My experience in Izmir is my first as a volunteer within the European Solidarity Corps. I started at the end of April, well aware that this would be a short
When I arrived in Turkey almost ten months ago, I thought I was coming here to teach English. I was wrong. Of course, teaching was a huge part of my
After 6 months spent in Izmir, my volunteering journey is already coming to an end. This experience has taught me so much across so many different fields, but above all,
My name is Giulia and I’m a 25-year-old volunteer from Italy. I came to Turkey at the end of April 2026 with zero expectations, but I’m leaving with much more
Turkey from the very beginning seemed like a place simply not fit for me. Me, allergic to all the cats freely roaming around every corner of the city and a
Five months ago, I arrived in Türkiye with my best friend Rosanna, who stayed here for the first two months of this adventure. We were both incredibly excited to discover
I came to İzmir through the European Solidarity Corps to volunteer with Pi Gençlik. My main activities involved organizing English and French conversation clubs, helping participants practice languages in a
Görüşürüz Izmir! My time in Izmir is coming to an end and it feels very wrong to me to say this. My city, my flat and my people here became
I started my European Solidarity Corps project in Izmir, Turkey, on the first of September 2025. The day my plane landed on Turkish soil and I left the airport for
My name is Lana, I am 19 years old and I am from France. Let me describe my adventure in a country that I don’t even know the language. In