ISTANBUL – After two devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye in February, high school geography...
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.]
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...
YJI’s conference in Istanbul taught me to dare
ISTANBUL – When my editor at Youth Journalism International first approached me about taking part...
The breathtaking beauty of Topkapi Palace
ISTANBUL – Standing outside in the burning Turkish heat and ignorant of where we were going, sweat...