Pamukkale, TÜRKIYE – The Cotton Castle! Located in the Denizli province of western Türkiye, this...
Author - Regina López
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
Ephesus, a city of breathtaking ruins
Ephesus, TÜRKIYE – After a whole day of walking around what used to be the great city of Ephesus it...
Foreigners can help you appreciate the beauty of your own country
SEA OF MARMARA – The ferry is a common form of transportation which is used a lot in Istanbul to go...
Steaming hot, harsh scrubbing and a splash of cold – our...
ISTANBUL – One of the many gifts the Roman and the Byzantine Empires left us were hammams. The...
Finding so much in common and why I’ll never eat Iranian...
ISTANBUL – My Turkish friend İpek Eser and I were getting simit, a bread in the shape of a circle...
The breathtaking beauty of Topkapi Palace
ISTANBUL – Standing outside in the burning Turkish heat and ignorant of where we were going, sweat...
Finding a bit of Mexico in Türkiye
ISTANBUL – My uncle is a pilot who has been to every continent and currently lives in Qatar. His...
Mexico City celebrates El Día de los Muertos
Images from Mexico City's spectacular parade for El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.