As early as the 17th century, further education events for adults were held under the Latin term “seminare” or “seminarium”, which in the original sense of the word came from the field of horticulture.

Here “seminare” stood for sowing and “seminarium” for tree or plant nursery, in the broadest sense meaning sowing or distributing “knowledge”. With the beginning of idealism in the 18/19 century, these types of courses were reintroduced as advanced training for adults. Even in the medieval “Universitas”, the students and teachers were always considered equal participants in the seminars, which were initially predominantly purely scientific work. In small groups, additional knowledge was usually acquired or deepened interactively. The seminar leaders were often well-trained professors who usually carried out the seminar work as a sideline.

More intensive work than the lectures

Today there are seminar events at colleges and universities on almost all topics and subject areas, which are usually offered compared to lectures because of the more intensive interactivity between students and the seminar leader. In addition to the lectures, exercises, discussions or presentations are usually included in small learning groups of 5 to 20 participants. Small groups usually enable much more intensive work than lectures, which usually take place in overflowing lecture halls.

As part of in-company training and adult education in adult education centres, there are now a large number of seminars that are carried out by various educational providers as interactive learning events with a workshop character. In addition to social learning through modern methodology and didactics, the seminar leaders try to find the best possible conditions for independent learning, whereby the learners are involved in all areas if possible.

Many modern companies and companies, regardless of the industry, now organize seminars to train their employees, to train new techniques or to introduce new products or processes. Seminars of this type are often held outside of companies in order to defuse the character of in-company training at the location and thus give the learner the additional feeling of free time and a new, attractive environment. Seminar events are often combined with a certain component of cultural and leisure opportunities, which, in addition to purely technical training, also offer an incentive to think and learn about previously foreign surroundings or cultures. Media-known lecturers are often included in the seminars, who, in addition to making their name even more attractive, should also highlight the seminar work as a whole.

Strong demand from seminar events

In accordance with these findings, training events in the form of seminars are now often offered abroad, which reinforce the effects just mentioned and should also be seen as a “reward” for special commitment to one's own company.

In addition to a culturally extremely interesting environment due to the ancient architectural monuments of the Greeks and Romans, the eventful history of the Ottomans with their buildings, and today's multicultural population due to new immigrants, Turkey is particularly characterized by the excellently equipped hotels with conference rooms and excellent service at attractive prices also appear very attractive for seminar events.

Five-star hotels, usually on exclusive beach sections with excellent water quality, a wide range of sports and leisure facilities, excellent facilities, offer conference and lecture opportunities in small or large groups, equipped with the latest communication technology and offer every conceivable comfort.

Ultimately, Turkey's high level of popularity as an inexpensive holiday destination has also led to a sharp increase in seminar events, which are used by interested companies to combine learning activities and leisure activities.

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