the Sedat Simavi Primary School

Το Δημοτικόν Σχολείον Σεντάτ Σιμαβί

Χουσεΐν Αρσάλ: Το Δημοτικόν Σχολείον Σεντάτ Σιμαβί στην Λεμεσόν. Περίμενε έναν δευτερόλεπτον, πώς μπορώ να περιγράψω την τοποθεσία του; Ήταν ακριβώς στο κέντρον της Λεμεσού. Έχει έναν γήπεδο.. Έναν γήπεδο ποδοσφαίρου… Δίπλα του. Τον παλιό καιρό, έπαιρναν πολλά στα σοβαρά ακόμα τζ̆αι την μόρφωση του δημοτικού σχολείου. Όταν εμεινίσκαμεν στο Τσερκέζ Τσιφλίκ, η μάμμα μου έβαλλεν στα καλαθούθκια μας μια τομάτα, έναν αγγουράκιν, μια χούφτα ελιές, έναν κομμάτιν χαλλούμι τζ̆αι άλλα φαγητά για το διάλειμμα. Επαίρναμεν τα καλαθούθκια μας τζ̆’ επερπατούσαμεν μιαν απόσταση 2-3 χιλιομέτρων μέχρι το σχολείον μας. Αλλά ήταν τόσον σοβαρόν ζήτημα, που όταν ήμουν στο δημοτικόν σχολείον, ο παπάς μου εδούλευκε στες αγορές τζ̆’ εγώ έφευκα που τα μαθήματα τζ̆’ επήαιννα στες αγορές.

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Φεριχά Τσαγκίν: Εμ…Δημοτικόν Σχολείον Σεντάτ Σιμαβί, στην Λεμεσόν. Ας μιλήσω λλίον για τους δασκάλους μας. Ο Μεχμέτ Μανάβογλου ήταν ο δάσκαλος μου, τζ̆αι είχαμεν θκυο δασκάλους που τους έλεαν Ματζίτ. Τον έναν ελέαμεν τον, Ματζίτ με τα γυαλιά, ήταν κοντός, τζ̆αι ο άλλος ήταν ο Ψηλός Ματζίτ, έτσι τον ελέαμεν, ήταν ψηλός. Όταν επηαίνναμεν στο σχολείον, αν αργούσαμεν, σαν τιμωρία εβάλλαν μας να σταθούμεν στο έναν πόδιν επειδή αρκήσαμεν. Οι δάσκαλοι μας εν μας έκαμναν πολλά πράματα. Επροσέχαν μας πολλά. Εσυμπεριφέρουνταν μας καλά. Επερνούσαμεν πάντα αρμονικά με τους φίλους μας. Το διάλειμμα επαίζαμεν παιχνίθκια ούλλοι μαζίν. Έχουμεν μερικές πολλά ωραίες αναμνήσεις μαζίν…

Εμ, μετά το δηματικόν, επήα στο Γυμνάσιον της 19ης Μαΐου. Εσπούδαζα τζ̆ειαμαί. Είχαμεν μια δασκάλα τζ̆ειαμαί που την έλεαν Βαχιντέ Αϊσού. Εδίδασκε μας τέχνη μια φορά την εβδομάδα. Είπεν μου ότι είμαι πολλά καλή με τα σ̆έρκα μου, μη συνεχίσεις στο λύκειον, έχει μια σχολή στην Λευκωσίαν… Τότε, η σχολή στην Λευκωσίαν ήταν ινστιτούτο. «Να πάεις τζ̆ειαμαί!» Είπα: «Ένι ξέρω αν θα με στείλει ο παπάς μου». Δεν ήξερα βέβαια. Εμίλησαν του παπά μου. Ήταν να μείνω σε έναν κοιτώνα φυσικά. Εδέχτηκεν. «Αν η κόρη μου έχει τέθκοια ταλέντα, ας την στείλουμεν, » είπεν. Τζ̆αι επήραν με στους κοιτώνες στην Λευκωσίαν. Εσπούδασα τζ̆ειαμαί δύο χρόνια. Μετά που δύο χρόνια ήταν να κάμουν εξετάσεις για την Τουρκία, για να πάμεν στην Τουρκία. Μια που τες φίλες μου είπεν: «Ξέρουμεν ποιες εννά παν’ τζ̆ειαμαί, δεν έχει νόημαν να δώσουμεν τες εξετάσεις». Τζ̆’ εγώ επίστεψα το. Δεν έδωσα τες εξετάσεις. Ο παπάς μου ήταν έξαλλος: «Γιατί δεν έδωσες εξετάσεις;» Αλλά μετά που τούτον ήταν οι διδασκαλικές εξετάσεις, για να γίνεις δασκάλα στα σχολεία θηλέων στα χωριά. Πρώτα επήα στην Μαλλιά. Ένι ξέρω αν ξέρεις την Μαλλιά… Μαλλιά τζ̆αι Καντού. Εδίδασκα σε δύο χωριά ταυτόχρονα. Τον δεύτερον μου χρόνον εστείλαν με στο Εβδίμ, την Αυδήμου. Πριν τα γεγονότα του ’65. Έδωσα ξανά την εξέταση τζ̆’ επήα να σπουδάσω στην Τουρκία. Εσπούδασα τζ̆ειαμαί τέσσερα χρόνια. Όταν επέστρεψα, εδιορίστηκα στο Τεχνικόν Λύκειον ως δασκάλα. Έκαμα υπέροχες αναμνήσεις.

Σήμμερα βρίσκεται τζ̆ειαμαί το 18ο Δημοτικόν Σχολείον Αγίου Αντωνίου.

Sedat Simavi İlkokulu

HÜSEYİN ARSAL: Sedat Simavi İlkokulu, Leymosun’da. Bir tayka okulun yerini nasıl anladabilirim? Yani, tam Leymosun’un göbeğinde olan… Saha var orda… Futbol sahası… Onun yanında. Eskiden, ilkokul eğitimi bile çok çok ciddiye alınırdı. Biz Çiftlik’lerde otururken, annemiz bize bir sepete bir domates, bir hiyar, bir avuç zeytin, bir parça hellim, bir katık goyardı. O sepetçiklerimizi alırdık, belki da 2 kilometreden fazla veya 3 kilometre kadar mesafede, yayan giderdik okulumuza. Ama o kadar ciddiydi ki, ben ilkokulda, babam panayırcıydı. Ve okuldan kaçarak, babamla panayıra giderdim.

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FERİHA ÇAĞIN: Sedat Simavi İlkokulu, Limasol. Öğretmenlerimizden bahsedelim… Mehmet Manavoğlu öğretmenimdi, iki tane de Macit isimli öğretmenimiz vardı. Birisi, Gözlüklü Macit diyorduk, kısa boylu… diğeri de Uzun Macit diyorduk, o da uzun boyluydu. Okula gittiğimiz zaman, eğer geç kalırsak, ceza olarak tek ayak üzerinde duruyorduk, geç kaldığımız için. Fazla bize şey yapmıyordu öğretmenlerimiz. Çok ilgiliydiler. Gayet iyi davranıyorlardı. Arkadaşlarımızla hep uyum içerisindeydik. Teneffüslerde hep birlikte oyunlar oynuyorduk. Güzel anılar biriktirdik…okulda…

Eerm, ilkokuldan sonra, 19 Mayıs Lisesi’nde orta okulu okudum. Orda, Vahide Aysu diye bir öğretmenimiz vardı. Bize el becerileriyle ilgili haftada bir gün derse giriyordu. Bana demişti ki, “Senin el becerilerin çok iyidir. Sen liseye devam etme, Lefkoşa’da bir okul vardır…” O zaman, enstitüydü, Lefkoşa’daki…. “Oraya yönlen!” Dedim, “Babam gönderecek mi beni?” Bilmiyordum, tabii. Babamla konuştular. Yurtta kalmıştım ben, tabii. Kabul etti babam. “Tamam, madem ki kızımın bu yönde becerileri vardır, gönderelim,” dedi. Ve beni yurda getirmişti, Lefkoşa’da. İki yıl orda okudum. İki yıldan sonra, Türkiye sınavları olacaktı… işte, Türkiye’ye gitmek için… Arkadaşın birisi dedi ki, “Gidecek olan bellidir, boşuna biz sınava girmeyelim.” Ben de inandım. Sınava girmedim. Babam buna çok kızdı, “Niye girmedin?” diye. Fakat arkasına bir öğretmenlik sınavı açılmıştı, Köy Kadın Kursu öğretmeni olarak. Ben önce, şeye…Malya…bilmem biliyorsa Malya’yı… Malya’yla Kandu’ya. İki köye birden öğretmenlik yaptım. İkinci sene, Evdim’e gönderildim… Bu’65 olaylarından önce… Tekrar ben sınava girdim ve Türkiye’ye okumaya gittim orda. Dört yıl da orda okudum. Geldikten sonra, Meslek Lisesi’ne öğretmen olarak tayin oldum. Çok güzel anılarım oldu…

günümüzde Ayandon’un 18. İlkokulu’dur.

the Sedat Simavi Primary School

HUSEYIN ARSAL: Sedat Simavi Primary School in Limassol. Hold on one second, how can I describe its location? It was right in the middle of Limassol. There’s a field… Α football field… Next to that. In the old days, even a primary school education was taken very seriously. When we were staying in the Cerkez Ciflik, my mother would place in our baskets, a tomato, a cucumber, a handful of olives, a piece of hellim and other foods eaten with break. We would take our baskets and we would walk, on foot, a distance that was perhaps 2–3km to our school. But it was such a serious endeavour, that when I was at primary school, my father worked at the fairs, so I used to skip school and run away to the fairs.

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FERIHA CAGIN: Umm… Sedat Simavi Primary School, Limassol. Let me talk a bit about our teachers… Mehmet Manavoglu was my teacher, and we had two teachers named Macit. One, we called him, Macit with glasses, he was short, and the other was Tall Macit, that’s what we called him, he was tall. When we went to school, if we were late, as a punishment, we were made to stand on one leg because we were late. Our teachers didn’t really do a lot of things to us. They were very attentive. They would treat us well. We were always in harmony with our friends. During recess, we would play games all together. We’ve accumulated some lovely memories together…

Umm, after primary school, I went to 19th of May Gymnasium. I studied there. We had a teacher called Vahide Aysu there. She would have a class once a week on crafts. She told me that I was very good with my hands, don’t continue with high school, there is a school in Nicosia… Back then, the school in Nicosia was an Institute. “Go there!” I said: “I don’t know if my father will send me.” I didn’t know, of course. They spoke to my father. I stayed in a dormitory, of course. He accepted. “If my daughter has talents in this way, let’s send her,” he said. And he brought me to the dorms in Nicosia. I studied there for two years. After two years, they were going to hold exams for Turkey, to go to Turkey… One of my friends said, “We know who will end up going there, there’s no point in taking the exams.” And I believed this. I didn’t take the exam. My dad was furious, “Why didn’t you sit the exam?” But following that there was the Teacher’s Exam to become a teacher, of Village Women Courses. I first went to Malia. I don’t know if you know Malia… Malia and Kantou. I taught at two villages at once. In my second year, I was sent to Evdim (Avdimou)… Before the ’65 incidents… I retook the exam and went to study in Turkey. I studied there for four years. After I returned, I was appointed to the Vocational High School as a teacher. I made wonderful memories…

presently is the 18th Primary School of Agios Antonios