{"id":5446,"date":"2023-10-24T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:20:25","slug":"the-international-chronicles-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5446","title":{"rendered":"The International Chronicles\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BY MAH\u0130R HASSAN M\u0130AN (ECON\/II)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>: Yaiza Villa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department<\/strong>: International Relations&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Country of Origin<\/strong>: Spain&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you like best about Turkey?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospitality of the people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What will you miss most about Bilkent\/Turkey?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cats on campus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite place on campus, and why?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music rooms, because I can be alone or with friends playing music. Also, the grass in front of Bilka, because of the views, and because it it feels calm.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite Turkish food and\/or favorite part of Turkish culture?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love kebab and d\u00fcr\u00fcm, but I\u2019ve also discovered g\u00f6zlemes, and they are great. My favorite part of the culture is the \u00e7ay.&nbsp;&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>Coordinating a developing project in the Middle East.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the hardest challenge you\u2019ve handled in Turkey?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning the language&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What places have you visited in Turkey, and which one is your favorite?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve only visited Amasra, but I loved the water and the people.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s an interesting question or comment you hear frequently at Bilkent\/in Turkey?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yamyam, it sounds funny.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Describe yourself in three words.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dreamer, resilient, rollercoaster&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MAH\u0130R HASSAN M\u0130AN (ECON\/II)&nbsp; Name: Yaiza Villa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Department: International Relations&nbsp; Country of Origin: Spain&nbsp; What do you like best about Turkey?&nbsp;&nbsp; The hospitality of the people.&nbsp; Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?&nbsp; The weather&nbsp;&nbsp; What will you miss most about Bilkent\/Turkey?&nbsp; The cats on campus&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5446\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[141,83,133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446"}],"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=5446"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5455,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions\/5455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}