ISTANBUL – I live in Istanbul. I have done so my whole life. I haven’t been living under a rock...
Author - İpek Eser
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.]
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ISTANBUL – I haven’t done a lot of traveling in my life, apart from family holidays to popular...
The emotional rollercoaster of staying with strangers who become...
ISTANBUL – Whenever we meet someone new or a group of people we haven’t met yet, we want to present...
Food shortage in Ghana caused our school lunches to vanish
Aburi, GHANA – When I reported to high school after my second semester break, I had quite a shock...
Dismay and anger at woman’s death in Iran
İpek Eser/YJI Nicosia, CYPRUS – Anger. Resentment. Fear. Disbelief. Shock. All five emotions circle...
Suddenly, war in Ukraine is closer than I realized
HONG KONG — February 24, 2021 is the day I turned 17. As I was hitting the piñata, Putin...