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On November 13, 2025, Dr. Bagdagul MUSSA, together with PhD student Zainab Khalil and Master's student Haya Abdulhalim participated in the "Farklı Coğrafyalarda Aile Yapısı ve Risk Faktörleriyle Başa Çıkma Sempozyumu" "Symposium on Family Structure in Different Geographies and Coping with Risk Factors," held at Düzce University, Turkey, on November 13-14, 2025.

The team delivered an academic presentation entitled:

“Türkçe Öğretiminde Aile ve Akrabalık İsimleri ve Arapça Karşılıkları"

(Family and Kinship Terms in Teaching Turkish and Their Arabic Equivalents).

The presentation explored a comparative linguistic and cultural analysis of family-related vocabulary in Turkish and Arabic, emphasizing the pedagogical and cultural dimensions of language teaching.

This participation reflects a strong commitment to fostering international academic collaboration and promoting meaningful scholarly exchange.

Abstract

Language is one of the most important elements that reflect a society’s way of thinking, lifestyle, value system, and cultural identity. In the process of language teaching, it is important not only to focus on grammar but also to integrate cultural elements, enabling learners to comprehend the language within its natural context. In this regard, family and kinship terms form an essential part of vocabulary that reflects the cultural aspect of language and reveals the structure and relationships within a society.

In Turkish, words such as “abi”, “abla”, “dayı”, and “teyze” do not merely indicate biological relationships; they also convey cultural values such as respect, affection, sincerity, and social connectedness. Likewise, in Arabic, words like “akh”, “ukht”, “khal” and “amma” perform a similar linguistic function but may carry different layers of meaning depending on the cultural context.

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of family and kinship terms in Turkish language teaching from the perspective of cultural transmission and language teaching, and to present a comparative analysis of their Arabic equivalents. By examining the concepts of kinship in both Turkish and Arabic linguistically and culturally, the study aims to provide a comparative evaluation of the value systems of the two societies. In this way, it emphasizes the role of culture in the language learning process and aims to help learners understand the worldviews of different societies through language.

Keywords: Turkish language teaching, Arabic, family, kinship terms, culture, intercultural interaction

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