamic history

İslam

Islam, with little hints of other Judaist religions.

Mostly Islam.

Saban reyiz ne uygun gorurse

History and development of islam

Islamic stuff

İslam ve alakali seyler

only hanıfı islam

islam and others a little

fundamentals of religions

life of the muhammad etc

All religions but islam focused

neutral believes

Rules of Islam, morality, ethics etc.

Basic

quran

Sunnilik ve diğer dinler hakkında ufak bilgi kırıntıları. İslam değil.

info about islam and general knowledge about morality

Just Muslim things

Features of the religions

İnformation about all types of faiths, All religions, Historical roots and practical use of Islam

a bunch of bullshit

The life of Hz. Muhammed and how a muslim should live according to his religion.

General info about all religions but it focuses on islam and tries to justify it.

It tell us differences between the religion or what is the same thing about religion. In fact, they don't mention one of them, they tell us various religion to choose or not believe

History of Islam

Islamic features

It's been 20 years I don't really remember

Islamic

Ahlak iyiniyet

Principles of the religion

Zorunlu Din Dersi

Information about Islam

All about sunni islam exercising

muslim

THE LIFE OF PROPHET

Love

Din Kültürü ve Ahlak Bilgisi

Quaran

Din Kültürü Ahlak Bilgisi

PROPHETS, SECT, CULTURE

their history and some texts from quran

you know that

ISLAM/CHRISTIANITY/JUDAISM/

standart müfredat dahili konular

History of Islam, Islamic Culture

Müfredat

Muslim practices

Muslim religion

Ahlak namaz etik kuran/ayet/hadis diger dinler vs

Moral informations and some basic religious rules

Islam( just Sunni) from the perspective of my teacher

History and versicle

Understanding Islam

Mostly islamic rules and history

Religions xd

Only christian religion

Islamic rules ans history of Islam

Life of prophet

Islam

Islm

Only Islam.

Muslims an Quran

Only İslam without any philosphical backing. Just some rules which sounded idotic to me most of the time.

Islamic thinks

Memorizing some texts from Quaran

Prayers, basics of İslam and faith etc

Muslims' perspective

İslam mostly

religion, prophet's life, angels elfs and other old age bullshits

Christianity and judaism

About Muslim and It's everything such as Quran, practices, good works, sins, Hz. Muhammed (not all propets), hell, heaven...

i don't have any

Memorizing parts of quran

Religious stuff

Overview of the religious scripts and religious history

That is no religion lesson

Din kültürü ve ahlak bilgisi güya

Information about Islam and praying

All religions in high school, Islam in middle school.

Memorizing the verses. Bah

Islam religion

ALLAHI GÖTTEN SİKMEK SONRA AMINI YARMAK

General principles of Islam and history of Islam

General information about religions but mostly islam (like 95%).

information about religion, history of religion...

quran and some pray

Prayings and moral issues

lies

One particular form of religion

a single religion

How Islam is the most beautiful religion

Muhammed's life , importance of religion , rules in religion

I can't remember

İslam religion

Glorifying Islam and not much else

Religion and culture

Praying, Religions, sects

conditions of being a muslim and of faith

N/A

Especially islam but also other religions, ethics etc.

Basics of Islam and the life of Muhammad

prayers, compulsory things, history

No religious lessons until know....

ertyuıop

Memorizing the quotes

Surahs of qoran and morals of islam

12) What should the curriculum of the religion lesson include?(276 Answer)

Nothing

All religions

I don't know

nothing

I dont know

The students should learn about all religions.

Religions

Information about all religions

Real and brief story of all kind of believs

Every religion

All of the religions

None

All religions

all religions

All the religions

Other religions

No idea

I don't know

Anything

İslam

All religion

Islam

ethics

Ethics

Moral

All of them

Religious texts

Read religious texts

other religions

Informations from all religions

Dinin carpitilmamis ve yonlendirilmemis ozet bilgilerini icermeli

I have no idea

Truth and ethics

History of religion

Explaining Jesus's life

Knowledge ABOUT different religions

History and culture of that religion

There should be no religion lessons at schools

I don't actually understand this question

To speak about other religions

Another Religions

It should include all religions around the world and it should be more like Philosophy of Religion. Teachers should make students scrutinize religions and it's aim.

All religions and belief systems (as well as atheism)

Other religions other than Muslim

Nothing, I don't they are necessary

other religions

It depends of what it is

The religion lesson should include talk about new religions

About the bible

all world religions

Help people

Activities that motivate us to practice the Catholic religion

I don't have an idea

All religions must be taught deliberately

a l,ittle piece of info about the religions from all arounfd the world

I think that we should learn more about other religions.

Philosophical knowledge about our lives, purpose and beings

More than one religion

Religious study

Life lessons and self Love

Dont know

It should include books for teach students

Dios

I think it should include the history of that religion and the beliefs that characterize it.

The knowledge of all the religions all over the world

You should to read the bible

A bible

Know something things

Historia de la religión

It must teach other religions

Knowledge and differences with others religions

Catholic history

Appart from what I have just said, the origins of our beliefs.

Prayers maybe

No lo se

All the beliefs, should not focus solely on a specific one.

All regions and their common ideas

It should be replaced with philosophy.

Idk

Rest of the religions

The religious knowledge and comparisons of all religions, even the ones with no believers anymore

Ethics, humanity

Everything, I mean there are numerous religions and faith systems around the world. Why not to learn about all of them?

All other religions

philosophy/teology

What is religion and what do other people who believe in the other religions pray or live according to their religion

no lesson

Buddhism (Tibetan and Zen), Zoroastrianism, Tengriism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Norse, Greek, Celtic and Egyptian Mythology, Hinduism, and all other forms of belief, including atheism, theism, agnosticism, gnosticism, apotheism and similars.

The other religions should also be included.

Olmasa daha kolay

Not only religions with books but also other types of faith (in fact religion may be just a minor part of the curriculum), and most importantly ethics in general.

İslamla alakalı seyler. Net hatırlamıyorum.

all religions should be included

universal beliefs should be explained to all

Fair shares

Evet filosophical thing

other religions and believes

All of the religous beliefs

Philosophy of religion

All religion cultures

there should be all believes in the class and no pushing only religion.

It should include basic morality knowledge.

Values

The history, the doubts, the theories, everything

history of religions & world religions

shoul give information about all religions objectively

it should be consist of stories to get attention

all religion including paganism

Erdemli insan olma, dini sömürenlerin genel özellikleri, din diye anlatılan hikayelerin incelenmesi.

they should not be given at all

I shouldn't take

relationship between humanity, fairness and Islam

Features of the religions

I am not sure it is Just a Manuel like thing to see what it contains cz religion is special thing for all individual

sth that is not bullshit

It should include all religions, and their historical background with all the prophets whose lives are known. The similarities and differences between religions, and their holly books should also be covered.

There should not be one.

What is religion and history of religions

I think it has same distance all of them and it mention their order and holidom

Religions in general.

Explain all religions

The philosophy of all religions

History of religions as an integral part of the history of civilisation

Islamic,Quran,Probhets,Angels

Dua

Tolerance

Ahlak, insan olmanın gereği, vicdan

ethic rules

Information about all religions existed throughout history

it should highlighted more human rights and ethics. In the case of turkey it should include more women rights in real islam

muslim

they should not exist at schools :)

why people need faith, varieties of faith, humanism

OBJECTIVE HISTORY OF ALL RELIGIONS

Cultures and religions

Logic and objective perspective

It should be simple.

Religion lesson should not be included at all

OBJECTIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION

how we can be a good person

culture of the religions not one of the specific religion's texts

If compulsory all religions, if elective the specific one as wanted

daha genel ahlak dersi içerikli olmalı

History of all the religions (unbiased)

Sıkıcı

Information about other religions as well

understanding the philosophy of religions

Basic stuff. Hirsizlik yapmamaliyiz calip cirpmamaliyiz kul hakkinin onemi islamiyeti gercek anlamda yasayanlar dini anlatilmali

Only some ethical rules

There should be NO religion lessons at all.

Human rights

Shouldn't be teached in schools

Islamic norms

Same

everything against war and crimes

Every relgion and worldview

Have no idea

No religion lesson should be taught before the age of 15.

discussion of all religions or it should not have exist

All believes

There should not be a lesson for that

all kinds of religions, their structures, their history, their effect on time and on people

Every one of the big religions.

Empathy and being much more understanding. And the teachers should being educated to being more compliant because religion is a sensitive subject for all humans.

1- Why there should be a God concept? 2- Some Arguments about existence of God. 3- Then talk about islam based on quoran only.

main idea about all religions.

Information about other religions and belief systems. Not just trying to memorize things that we don't even understand.

Philosophy of religions

Knowledge about different religions and history of all religions

science

Objective perspective to each kind of religion thinking

Brief intro and presentation of ideas of all the religions, muslim to budizm

there shouldn't be any religion lesson, if there is any, it should be about ethics and about the truth that there is no religion or a god who wants to people worship him continuously

Atheism in detailly with no offense, also I will prefer deism to be teached

Other types of religion, such as Christianity and Judaism, or none at all

I think it shouldn't be just about one religion. It should teach us all religion types include atheism.

we don't need this kind of lessons

All religions, their history and rules

None.

A larger spectrum of religion and different perspectives with emphasis on tolerance

It must be the history of religions and briefly theological informations

History of religions

All religions equally

Every religion can be explained shortly

Tek bi din değil diğer dinler de objektif şekilde anlatılmalı. Tutup da zorla kurandan süre ezberletilmemeli. Ha bi de illa arapça halini okucaksın gibi bişe var. Niye? Ben arap mıyım dilim arapça mı abi?

General information about all popular religions

Islam's explanation and beauty

idk

Leaning about many beliefs and how to respect them and live in harmony

There should not be a religion lesson in schools.

CİNSELLİK HAKKINDA BİLGİLER

There shouldnt be any religion lesson

Every religions

13) How does your religion affect your daily life?(304 Answer)

Not at all

none

It doesn't

It doesn't.

Nothing

Not much

No effect

It does not

None

It do not.

It doesn't affect me

it doesn't

it does not

Does not affect

Never

It does not affect

Doesnt affect

That doesnt affect

It doesn't

It doesnt

It doesn't affect

It doesn't affect.

It does not affect my daily life

not affect

I do not have a religion

Not at all.

Non

in no way most of the time but sometimes it lessens my anxiety to think that there may be a God

nothing

Doesn't affect

not much

In a bad way

A little bit

It doesn't affect my life

Bringing inner peace

Not at all

It does not affect it

It helps me to understand and accept somethings.

Suan etkilemiyor

No affects

Rarely

It doesn't affecr my daily life

Nothing

I am NOT religious

It affects in my daily life

I dont have a religion

I doesn't affect

Generally in a good way because when I pray, I feel comfortable and safe.

Unless it's Ramadan month, it doesn't effect my daily life. In Ramadan month it's hard to have a snack when you're out because people that fasts find it disrespectful.

It does not affect at all

It stops me from being too good

If don't really affect

My religion does not affect very muchos muy life

Everything

Guide my actions

religion doesn't affect in my life

It does not

I need to believe on something and hope.

Not much

Mild

I try to act the best way

I try to be empathetic

Just on Christmas or at a Funeral etc

It dont affect

Normal

In my daily life my religion doesn't affect much.

It doesn't affect to any aspect in my life

It affects me because of my mother

Is so important for me

De manera teologíca

It helps me

Religion does not affect my daily life

I follow the Tradition

Because I follow many religious traditions that belong to my cultural background.

Irrelevant

No afecta

Not so much, some words in my daily speech

I want to strip it away, yet you ask this question.

Moral things

I cant imagine a life without it.

It doesn't really affect

Little effect, through my family

Just in culture but not too much

I guess it makes me stop when I tend to do sth bad.

I wear according to my religion

doesnt

islam

Clashes with religious people.

Religion is something that effects the concept of "morals" and it is also a huge part of traditions. Although I am not directly affected by my religion, it is an important part of social education in Turkey therefore it would not be correct to say that I'm completely unaffected.

I just feel some kind of energy that affects me according to how I feel.

İnancım yok. Ancak arada istemsiz de olsa bilincaltimin beni bazı kararlarda yönlendirdiğini hissediyorum.

behaviour, food, no alcohol

Goodly

rarely

Well, something which doesn`t exist couldn`t affect my life

Sometimes excludes me from society

Not affect

actually not more without special days of my religion.

It affects my daily life peacefully.

Not really

It sometimes gives me peace and hope and patience.

Almost never

doesnt affect

Etkilemesi gerektiğinden daha az

I am not religious, not believing, but it is affecting me negatively since I live for nothing

All

I plan my day by praying time

behaviours

It stops me from doing immoral things and give me a reason to live without it ı cant find sth for living.

i don't have one

I can say that it doesn't affect me at all.

Minimally, I try to keep it separate from my everyday life.

Less

Non affective

Actually that's complicated. Proceeding on my life unfortunately depends on my religion. It was politicized..

Not exactly affected.

An atheist in Turkey. Every fuckin' day.

Always

Good

Zorluklara karşı mücadele gücü

zero

Makes me more tolerant to negative incidents in life

This affects my social life and moral values

it does not affect my daily life

I try not to be associate with religious stuff

NO INFLUENCE

Some small problem

By leading to the goods of ethic

Almost nothing

Social life is fucked

it effects traditionaly

I try to do good things.

Less

THINKING EXISTENCE

when ı have a trouble, it makes me more comfortable

dont like fridays

It shapes all of my life

in a better way imo

Çekirdekli yiyecekleri tek sayı yiyorum

it shapes my life

Doesnot

40%

I can not say that religion affects my daily life very much. I pray before sleeping only.

I do not drink and try to be good person

Bias

Doesn't affect

I dont believe in any religion

I could survive until today under ISIL attacks. Also most of the muslims try to impose their lifestyle to others like me.

good

I feel really happy, I don't believe in any particular religion

Close to never

the parts that affected our culture harden my life

Doesn t

Doesnt affect

when I want something to bad

ıt affects some of my behaviour. for example, I dont drink alcohol or I did not say bad things about my friends or I share my lecture notes with all my friends because in my religion you should not to be selfish.

If I dont face a deadly threat it doesnt. If I do , then I'm a believer.

It doesn't effect that much.

Only in cultural aspect like meeting with family during thw breakfast in ramadan

it excites me

Almost all of my friends and my boyfriend are muslim. So, sometimes conflicts emerge among us.

It does not actually

it had a very strong effects, when i was religious. But now it has no effect, except for hatred

Not in a single heartbeat, I am living my own life. There is no time-place to think about religion in my life.

It does not, other than monthly attacks of terror.

If I feel believing, I start to behave on the way which my religion says or I am confused about Should I do what my religion say or should I do my rights.

they kill people

It shapes my whole life. I do anything according to my religion.

People just get confused :D

Causes the occasional culture shock because my views are not at all aligned with the teachings of my country's "official" religion

Little bit

Hiç etkilemiyo valla

Neighborhood and government pressure

I don't have one?

I do not follow any religion.

IT DOESNT AFFECT MY LIFE

It didnt affect me

It does not affect at all

it do not affect

Not very much

Does not effect.

affecting my social network

doesn't affect much

Muslim people always try to convert me

İ believe in God. And i try to behave people nice. İ know i will be asked what i did

Doesnt

its like a habit because we grow up with it

...

doesn't affect

Other people religions affect my life

Not boundries, if that counts.

I dont do some things because ıts forbidden for Muslims

I don't have a religion

Most probably does not affect

14) Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate for political office who is open about not believing in God, or would this make no difference to you?(490 Answer)

Değer	Sayı
0	217
1	34
2	52
3	54
4	64
5	69

15) Suppose that a company/ school has several deeply religious workers/teachers who need to take a break each day for religious observance.Do you think that the company/school should be required to give them the time they need?(490 Answer)


Yes	307
No	183

Turkish Seminar -Traditions and Identity - January 2017

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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Summary of the seminar

Friday, January 27, 2017

Day 5 (Denmark)

We are glad you came!

Lecture on Religion

Evaluation of the week

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Day 4 (Denmark)

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Day 3 (Denmark)

Religion Survey