{"id":4577,"date":"2023-05-09T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4577"},"modified":"2023-05-09T11:44:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T08:44:32","slug":"the-international-chronicles-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4577","title":{"rendered":"The International Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BY MAH\u0130R HASSAN M\u0130AN (ECON\/I)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Hafiz Muhammad Shakir<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department:<\/strong> Physics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Country of Origin:<\/strong> Pakistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you like best about Turkey?<\/strong><br>I like the Islamic culture, the system and the quality of education, but most importantly I appreciate the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?<\/strong><br>In general the culture, hospitality and social norms are quite similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What will you miss most about Bilkent\/Turkey?<\/strong><br>The challenges I\u2019ve faced at Bilkent University, the friends I\u2019ve made and the memories I\u2019ll nurture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite place on campus, and why?<\/strong><br>My favorite place is the fountain and flowers near SA building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite Turkish food and\/or favorite part of Turkish culture?<\/strong><br>I like Adana kebab and the eastern parts of Turkey, like \u015eanl\u0131urfa, Mardin, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where do you expect to see yourself 10 years from now?<\/strong><br>I want to be an assistant professor, and I hope it will happen in the next 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the hardest challenge you\u2019ve handled in Turkey?<\/strong><br>The hardest challenge has been the language barrier because outside of the campus it&#8217;s very difficult for me to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What places have you visited in Turkey, and which one is your favorite?<\/strong><br>I have been to Amasra, Safranbolu, Pamukkale, Mardin, \u015eanl\u0131urfa, Diyarbak\u0131r, \u0130stanbul and Isparta. I liked the eastern part of the country the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s an interesting question or comment you hear frequently at Bilkent\/in Turkey?<\/strong><br>Why you are smiling all the time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Describe yourself in three words.<\/strong><br>Motivated, hard worker, determined<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MAH\u0130R HASSAN M\u0130AN (ECON\/I) Name: Hafiz Muhammad Shakir Department: Physics Country of Origin: Pakistan What do you like best about Turkey?I like the Islamic culture, the system and the quality of education, but most importantly I appreciate the weather. Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?In<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4577\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[128,83,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4579,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577\/revisions\/4579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}