Erasmus blog Turkey
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Discover Turkey: A Middle Earth Place
In Turkey, you will discover a destination for everyone. The biggest advantage of this country is to be a destination suitable for all types of travelers. Young student or novice worker, adventurer or lover of organized circuits, single or on honeymoon: in Turkey,...
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Is Turkey safe? A 21-year-old solo female traveller tells all!
Earlier this summer, I spent fifteen days alone in Turkey. I saw the hot air balloons of Cappadocia; I climbed the glistening travertines of Pamukkale; I wandered through the back alleys of Istanbul. Occasionally I was accompanied, but for the most part, I was on my...
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Heading to a Turkish bath? Here are ten things you should know before you go
I am of the firm belief that everyone should go to a Turkish bath (or ‘hammam’, as the locals call it) at least once in their life. It’s the sort of thing that will pick you up as much as it calms you down, giving you a whole new sense of confidence, while helping...
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Touring Turkey (Part 8): Biking around Büyükada
Hi everyone – I hope you're all doing well! Sorry to have been a bit AWOL over the past week or so: university deadlines have been keeping me on my toes, and I’ve unfortunately had to prioritise that work over my blog. However, now that I’ve more or...
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Touring Turkey (Part 6): Hiking and cooking in Cappadocia
Hello from Erkilet International Airport, where I’m sitting, waiting to board a flight back to Istanbul. I’ve had a brilliant few days exploring Cappadocia, and only wish I didn’t have to leave so soon! If you haven’t yet read about my first day and a half in...
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Touring Turkey (Part 5): Sightseeing and balloon-watching in Cappadocia
Hello from sunny Cappadocia! ‘Sunny,’ she says, as she lies in bed in her dark cave hostel dormitory, having got up at the crack of dawn to see the famous hot air balloons. Still, while I’m giving my batteries a much needed recharge, I thought I’d fill you in on...
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Touring Turkey (Part 2): Pamukkale and Hierapolis
Hello from Denizli Çardak Airport, where I am sitting, waiting to board a plane to Istanbul! I’ve been based in Pamukkale for the past couple of days, and am so excited to tell you now about all my adventures there. (Let’s see if I can get this post all written...
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Touring Turkey (Part 1): Izmir, Ephesus and Selçuk
Hello from a train somewhere between Izmir and Denizli! I’m currently on my way to Pamukkale – where I’ll be staying for the next few days – and thought that now would be the perfect time to wave goodbye to my British cuisine series, and tell you about...
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Why I'm going to Turkey alone this summer
I’m going to Turkey this summer, and I’m going alone. This decision was not an easy one to make – I had friends and relatives on all sides trying to discourage me – but now that I've booked flights and accommodation, and sorted out a visa, I am quite confident...
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wonderful trip to Sapanca
Sapanca is a marvellous city not very far from the capital Istanbul, known for having the most wonderful park and offering green landscapes ever as it is characterised by amazing waterfalls coming from the mountains, by its mountains with very natural vegetation that...
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Wonderful cruise near the Bosphorus day 3
During my trip in Turkey with my friends, we had so much fun, we lived so much great adventures together with our Turkish friend that will remain in memory for ever, we tried almost all the attractions we went from the carriage to the tramway, but we also tried in the...
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My amazing journey in Turkey day 2
During our second day of the trip, we planned to visit the most emblematic castle of all turkey probably that is called saint sophia near the blue mosque. We therefore began to prepare ourselves after we spent an amazing night with the head full of the most amazing...
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My wonderful travel to Turkey first day
During my internship, I had great opportunities to visit many countries all over the world as the Visa student allows you to go wherever you desire in the Shenghen area. While there are some countries in the world that exige having a visa for entry to visit them, turkey...
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Çeşme, Izmir (English)
Çeşme is a small town close to the Greek Islands and around 90km from Izmir, Tchechmè. (Çeşme means fountain, or water source). It's easy to get there from Izmir on the bus, which costs around 15 Turkish Lira from Izmir bus station; or also from the airport with...
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From Tbilisi to Copenhagen - Ataturk Airport
Airplane meal So, I had chosen a standard meal to have during my flights, so that I was kind of looking forward to it, however, it was approximately only 2 hours flight from Tbilisi to Istanbul and I thought, that there wouldn’t be any meals during that time....
2 0 , 7 years ago -
Location of Turkey - Always in my heart!
Turkey? Well, I just love this word so much! So, so much! Especially to Google this word! Yes! I am sure that a lot of people really do not know the other meaning of Turkey! Firstly, as a lot of you already know, it is the country that I just love so much!
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The world needs to learn from Turkey
The world needs to learn from Turkey 1. Turkish people don't steal, don't cheat I have thanked God in many occasions for being among these amazing people. You can find anything you loose . There could be some exceptions , but I never saw one. You can always trust...
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Sound of Kuşadası
The morning begins with the sound of sea, and the voice of turkish men selling "simit", tasty turkish bagel. You can smell the aromatic turkish tea, salty breeze coming from the shore, feel the warmth of the sun, coming throught the thick white clouds... Just one word...
0 0 , 8 years ago -
Exploring Turkey
Hello Everyone! I am Hina… I am a bachelor student studying in Kayseri, Turkey. In this blog I would like to share with you all my experience in Turkey; The places that I visited, my feelings about them, the Turkish culture and much more. I have lived in Turkey for...
3 0 , 8 years ago -
Week 8 Summer is over and so is my Internship
Three Days left... I have an app on my Iphone which is more like a countdown to special events, this week is showing me i still have 3 days left until i am out of this city and i am done with my Internship at the Erasmus office! On the paper i have contract until 30th...
0 0 , 8 years ago