A)       VOCABULARY (5 pt. per answer) ¨

        lateral          unanimity    human          navy    

        proclaim      sure              operate         force

1.       Turkey’s contributions to a myriad of operations conducted in various parts of the world to support peace involved 10.000 military personnel, air and __________ support elements of varying sizes.

2.      Turkey has pursued a foreign policy advocating the creation and _________ of a regional and international climate of peace and welfare.

3.      Turkey extended _________ aid to Armenia facing a number of economic difficulties following its independence.

4.      The only decision-making body of the BSEC is the Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which gathers twice a year and makes its decisions ____________.

5.      An example of __________ among developing countries within the framework of South-South dialogue, D-8 aims to improve the developing countries’ positions in the word.

B)    GRAMMAR (5 pt. per answer) @

6.      The emergence of the Central Asian Republics as independent states have added a new dimension to the Turkish foreign policy.

A) Capitalization     B) Punctuation C) Spelling

D) Grammar          E) No error

7.      Sharing from the start the concerns of the central Asian Republics, Turkey has provided military, moral and material aid for these countries.

A) Capitalization     B) Punctuation C) Spelling

D) Grammar          E) No error

8.      Turkey’s relations with Armenia are quiet different from those with the other two South Caucasian states.  

A) Capitalization     B) Punctuation C) Spelling

D) Grammar          E) No error

9.      Turkey, in line with its stance exerts active efforts to support the protection of the national unity and territorial integrity.

A) Capitalization     B) Punctuation C) Spelling

D) Grammar          E) No error

10. Azerbaijan is a very important country for Turkey with which it shares a common language, culture and history.

A) Capitalization     B) Punctuation C) Spelling

      D) Grammar          E) No error

C)         READING (5 pt. per answer) &

        (I) Following an invitation by Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey took part in the conference on Cooperation for Development held in 1996. (II) This conference was the first step towards the establishment of D-8, another cooperation platform set up by Turkey’s initiative. (III) D-8 was set up officially and began its activities with the İstanbul Declaration issued at the end of the summit of Heads of State and Government held in İstanbul.(IV)So far D-8 held four summits in İstanbul, Dhaka, Cairo and Tehran, nine Council of Ministers meetings, 18 commission meetings, one special session of commission and around 50 meetings at the technical level. (V) A total of 229 Turkish officers served in international missions as observers and advisors to date.(VI) D-8 Executive Directorate Office was established in İstanbul to ensure the required coordination among member states in D-8 activities and retired Ambassador Ayhan Kamel, is currently serving as Executive Director of D-8.

11.  Decide which sentence is irrelevant to the passage.

12.  What kind of a question would the passage best respond to? 

13.  Who would be the best audience for this passage?

14.  In line 15, what does “required” refer to?

15.  We learn from the passage that __________________________________________________________________________________

D)    WRITING !

16.  / among / the BSEC / to develop / cooperation / member states / is / commercial / scientific / technological / the fundamental aim of / and (+)

17.  / the creation / is /  policy / enhancement of / the basis of /Turkey’s / and /  South Caucasus / / lasting stability(?)

18.  Türkiye, Orta Asya Cumhuriyetlerinde elçilik kuran ve bu ülkeleri tanıyan ilk ülkeydi.

19.  The will Armenia would display in establishing relations with Turkey and other neighbours in line with fundamental principles such as respect to international law and the spirit of good neighbourly relations would contribute to the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations.

20.  Black Sea Economic Cooperation __________

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English Instructor: Kazım BABACAN