Participants from American House Language Schools:
Öyküm was born in İzmir on November 25, 2002. She is a freshman at BAL and has been learning English for four years. She enjoys writing poems and has even won first place in a poetry contest when she was twelve. She has been learning side-blown flute for five months. In her leisure time she reads books and watches movies and TV series. Öyküm likes traveling and going outside with her friends.
This is Ganime. She was born in Malatya on January 4, 1988. She graduated from Ankara University in 2011. She is a chemical engineer and has been working as a Quality Engineer in İzmir. She has been living in İzmir for 2-and-a-half years. She has been a student at American House since October. She ranked 3rd place in TUBİTAK Hydro Mobile Race in 2010 and 2nd place in Dragon Booth Festival 2017. She likes exercising, such as pilates and zumba. Ganime goes hiking on the weekends, but not too often.
This is Ecem. She was born in İzmir on June 27, 1990. She graduated from Gediz University in 2014. After that, she graduated from Anadolu University in 2017. She is an Import & Export Specialist and has been working at Syngenta Tarım since 2015. She has been a student at American House since 2016. She is interested in latin dances such as salsa and bachata.
This is Emre. He is 16 years old. He is studying at Karşıyaka Anadolu High School. He plays basketball and reads poems in his free time. His favorite poet is Can Yücel. His favorite basketball player is Allen Iverson. He is a hardworking student. In the future, wants to be an engineer. He likes to listen to rock music. He listens to Metallica. He is a bodybuilder. His favorite drink is protein. If he were a film character, he would be Elsa from Frozen. He can play the flute.
This is Bilgesu. She is 17 years old. She is a junior student at Buca 85. Yıl Anadolu High School. She was born in Eskişehir. She likes dancing, reading books, and traveling. She has been dancing for 6 years. Her favorite music bands are The Beatles and Guns N' Roses. She has been to many European countries. She can meow like a kitty. If she were an animal, she would be a cat. She is studying in the language department, so she will be a "burger cashier" (!) –Interpreter-.
This is Berk. He is 17 years old. Although he is studying at Fen Bilimleri High School, his heart is in Teğmen Ali Rıza Akıncı High School. He was born in İzmir and is from Kayseri. He likes playing basketball, volleyball, and swimming. He is in the quantitative skills department and he is a hardworking student. He wants to be an electrical and electronics engineer. He plays guitar and likes listening to music. His favorite band is Duman. He likes watching TV series and his favorite film series is LOTR.
This is Sena. She was born in Kayseri in 1995. She moved to İzmir at the age of eleven (HOWEVER, SHE FEELS LIKE SHE WAS BORN IN İZMİR, BECAUSE SHE IS A VERY VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL ;) She studied at Şemikler High School, and since 2013, she has been studying at Dokuz Eylül University. She will graduate this June (hopefully!!!). She met the love of her life, and they have been happy ever since (she is still expecting a proposal....). Her hobbies are reading books, learning new things, and exercising. Sena's greatest dream is learning English (WHY ARE WE HERE ANYWAY?).
This is Ayşegül. She was born in Izmir in 1996. She graduated from Övgü Terzibaşıoğlu Anadolu High School. Although she's enrolled in Middle East Technical University (METU), she's currently on hiatus. Her goal is to graduate in 2023 (hopefully!!!). She met the love of her life in 2014. Their relationship has been continuing ever since. Her hobbies are playing 101, watching Turkish TV series (HOW WILL YOU IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL LIKE THAT?!), and she loves sleeping all the time... Ayşegül's greatest dream is returning to METU.
Barış is 16 years old. He was born in Balıkesir. His father's name is Ali and his mother's name is Ayşe. They live in Menemen. Barış is a student at Çiğli High School. He is very extroverted, always friendly, and helpful. He is interested in video games and wants to be a computer engineer. In fact, he wants to live in the Philippines as a computer engineer in the future. By the way, Barış plays basketball in his free time. If you are looking for Barış, you can always find him online.
This is Özkan . He is 26 years old. He was born in Vakfıkebir, a district of Trabzon. He went to preschool there and then he moved to Salihli, Manisa because of the his mother’s and father’s jobs. He studied primary school there and when his parents retired, he moved to İzmir. After graduating from high school in İzmir, he continued his studies at Çukurova University and earned a degree in Textile Engineering. During that time, he studied at Hochschule Niederrhein University in Germany for 6 months with the Erasmus Program. He is single. He lost his father to cancer. He is currently working for Üniteks Textile as a Purchasing Specialist.
Çiğdem was born in Ankara where she studied primary school and high school. She majored in Economics and graduated from Ankara University. After that, she earned a master's degree in International Relations at the same university. She is married to Bülent, who is a soldier in the Turkish Army. She has a 4-year-old golden carnal dog named Lady. She worked at the Turkish General Staff for 7 years and is currently working for NATO in İzmir, Turkey. She doesn't have children.
Tuğçe is an 18-year-old model and student. She was born in İzmir and wants to be a flight attendant. In addition to English, she is learning Russian. Depending on her tests scores, she might become a nurse.
Barış is a Physics teacher. He studied Physics at Afyon Kocatepe University and is currently pursing a master's degree in Work Health and Safety at Karadeniz Technical University. He enjoys reading books and playing table tennis.
Yağmur was born in İzmir on April 4, 1998. She is an Economics student at Ege University. She is interested in music and likes to sing. One of her goals is to improve her instrumental skills. She particularly likes the '80s, '90s, and old country music. Her favorite TV show is "Friends." She wants to travel the world and get to know new cultures.
This is Mümin. He was born in Aydın on January 24, 1991. He is a material science engineer and has been living in İzmir for one year. He likes to have quality time with his loved ones. He works in the casting (metalworking) industry. He loves soccer, fishing, and theater. He plays the piano and likes to listen to traditional music.
This is Deran. She was born in İzmir on June 4, 1999. Music and her cat are the most important things in her life. She has a kitty boy named Loran. Her biggest dream is to release her own album. Writing songs is her favorite thing to do. Also, she can sing and play the piano, guitar and violin. Other than that, she likes traveling a lot!
Her name is Özgün. She was born in İzmir and is 19 years old. She is a freshman student at Yaşar University and is majoring in Law. Özgün wants be a lawyer in the British system. Even though her German is better than her English, she wants to improve her English language skills so she can achieve her goal of working in England. She is interested in playing the guitar, but please don’t insist on her singing!
Mustafa was born in Bulgaria in 1975. He majored in Teaching Physical Education and graduated from Selçuk University. He has been working for Syngenta since 2007. He is a professional table tenis player. He is married to a princess named Ayşe.
This is İbrahim. He is 16 years old and studies at İzmir Atatürk High School as a sophomore. He likes reading comics and watching TV series. He is the biggest fan of Game of Thrones in the world. He wants to be an electrical electronics engineer in the future.