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
Istanbul was once Konstantinopel, Izmir was once Smyrna The time of our arrival has passed. I feel now completely set here, like I’m fully at home. But when you reach
In January, I took part in various activities within PI Youth Association. First, I co- facilitated a workshop on gender equality with adolescents, together with four other volunteers. The aim
Over the past months in İzmir, I discovered that winter here can be surprisingly active and rich. One of the biggest highlights for me has been hiking, which slowly turned
It is now February, and the past few months have brought quite a few changes, especially within the association’s office. The organization has evolved, some things have been adjusted, and
My name is Nadia, and for the past five months I have been taking part in a volunteer program in Izmir, Turkey. What initially felt like a distant plan has
Hi!This is my second blog post. Since the last update, the schedule has shifted quite a bit. Most of the weekly conversation clubs have been replaced with office hours for
My name is Mateusz. This is my fifth month in Turkey, and I feel that I have fully adapted to life here. Thanks to the classes I give, I have