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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ranidream | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
It was by chance i didn't know that i will have this chance to travel abroad, i sent my CV to a link to go for a course in Turkey to to learn how to be a good teacher, i applied and after a long time they sent me the acceptance after that i had Skype ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By raku6ka | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry
When you swim the Bosporus at night on the huge party boat and sharing a silence with a German man, who is in love, Istanbul seems the most romantic city in the world. The view is incredible: both shores look like black mountains with yellow mysterious ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sahar | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
“Byurn!” Said the young green-eyed man in the blue uniform stamping on one of my passport pages. I believed the Turkish word meant “Here you go madam!” I looked at the stranger, whom I believed was a typically Turk with his very fair skin yet very dark ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By salmafathey | Views [291] | Scholarship Entry
I am almost out of breath while half way on my way to Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, the Turkish version of the Egyptian Khan El Khalili. The streets go up and down just like brightly illuminated roller coasters. Big black cobble stones are painful to my feet.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By lemonella_king | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry
I will never forget the day I sailed goodbye to the bustling and busy European quarter of Istanbul for an afternoon adventure on the overlooked banks of Istanbul's history. Without any direction I began to wander away from the harbour and into the cultural ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By saida | Views [248] | Scholarship Entry
The world is so mysterious for a teenager who lives inside of ironcurtain. It is a loning of the free spirit; it is a dream of Her. Yes, my dreams have been living with me as long as I was born and I’m a prisoner of them yet. I can’t hide that I feel ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ourbigsmallworld | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
Turquoise see, high green mountains and kind smiling people. That all I see here, in Turkey. Colorful country impressed me with its originality and diversity. I have seen many places in Turkey, but all new places I discover impress me more and more, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sachimavinkurve | Views [96] | Scholarship Entry
It was my first day in Istanbul. I set out for a walk on that pleasantly cool day. I remember walking on the cobble stoned street which was wet from the rain. The breeze got cooler as I walked higher up the slope that would eventually lead me to Hagia ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By when_i_want_to_whistle_i_whistle | Views [83] | Scholarship Entry
You can’t wait for the stifling humidity to pass and then to walk around the streets watching and listening to the amalgam of people, history, cultures, smells and sounds. Here it is – the Galata Bridge full of men who catch fish; but the smell of fish ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By nilssonpatricia | Views [86] | Scholarship Entry
I hear laughter, laughter and brash debate; the gurgles of a baby; the sound of sardines –hamzi - being sucked off their bones; the scraping of a plastic chair. In a hamam, sounds sail through the air much like the mist that drapes the steamy bathhouse.... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By eastmeetswest | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
Travelling is a plunge into the unknown. It attracts and gives a sense of uneasiness at the same time. The promise of adventures, meeting interesting people, going through new experiences, immersing oneself in new cultures, eventually wins from our urge ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By nicolehodgson | Views [117] | Scholarship Entry
As we gather around the entrance to the underground city, one of the group members hesitantly steps back. "I'm just not good with small spaces" she says with an apologetic shrug. Our words of sympathy follow her to the shade of a nearby tree but her words ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By bobby_briggs | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
(Abridged version) “Yah.. I’ve got a funny feeling about my bag…” I had texted my sister at 1:00 am as I lay awake in that crummy Cyprus hotel with bad pistachios. “What? Why?” After missing my first flight from London to Istanbul (yeah that’s right) ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By multicolor | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
When I was eleven years old I read a novel about Istanbul, Hagia Sophia and the cruises along the Bosphorus. At that time, it seemed to me an exotic faraway place, but one sunny afternoon in March of 2011, I passed by the gates of Hagia Sophia's and looked ... Read more >
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