This semester I immersed my self into a new language and culture that was honestly quite foreign to me, despite the fact that I come from Greece - a country that borders Turkey. I found the language easier to learn than I thought due to its use of a Latin alphabet. Furthermore, many words in Turkish are used in some manner or fashion in modern Greek, which to me showed a influence of the two languages on each other. Expanding my vocabulary and learning how to count was somewhat more challenging, but through repetition and by watching Turkish programming I was able to pickup the new words. I also noticed an improvement in my accent which I credit to my language teacher Sezgi and the Turkish soap-opera Ezel. I know how important accent is in Greek and so my goal is to one day sound like a natural-born speaker - thoguh I know this is an ambitious goal.
As I stated in my last Cultural Post, I have also learned a lot about the close relationship between Greek and Turkish cultures. Multiple times I found myself and Sezgi talking about how in Greece and Turkey we do the same things or call something by the same name. I found it fascinating that we are so similar. As a result, I decided to present on Turkish town of Anatolia and the Greek and Turkish influence on those towns since I want to travel through Turkey and see these places for myself someday.
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