{"id":4953,"date":"2023-09-13T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:47:45","slug":"the-international-chronicles-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4953","title":{"rendered":"The International Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BY MAH\u0130R HASSAN M\u0130AN (ECON\/II)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> M. Hassan Mahmoudi<br><strong>Department:<\/strong> Electrical and Electronical Engineering<br><strong>Country of Origin:<\/strong> Iran<br><strong>What do you like best about Turkey?<\/strong><br>I like the friendly and hospitable people of Turkey.<br><strong>Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?<\/strong><br>Yes, the culture and the language are really similar, and when I came to Turkey, I didn&#8217;t feel isolated or strange, which is excellent.<br><strong>What will you miss most about Bilkent\/Turkey?<\/strong><br>I will miss the perfect weather of Ankara and the majestic sea view in \u0130stanbul.<br><strong>What\u2019s your favorite place on campus, and why?<\/strong><br>The view right in front of Bilka as it is massive and makes me feel better whenever I look at it. Its green textures fill me with calm emotions.<br><strong>What\u2019s your favorite Turkish food and\/or favorite part of Turkish culture?<\/strong><br>Obviously, \u0130skender kebab. It is too delicious.<br><strong>Where do you expect to see yourself 10 years from now?<\/strong><br>I don\u2019t even think about the next second of my life and believe it\u2019s essential to work hard. I hope to learn several languages so I can work worldwide.<br><strong>What\u2019s the hardest challenge you\u2019ve handled in Turkey?<\/strong><br>Getting accustomed to the university\u2019s academic and social life.<br><strong>What places have you visited in Turkey, and which one is your favorite?<\/strong><br>\u0130stanbul is my favorite. I want to travel around Turkey more since I couldn\u2019t do so earlier because of Covid.<br><strong>What\u2019s an interesting question or comment you hear frequently at Bilkent\/in Turkey?<\/strong><br>\u00c7akma\u011f\u0131n\u0131z var m\u0131? And football var m\u0131?<br><strong>Describe yourself in three words.<\/strong><br>Hardworking, childish, and loving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MAH\u0130R HASSAN M\u0130AN (ECON\/II) Name: M. Hassan MahmoudiDepartment: Electrical and Electronical EngineeringCountry of Origin: IranWhat do you like best about Turkey?I like the friendly and hospitable people of Turkey.Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?Yes, the culture and the language are really similar, and when I<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=4953\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[134,83,133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953"}],"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=4953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4955,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions\/4955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}