Hello guys 😊,

I am Berfu, I am 24 years old. I am studying Industrial Design at “ODTÜ” (METU in English, Middle East Technical University) in Ankara, the capital of “Türkiye”. I like to write the names of my country and university in Turkish because I like the words themselves and the letter “ü”.

The best experience I had at ODTÜ is that its roads, trees, birds, architecture and everything that you can see, hear or feel. It is the whole package. I like how my dorm is in the campus and how it is looking towards to ODTÜ’s forest. The campus is in the city center, however because it is guarded, I feel calm and free here. I love walking to classes and just being present.

Though I live in ODTÜ now, actually, I’m from İstanbul and there is a saying that my father likes to say humorously “Ankara’nın en güzel yanı İstanbul’a dönüşüdür.”. Which means: “The best part of Ankara is its return to Istanbul.”. Yet, I don’t feel that way. Sorry dad : )

For me, life is meaningful when I get to spent time with myself and with my close friends. However, that is a bit cheating because I have so wonderful friends that when I am with them I feel like I am with myself more than ever.

Also, I really like to transform the essential things we have to do as humans to pleasant times of the day. So, as you can imagine, I love creating a menu, shopping for it, cooking and -of course- eating and sharing. I like cleaning because when you clean a place throughfully it feels like yours and it feels like home. Because “What was love? Love was labor.” (“Sevgi neydi? Sevgi emekti.”). I love this quote, it is from the old movie “Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım”. I love old Turkish movies and this one is my favourite. The movie questions love and its forms, what love means. If you got curious, I hope you can find the movie subtitles. I am leaving a youtube link that shows some scenes with the soundtrack. I would love to hear your opinion, so you can comment down below.

I guess that is it. Thank you stranger for reading “getting to know me” 😊

  • This is a recent photo from around the campus. I was heading to my dorm from one of my friends’ house and I loved the way this plant looks. So, I took the photo in order to remember to get info about the plant later.
  • White flowers and a red skirt.
  • This is me with heart shapes on my cheeks. Why not, right? 🙂
  • I am the one in the middle and these are two of my lovely friends from a day I will remember dearly.
  • This is the movie I was talking earlier. Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım…

The link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6cGomGDLgg

E-mail : berfu.cete@metu.edu.tr

Instagram : berfucete

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