Young Pakistani Student Teaches Türkish To His Village 
👆🏻 📸 Muhammad Omar Orakzai (C) speaks to his students during a lesson in #Kohat , #Pakistan , 7th #October 2021 .
Muhammad Omar Orakzai is passionate about the Türkish language . The 21-year-old man found a new venue to share his passion after graduating from the Pak-Türk Maarif International School 2 years ago .
In his village #Bilitang near the #Pakistani city of #Kohat , #Orakzai offers free Türkish classes to young villagers .
Orakzai graduated from the school run by Türkiye’s Maarif Foundation in #Pakistan’s #Peshawar 2 years ago . Now a freshman in medical school , he started teaching Türkish to children in his village after graduating from the Türkish high school .
He has taught Türkish , at various levels , to 15 people in his village so far . Sometimes , he made his home into a classroom for his students & sometimes they convened in the courtyard of the local mosque for lessons .
His Türkish classes are occurring more rarely now that he has to focus on his university studies , but Orakzai has not given up teaching altogether . He also boasts that one of his students was admitted to the Türkish school he attended .
Another student of Orakzai now makes a living by writing #Urdu subtitles for Türkish TV shows , like Resurrection : #Ertuğrul .
He told Anadolu Agency (AA) that he decided to teach Türkish to students in his village during travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic . “ They were already familiar with Türkish a bit because of the Türkish TV series they watched .
Indeed , these shows made them more enthusiastic about learning Türkish . Some managed to learn how to speak Türkish in just 2 months ,” he says . “ I am happy to see how they succeeded .” Orakzai says he has never been to Türkiye & hopes to travel there one day .
Among his students are his own brother , Muhammad Zubair . Zubair says he plans to buy a web domain soon & give online classes for free to the Pakistani public .
His father Muhammad Sadiq says he is pleased with what his son has achieved in a village where people have few means to access higher learning . “ It is even a great feat to be able to learn English here . My son learned Türkish & taught it to others .
I hope every child in the village will be able to speak Türkish ,” he said . Sadiq said children learning Türkish would contribute to friendly ties between #Türkiye & #Pakistan .
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