OLPC Turkey

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OLPC Turkey is just getting off the ground, as of early 2008. The first meetings were held in December 2007 among students in the MIT Turkish Students Association<ref>http://tsa-mit.wikidot.com/start</ref>.

Outreach

Within Boston

Members of the MIT-TSA, including Alp S., have been in touch with aaron and SJ over the past few weeks, and have sat in on two presentations with and about the program. There are roughly 10 local students currently involved in the community, and a similar number in Turkey.

Within Turkey

On February 8. 2008, a press event was held in the offices of a friendly non-profit in Istanbul, including two national newspapers, to talk about OLPC, the XO, and OLPC Turkey. The aim is to reach educators and groups working in the rural eastern parts of Turkey in the near future.


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