Comments on: Around the world http://www.journalistinturkey.com/stories/work/around-the-world_286/ Frederike Geerdink's weblog Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:13:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sadun Kal http://www.journalistinturkey.com/stories/work/around-the-world_286/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Sadun Kal Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:37:38 +0000 http://www.journalistinturkey.com/?p=286#comment-577 Woah! That last thing he said about the turkish women! I didn't know that it could be generalized for all the turkish women, but I know that my mother is like that, and it basically ruins the life of a "free" man. It totally ruins any oppurtunity for having fun without your wife, and how much fun can you have with a wife like that..? So, yeah, my father is not the happiest man in the world. :) But they're working on it. Apart from that I'm also a student in Berlin, Germany, digital arts... Although I think Istanbul is pretty unique, I noticed that all that chaos consumes you. At first I thought that Berlin was just boring compared to Istanbul, but now I've seen the benefits of a much more quiet city. Oh, I was actually gonna talk about your post. So yes, studying abroad is probably an advantage, but now I have problems about my military service for example, because of the difference between the Turkish university system and my weird school. I can't dare returning to Turkey because they'll probably force me to do military service for 18 months or something like that, which is just stupid. Despite that I'm glad I got out of Turkey though, just seeing the difference between cultures is worth it. You learn a lot of new things, new people etc. You're experienced about that, too I guess. ;) Anyway, I'm not sure if I'll go back to Turkey though... I think more globally and I don't see it as "my" land really, it's just another land... Woah! That last thing he said about the turkish women! I didn’t know that it could be generalized for all the turkish women, but I know that my mother is like that, and it basically ruins the life of a “free” man. It totally ruins any oppurtunity for having fun without your wife, and how much fun can you have with a wife like that..? So, yeah, my father is not the happiest man in the world. :) But they’re working on it.

Apart from that I’m also a student in Berlin, Germany, digital arts… Although I think Istanbul is pretty unique, I noticed that all that chaos consumes you. At first I thought that Berlin was just boring compared to Istanbul, but now I’ve seen the benefits of a much more quiet city. Oh, I was actually gonna talk about your post.

So yes, studying abroad is probably an advantage, but now I have problems about my military service for example, because of the difference between the Turkish university system and my weird school. I can’t dare returning to Turkey because they’ll probably force me to do military service for 18 months or something like that, which is just stupid. Despite that I’m glad I got out of Turkey though, just seeing the difference between cultures is worth it. You learn a lot of new things, new people etc. You’re experienced about that, too I guess. ;)

Anyway, I’m not sure if I’ll go back to Turkey though… I think more globally and I don’t see it as “my” land really, it’s just another land…

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