KOCAELİ Reception Booklet

KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

MAP OF TURKEY IN A GENERAL LOOK

KOCAELİ LIFE IN KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

Climate & Clothes

Money Matters

KOCAELİ

Monthly cost in

$

From To

Nutrition Costs 45(days)x5$

225$

45(days)x20$

900$

Transportation

Costs

45(days)x2$

90$

45(days)x4$

180$

Accommodation Costs

Free Free

General Costs It accutally depends on you!

These above costs have been approximately calculated considering today's prices. They regard the average monthly cost of living of a Turkish student. Of course, they also regard a "normal, not luxurious lifestyle, but quite good. The "General Costs“ involve entertainment, trips and other activities.

We'll try to make it as low as possible for you, but the rest depends on you. You can estimate it from the other information given in the reception booklet.

MONEY IS LIFE!

KOCAELİ

TURKISH FOOD

As you can see in every picture Turkish Kitchen is

mostly made from meats and sweets.

In Turkey every restaurant sells different kinds of

Kebab’s and Meals made from meat. Also some of

the cities in Turkey has a reputation on it and after 100

years of making it people still goes to these certain cities to eat this meal.

If we talk about Baklava; its a really old traditional sweet

pastry that Turkish women makes and shares in special days for about 300 hundred years until now.

And we recommend you to try our special Turkish Coffee

when you come here too. It is an old tradition that after a

proposal of marrige the husband candidate has to ask

permission of girls father and as a tradition girl has to serve

this Turkish Coffee to the boy and the family to open the

conversation.

Turkish Food

KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

Languages

KOCAELİ

Useful Turkish Sentences

•Hello: Merhaba •Good bye: Hoşça kal •Good morning: Günaydın •Good night: İyi geceler •What’s up: Naber? •See you: Görüşürüz •Welcome: Hoş geldin •Thank you: Teşekkürler •How are you? : Nasılsın? •How much is it? : Bu ne kadar? •Yes: Evet •No: Hayır •I’m lost: Kayboldum •Right: Sağ •Left: Sol •Help me: Yardım edin

•How can I go to… : … nasıl gidebilirim? •I am/am not hungry : Açım / Aç değilim •Where is the bus station? : Durak nerede? •I am fine: İyiyim •I don’t speak Turkish: Türkçe bilmiyorum •My name is…: Benim adım …

1:bir

2: iki

3:üç

4:dört

5:beş

6:altı

7:yedi

8:sekiz

9:dokuz

10: on

20: yirmi

30: otuz

40:kırk

50:elli

60:altmış

70: yetmiş

80:seksen

90: doksan 100:yüz

In Turkey we have bus system and normally we use these busses. In Kocaeli we have different busses which are going to every place in Kocaeli but in certain times. The busses starts at 06:00am and ends at 24:00 in the center but if you have to go to a far district the busses ends earlier than normal times. Also you can use sea busses cuz Kocaeli is a Bay City and many of the districts are accross the Marmara Sea. If you want to go to İstanbul there are bus companies like “Efe Tour” and they have tours to every city in country. Also you can use the fast trains to go to Ankara and close cities to Kocaeli. The biggest bus station for city busses is “Halkevi” it has a big road crossing bridge and every bus passes this station in their ordinary laps.

KOCAELİ

Transportation

Useful Phone Numbers

KOCAELİ

Here is our AIESEC Kocaeli Office Contacts:

Office Cell: +90 532 721 64 60

Office Phone: +90 262 331 84 21

And Office Adress is:

Tepecik Mah. Feridun Özbay Cad. Merkez İş Hanı

Kat:3 No:6 İzmit/KOCAELİ

In Turkey if you call these numbers they can help you.

Police: 155

Ambulance: 112

Fire: 110

Traffic: 154

Visa card: +90 (0) 2122921313

Master card: 00-800-13-887-0903

Reception Team’s Number:

VP Business Development (iGIP) –İrem Bayar

Cell: +905533859764

Mail: irembayar3@gmail.com

VP Projects (iGCDP) – Burçin Çakar

Cell: +905317798904

Mail: burcinncakar@gmail.com

Visa Information

KOCAELİ

Turkey operates on 220 volts, 50 Hz, with round-prong European-style plugs that fit into

recessed wall sockets /points.

•Turkish electrical plug— the business end Four- and five-star hotels often provide North

American-style 120 volts, 60 Hz flush-mounted sockets (points) for North American flat-

prong plugs.

•If you need to buy a plug to fit yours we can help you when you come here too. First

picture is our plug-in and the other one is one of the tools you can use in here.

Electricity

AIESEC KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

Our Interns

When I decided to do my internship with AIESEC I was looking for some different experience from all I had so far. I wanted to confirm whom I was, to challenge myself, to see what I was capable to do. Where better to do that than with people who grew up in the other side of the world? My internship was about teaching English to the employees of a multinational company for 9 months and doing it not only helped me develop new competences faster but helped me to know myself better. Summarizing: Self-knowledge, development, society impact, adventure’s feeling and new unforgettable friends made my internship.

AIESEC was something new and very different from me, I didn't know how

it works, I didn't know the people and what I cared about was an experience in an

international company in a foreign country. I was working as game designer in this company and I've got

to say that it wasn't just about the job it was about the people I've met, the

new culture I ve been exposed to together it helped me develop, be open and

creative, listen more, work More. It feels like a footprint in my heart and I know it's never

gonna disappear, because it definitely changed me. Among the things I've learnt in this

internship, is that world is so big and small at the same time. I've spent a lot of time travelling through

Turkey and I met people from all corners of the world. Hopefully, I will be able to meet

them again and to have new experiences.

Nikolas Ariyoshi / Brazil

Company:Mondi Group Rio Wahab / Indonesia

Company: Sanlab Software

KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

Our Reception Culture

AIESEC Kocaeli is an LC known by the

different Reception Culture it has in Turkey.

What is the main rules that keeps us apart?

•We pick our interns from İstanbul airports

and we call it “Arrival” and all of our

Reception Members does this in their

membership terms at least one time.

• We call our LC the GIANT FAMILY(Cause in

Turkish;KOCAELİ word sounds like KOCAAİLE

word which means GIANT FAMILY)

•We welcome our interns with a big smile

and with the warmth of GIANT FAMILY!

And in our Reception Culture we have a rule

for interns:

•All of the interns has bring 2 different

Alcohol from their country as a gift to the LC.

•All of the interns has bring their Country flag

and one AIESEC T-Shirt.

KOCAELİ

KOCAELİ

Here are some links that shows places in Turkey and you may want to check these out :

*Antalya :http://www.turkeytourism.com/turkey_city_guide/antalya.html

*İstanbul: http://www.turkeytourism.com/turkey_city_guide/istanbul.html

Pamukkale:http://www.turkeytourism.com/turkey_city_guide/pamukkale.html

*Capadocia:http://www.turkeytourism.com/turkey_city_guide/cappadocia.html

Bodrum: http://www.turkeytourism.com/turkey_city_guide/bodrum.html

*Bursa: http://www.turkeytourism.com/turkey_city_guide/bursa.html

* İzmir: http://www.turkeytourism.com/turkey_city_guide/izmir.html

And also there will be AIESEC tours all around Turkey and we will be giving you the dates and

fee information before the tours so you can apply also the places with “*” on them will have a

tour in summer.

Places to Visit

THE GIANT FAMILY IS WAITING FOR YOU!

KOCAELİ