İrem ELVEREN
My Erasmus experience in Bragança, Portugal, was a fantastic five months. Bragança is a small, intimate, and charming city where you can wonderfully experience the warm culture of Portugal. It is a valid student city, and you can easily find international students from all around the world in Bragança. Additionally, you can easily reach Porto, the most beautiful city in Portugal, with a short trip.
During my Erasmus experience, I had a lot of fun. I traveled to approximately ten countries, gave numerous presentations for my classes, made friends from different countries all over Europe, got to know their cultures, tried their foods, and endeavored to introduce them to my own culture.
Erasmus is undeniably an experience that enriches, teaches a lot, and dramatically broadens one's horizons. In these five months of adventure, I gathered memories that I will never forget. I highly recommend everyone to have this experience!
Furkan EREN
In 2021, I had the opportunity to embark on an 8.5-month Erasmus adventure in the Czech Republic. During this period, I stayed in an international student dormitory, and what this opportunity brought me was truly priceless. Living together with Erasmus students from all around the world provided me with multifaceted benefits. I had the chance to get to know many nations and cultures up close, and I accumulated many memories through the friendships I developed with the students I met there.
I participated in numerous activities, and the most beautiful part was the freedom to travel. I visited and explored 25 cities in 11 countries throughout this time, significantly advancing my cultural understanding. I had a productive education at my school thanks to the high-quality education I received and the warm and helpful professors I met.
When my 8.5-month Erasmus experience ended, upon returning to my country, I had undoubtedly become more robust, energetic, and cultured, having made significant progress toward reaching my best version. Now, thanks to the opportunities provided by my school, I will once again go on Erasmus with the Erasmus+ Internship program in Italy. I am deeply grateful to my university for giving me these opportunities and the Erasmus coordination team's assistance throughout this process.
Furkan Yiğit ÖZGÖREN
I had the privilege of experiencing funded and unfunded Erasmus programs for two semesters each, and they were the most unique experiences of my life. MUCO, Olomouc, Czech Republic, became a place I will call my second home. Erasmus was my first international experience, and I refer to this period as when I opened up to the world and got to know the world.
Later, I went to Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. As it was my final year, I focused more on my studies than on cultural gains, but it still added a lot to me. I am deeply grateful to everyone involved in this student exchange program. Meeting people from different cultures, sharing everyday experiences, and trying to understand our differences was an unforgettable experience. I highly recommend everyone to participate in this adventure.
Kübra BOYU
Hello! I am Kübra Boyu. Through the Erasmus program, I went to Helena Chodkowska University of Technology and Economics (Uczelnia Techniczno-Handlowa) in Warsaw, Poland. It was a 4-month adventure that enriched and developed me. Within this scope, I could travel to 8 countries and many cities (Poland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, Hungary).
Experiencing multiple cultures and building friendships is a shortcut to living numerous lives. The courses I took at UTH University, with their different approaches, helped me to understand myself and my social environment, gain competencies such as using theoretical knowledge in different ways, and manage my time.
The fundamental realization from the Erasmus program is that, regardless of the country of origin, we are not so different. Despite our differences, we share similarities. Observing the benefits of experiencing these has made me very happy. Erasmus was an opportunity that renewed and enriched me in many ways. I advise using this offered opportunity to understand better and make sense of the world.
Mustafa Kaan KAYA
Erasmus has been a precious experience for me. This process showed me that living in another geography, leaving the lands where you were born and raised, and living with people from a completely different culture in a place you know nothing about is a unique experience. Meeting people from almost every culture exposes you to very different ideas and lifestyles, which, like in your life, continue to offer you choices, whether to incorporate them into your life. I must say that this maturity is very valuable.
I fully experienced the richness of Erasmus, not only in traveling around Europe, living with people from different cultures, and receiving education in a different language and education system but also in gaining such valuable experiences. I can easily say that it is one of the most beautiful experiences you can have in your university life, and it is a program that every student should participate in. I sacrificed one year of my life to join this program, but it was worth it
