11. The Ahi Institution is an organization created by the Turkish nations living in Anatolia,
12. … in the Balkan regions and Turkestan between the 13 th and 19 th centuries.
13. The Ahi institution contributed to the training in various arts and professions and to the development of moral values of Turkish nations.
14. The Ahi Is Institution played an important role in attraction of the Turkish immigrants into Anatolia and in creating new lands for them.
15. The Ahi c on vents provided guest houses for these immigrants and opened work places for the skilled ones.
16. In time, the houses and guest houses built around them by the Ahi Convents formed new slavery.
17. It also requires being honest at work without cheating people and it stresses tolerance.
18. A person who is called an “Ahi” should either he inloved in science or in a professional activity.
19. Therefore, the Ahi institution acted as a scholl of moral values together with taking responsibility in the development of professional education of all people.
20. www.yolyordam.com Source: Galip DEMİR-The Foundation for Research and Training in Ahi Culture Presentation: Ahmet YORDAM