Şemsinur Özdemir

April 22, 2022

English teacher Gönül Barış (4): People of Pakistan are friends in need, they take care of whom they cherish

In the last part of our interview, PakTurk Schools English teacher Gönül Barış narrates her years of teaching in Lahore, the friendships she made with the […]
April 12, 2022

English teacher Gönül Barış (3): I experienced the most significant ‘firsts’ of my life in Quetta, what befell me on my way there was like a movie scene

In this part of our interview, PakTurk Schools English teacher Gönül Barış narrates her teaching career she started right after graduating from university. she candidly shares […]
April 6, 2022

English teacher Gönül Barış (2): I learned Urdu while arguing with rickshaw drivers

In the second part of our interview, PakTurk Schools English teacher Gönül Barış narrates her university years in Lahore, her rapport with the boarding students in […]
March 28, 2022

English Teacher Gönül Barış (1): I had difficulties in the first years, but I still choose Pakistan to live

Gönül Barış experienced many firsts of her life in Pakistan, where she went as a university student. After graduating from university, she gained her first teaching […]
February 24, 2022

Educationist Fatma Esra Tosun (4): The people of Pakistan stood for us in times of happiness and sorrow

Fatma Esra Tosun, who worked as a teacher and administrator in different cities of Pakistan for 13 years, says the people of Pakistan always stood for […]
February 16, 2022

Educationist Fatma Esra Tosun (3): We were tested with a bread machine on our way to Islamabad!

After working at the PakTurk Schools in Khairpur Mirs for a year, educationist Fatma Esra Tosun and her family moved to Islamabad where she worked for […]
February 8, 2022

Educationist Fatma Esra Tosun (2): I was never a stranger in Khairpur Mirs

In this part of our interview, educationist Fatma Esra Tosun narrates her experiences in Khairpur Mirs, her first place of tenure in Pakistan. Expressing the parents’ […]
February 1, 2022

Educationist Fatma Esra Tosun’s journey leading from İzmir to Siberia and Africa to Pakistan (1)

Fatma Esra Tosun worked as an administrator and teacher in several branches of the PakTurk Schools during her 13-year tenure and life in Pakistan. Except for […]
January 10, 2022

Maths teacher Hacer Bahar Çokarslan (4): ‘Let’s buy some things for home as a token of prayer for us to remain in Pakistan’

Hacer Bahar Çokarslan, who worked as a Mathematics teacher at the PakTurk Schools, narrated her experiences while she was preparing to leave Pakistan, the support given […]