BY MAHİR HASSAN MİAN (ECON/I)
Name: Vincent Roux
Department: Management
Country of Origin: France
What do you like best about Turkey?
What I like best is you! Turks are nice and friendly and that’s a good thing from a foreigner’s point of view.
Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?
The similarities between France and Turkey are more numerous than I thought they would be before my arrival. Indeed, the customs are much closer than I thought; an example is meal time, which may seem simple but it is not common to all countries. The way of life in general, and the way of dressing, is what I found to be most interesting. We have a lot more in common than people think.
What will you miss most about Bilkent/Turkey?
I would say the campus. Bilkent has a nice campus with great facilities that allow us to grow as students. There are spaces for sports, spaces for studying and spaces for resting.
What’s your favorite place on campus, and why?
Without hesitation, Bilka, ahah! In all seriousness, I would say it is the big grassy areas that are great for sitting with friends, talking and having a good time.
What’s your favorite Turkish food and/or favorite part of Turkish culture?
What I will miss most about the food is the dürüm. It’s so good.
Where do you expect to see yourself 10 years from now?
This is not an easy question to answer. There are two possibilities: I see myself as either the director of my own start-up (if the development goes the way I want) or a manager in finance or sales in a big company in France or abroad.
What’s the hardest challenge you’ve handled in Turkey?
The weather: I still don’t understand it. This seriously affects my mind when I am alone in my room. In bad weather, I do nothing but wait. The weather doesn’t allow you to do everything you want.
What places have you visited in Turkey, and which one is your favorite?
I was able to travel around a little bit in İstanbul, Cappadocia and Antalya. I think my favorite was İstanbul because of its place, its history and its monuments but also its football clubs ahah! I went to see a match and it was the most beautiful atmosphere I’ve ever seen in my life.
What’s an interesting question or comment you hear frequently at Bilkent/in Turkey?
Sticking to football ahah, I think it’s “Galatasaray, Beşiktaş or Fenerbahçe?”
Describe yourself in three words.
Determined, challenger, friendly
