LEADERSHIP ROLE of TURKEY for ICDEEEWA

This paper will mention the distance education practices in Turkey, and will
examine and discuss the role of leadership which should be undertaken by
Turkey in the region of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Baltic, Turkic,
Caucasian, the Middle East and North Africa regions. International distance
education organizations in the world are not well organized and functional in
this area or for the regional distance education institutions in the name of
educational institutionalism. To fill this gap, it will be argued that Turkey
might have a leadership role in the distance education field in this region and
can be organize the practices of the regional countries in academy and
practice. The structure of the potential distance education organization and
the regulations of the organizations will be discussed more detailed separate
article based on this argument and available at http://www.midasebook.com.
The suggested name for this regional group is ICDEEEWA (International
Council for Distance Education for Eastern Europe and West Asia). A draft of
the constitution of the recommended association is presented and discussed at
http://www.midasebook.com.