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Uploaded by on Jan 2, 2010

Fifteen-year-old Özlem Aktürk lives in Ardahan in the far east of Anatolia,one of Turkey's poorest regions. Özlem dreams of a career as a professional golfer. She regularly practices her drives and putts with a group of other teenagers.Even when she is looking after goats,she uses her crook as a golf club. But in the Youth Golf Tournament in far-away Istanbul,she encounters another world. Children from wealthy families who all have their own caddies. Özlem has to tote her heavy caddy herself. Has her strenuous training paid off?

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  • normal that, turkish educational system is problemetical at all.

    if you cant give your people a proper education and guidance, you can not reveal their hidden talents.. first thing turkey should focus must be education..

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