{"id":6048,"date":"2023-12-12T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T12:31:17","slug":"the-international-chronicles-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=6048","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> Faysal Hossain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department:<\/strong> Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Country of Origin:<\/strong> Bangladesh&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 mutual respect people mostly have for each other, regardless of class, gender or faith.&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>A noticeable similarity is the friendly attitude that people have as well as some common cultural aspects because of their common faith.&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 peaceful gossip and \u00e7ay I usually have with my friends from different parts of the world.&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>UNAM. Although it\u2019s kind of my workplace. But after spending more than one and a half years there, now it feels like home.&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>Among all other food, I will keep \u0130skender Kebab as my favorite, and among desserts it&#8217;s definitely S\u00fctl\u00fc Baklava. And if it is about culture, I notice that Turkish people can gossip for hours by taking \u00e7ay one cup after another, which basically aligns with my nature and thus I find it interesting.&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>I don&#8217;t have such a long vision! It depends on the journey I will have in this period.&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>As I have very little knowledge of the Turkish language, sometimes it becomes tough to communicate. But I&#8217;m trying to improve my Turkish language proficiency.&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>So far, I have been in six cities other than Ankara: Amasra, Cappadocia, \u0130zmir, \u0130stanbul, Bursa and Trabzon. All of these places have their unique attractions, although I enjoyed \u0130stanbul the most.&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>\u201cAre you from Indonesia?\u201d I have been asked this question many times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Describe yourself in three words.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honest, faithful and practical.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY MAH\u0130R HASSAN M\u0130AN (ECON\/II)&nbsp; Name: Faysal Hossain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Department: Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Country of Origin: Bangladesh&nbsp; What do you like best about Turkey?&nbsp;&nbsp; The mutual respect people mostly have for each other, regardless of class, gender or faith.&nbsp; Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=6048\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[148,83,133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048"}],"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=6048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6055,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6048\/revisions\/6055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}