Hello all,
Last week was the final week of my internship at Bilkent, which I primarily spent compiling literature reviews. I enjoyed my time at Bilkent, I was a little sad to leave because I know I will probably never see any of the people that I worked with again.
The weekend after my internship ended, I went to a town on the Black Sea called Akçakoca. It was a nice little town, but nothing too exciting going on there. The sea was nice, less saltier than the other seas but much more rough and rocky. I swam near some tiny jellyfish. Now that my internship is finished, I am preparing for the GRE which I will take when I return home in a few weeks. I plan to spend the rest of my time in Ankara and 1 of my weekends in Bodrum with some friends.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed reading my blog. I will try to post some pictures when I finally have the chance to upload them. Thank you!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Bilkent Week 7 and 8
Hi all
This week and the week before, I have been doing pretty much the same thing at work. I have already collected articles for research and now I am compiling literature reviews of the articles. I always get excited when I see a UM faculty member cited in the articles.
Last weekend, I went to Istanbul for a wedding, which was cool to see. It was actually quite similar to an American wedding (they were wed at a court which was followed by a reception), but I am assuming that is because the family is not an extremely traditional Turkish family. But, one major difference is that rather than giving the bride and groom a card with a check, the guests bring gold as a gift. The wedding was also neat for me because there were a few UM alum there (mostly Turkish but 1 other American). This weekend I will stay in Ankara and relax, I will not really do anything exciting.
The weather in Turkey this summer is rather unusual because it rains frequently, which is uncommon in June and July. Despite this, it is still warm but I guess it is generally really hot at this time of year.
This week and the week before, I have been doing pretty much the same thing at work. I have already collected articles for research and now I am compiling literature reviews of the articles. I always get excited when I see a UM faculty member cited in the articles.
Last weekend, I went to Istanbul for a wedding, which was cool to see. It was actually quite similar to an American wedding (they were wed at a court which was followed by a reception), but I am assuming that is because the family is not an extremely traditional Turkish family. But, one major difference is that rather than giving the bride and groom a card with a check, the guests bring gold as a gift. The wedding was also neat for me because there were a few UM alum there (mostly Turkish but 1 other American). This weekend I will stay in Ankara and relax, I will not really do anything exciting.
The weather in Turkey this summer is rather unusual because it rains frequently, which is uncommon in June and July. Despite this, it is still warm but I guess it is generally really hot at this time of year.
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