ISTANBUL – I grew up in a non-religious family and consider myself a non-believer, yet visiting...
Category - Perspective
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...
My new foreign friends found my everyday life strangely...
ISTANBUL – I live in Istanbul. I have done so my whole life. I haven’t been living under a rock...
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...
The different lives of tourists and locals
ISTANBUL – A week spent in İstanbul and Büyükada, an island off the coast of the city, presents...
YJI’s Global Conference – a distant dream that came...
ISTANBUL – In February 2022, Youth Journalism International had a crazy idea – a global conference...
For the best experience, travel with locals
ISTANBUL – I haven’t done a lot of traveling in my life, apart from family holidays to popular...