{"id":10259,"date":"2026-02-17T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10259"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:25:04","slug":"the-international-chronicles-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10259","title":{"rendered":"The International Chronicles\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BY SA\u0130DA RUSTAMOVA (CTIS\/IV)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;Erida&nbsp;Puka&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department<\/strong>: CTIS\/II&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Country of Origin: <\/strong>Albania&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What were your first impressions&nbsp;about&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The roads are very wide, and there are so many people everywhere!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you like best about&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;and&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love all the trees,&nbsp;the green&nbsp;spaces and, of course,&nbsp;the cats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are there any similarities between&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye&nbsp;and your home country?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, there are quite a few Albanian words that are the same in Turkish.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What will you miss most about&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;and&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m only in my second year, so it feels a bit early to say, but I\u2019ll definitely miss my friends the most!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s&nbsp;your favorite place on campus, and why?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has to be&nbsp;C building, simply because that\u2019s where most of my classes are held.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s&nbsp;your favorite Turkish food and why?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite is definitely baklava because it\u2019s just so delicious.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where do you expect to see yourself 10 years from now?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully,&nbsp;I\u2019ll&nbsp;be surrounded by the people I love and working in a career that&nbsp;I\u2019m&nbsp;passionate about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s&nbsp;one thing you learned from Turkish culture?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They drink&nbsp;\u00e7ay&nbsp;with absolutely everything!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What places have you visited in&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye, and which one is your favorite?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve&nbsp;been to \u0130stanbul and \u0130zmir. My favorite was \u0130stanbul because so many Turkish series are filmed there, and it was cool to recognize the locations in person.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s&nbsp;an interesting question or comment you hear&nbsp;frequently&nbsp;at&nbsp;Bilkent\/in&nbsp;T\u00fcrkiye?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People constantly ask me if I speak Russian. 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