ISTANBUL – If you ever want to understand how teenage boys learn what power looks like, don’t...
Author - Lina Köksal
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.]
Political shake up in Istanbul, mayor arrested
Listen to the author read this story: ISTANBUL – Early this morning, police took İstanbul Mayor...
Teacher shares Turkish earthquake rescue experiences
ISTANBUL – After two devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye in February, high school geography...
Escaping the Turkish earthquakes – and carefully moving on
ISTANBUL – Far from her family in Italy, foreign exchange student Gloria Pegorari was living with a...
Students volunteer to aid earthquake relief
ISTANBUL – My high school, Çevre College, has been trying to help the survivors of the earthquake...
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...
Turkish rape culture is not unlike the rest of the world
ISTANBUL – It’s impossible for a foreigner to truly understand a country’s rape culture until they...
Making friends, gaining confidence
ISTANBUL – I‘ve always been a person who was afraid to meet people. I always thought they wouldn’t...