International Student

My name is Sara. I’m 21 years old. ı came from Montenegro. I living in Turkey since last September 2021. I’m psychology student in this university. This year I’m prepare studying Turkish. Of course there are many concerns cause I came from small country and very small town in this country. My biggest problem was how i can communicate with other people when it come to language cause the Turkish is very different my mother tongue. After coming here actually it was nothing like expected people very very kind and hospitable and try to understand my broken Turkish so I feel very happy to made this decision to came to Turkey. Actually I came to Turkey thanks to Culture program which is called YTB. I made a lot of academical research to some for universities and after applying to the Culture Program I was able to came here thanks to them. When it comes to personal growth, I had a lot of benefits from coming to Turkey, when it comes to meeting a lot of people, I had a chance to meet a lot of people who come from another countries. It means my international social life increase a lot. My personality growth also changed because I meet a lot of cultures so I learned another language, so a lot of benefits I would say. Absolutely there are plenty problem I achieved beginning of the staying in Turkey. In Turkey there is a lot of problem when it comes to temporary stay, applying to the university are the main ones. Luckily the officials in the İnternational Student Office, my Turkish professor in the Turkish course in this university was really helpful to me because by myself I couldn’t have done a lot of thing, so I would say they really really helpful. Education quality in this university is very high, much higher than I expected. In the Balkan area a lot of university more less similar education but meeting the professor is here being able to study more than half of a year already, i had a chance to learn much more than I couldn’t many other countries. Un fortunately in this university I didn’t have chance to attend to many social activities. Because I’m still beginner here and we didn’t have enough international connection with students from this university. However I look forward to many to come. I travelled to Turkey many times. And of course I visit a lot of cities. To living in Ankara this is the my first time. Ankara is different from the other cities because its very focus to culture and academic development much more than other cities. Other cities like İstanbul, Çanakkale, Kuşadası I explain much more a touristic place, place to enjoy, when it comes to living in Ankara is focus on real life. Actually I came this university I look for another friends from another people. But I want just like to say there is no need to be worry and be anxious about something coming. People in this university very friendly and people take care of students so just be yourself. I wish the new students a lot of success and happiness in Ankara Social Sciences University.