BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/II) Dr. Özlem Aksu Kurtoğlu is a full-time instructor of Turkish in the Second Foreign Language Program of the Department of Foreign Languages at Bilkent University. She holds a PhD in Turkish Education from Ankara University, where she also completed her master’s and bachelor’s studies in linguistics.[Read More…]
BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/II) Name: Cahide Esra Altunsöz Department: Law (Erasmus+) University: Leibniz University Hannover Country of Origin: Germany What were your first impressions about Türkiye?Honestly, it felt strange and familiar at the same time. Strange because everything was new: a new city, a new campus, a new life. But[Read More…]
Name: Mehmet Ali Karaşeyho Department: EE How often do you exercise? I exercise three days a week. How has regular exercise affected your life? I lost some weight. What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport or starting to exercise? Starting is the most important thing. [Read More…]
BY SAİDA RUSTAMOVA (CTIS/IV) Name: Rand Othman Department: Architecture/II Country of Origin: Syria What were your first impressions about Türkiye? By the time I moved to Türkiye, I had visited İstanbul about 10 years earlier during the summer. I remember being really impressed by how diverse the city felt. There was such a[Read More…]
Name: Beril Kılıç Department: IAED How often do you exercise? I exercise twice a week. How has regular exercise affected your life? My lifestyle has become more healthy. What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport or starting to exercise? Do not quit, and keep going. What are the first[Read More…]
BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/II) Name: Rimza Razaque Department: EE/I Country of Origin: Pakistan What were your first impressions about Türkiye?I am on a plane from Doha to Ankara, half asleep after two days of packing and panicking, when suddenly the whole plane starts to smell like serious Turkish coffee. I[Read More…]
BY SAİDA RUSTAMOVA (CTIS/IV) Name: Perhat Amanlyyev (CS/III) fulltime student Country of Origin: Turkmenistan What were your first impressions about Türkiye? When I first came to Türkiye, I was still a child, but I clearly remember how surprised I was by how different everything felt to me: the people, the clothing styles and the overall culture. I was[Read More…]
BY SAİDA RUSTAMOVA (CTIS/IV) Name: Ulan Turdybayeva (MATH/I) Country of Origin: Kazakhstan What were your first impressions about Türkiye?I was very, very excited, oh my God. My mother was stressed because we arrived a bit late for registration, and we were rushing through everything. But then we saw the Odeon,[Read More…]
Name: Reyhan İyiiş Department: MATH How often do you exercise? I excercise every day. How has regular exercise affected your life? In a lot of good ways. What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport or starting to exercise? They should be carefull. What are the first three things that come[Read More…]
BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/II) Name: Nurmukhammed Tolegenov Department: ECON/III University: Bilkent Country of Origin: Kazakhstan What were your first impressions about Türkiye? First, that it’s a very interesting country that combines both West and East cultures. You can see it everywhere, from cafeterias to historical monuments. Also, I found that Turkish people are very patriotic because flags are everywhere. What[Read More…]
