Being from this university is exactly like being from Turkey. There are hardships and struggles but there are also many amazing people, opportunities, assests and values that make you proud to belong here.

Settled in Izmir, the most liberal city in Turkey(I would even say one of the most liberal cities in Europe) the university isn’t much different than that. Many proffessors and students are very open minded thus giving you the freedoms you won’t have anywhere else in the region.

The university has most of its facilities in one campus right near the city center, being home to more than 60.000 students and a great variety of disciplines being studied.

I study in the faculty of medicine and it has the biggest hospital in the region, allowing you to experience a lot if you take the necessary initiative(it is a bit opportunistic in this sense unfortunately). However we have great department of medical education, where a student can have their voice heard anytime. We have an integrated spiral curriculum which is the most innovative design. We also have a great public health department with really elaborate curriculum. There are many opportunuties for research too. In general the faculty as a whole is a place where you can find anything you want if you give the effort.

One other thing is the student clubs and associations. In our university, especially in the faculty of medicine we have many clubs that any medical student can get involved with and improve themself while experiencing the sense of comity.

At the end it is a university where there are a lot of great people trying to do great things. It may not be flawless, but it sure is perfect cause its home.