Life in Pakistan

March 15, 2022

Khewra Salt Mines: The source of the – pink adornment of tables – Himalayan salt

Researcher Doğan Yücel wrote about the Khewra Salt Mines, the source of the Himalayan salt, mined in Pakistan and sold worldwide for both health and artistic […]
March 17, 2022

What did we do with the tons of diapers and detergents sent for flood survivors?

In this part of his memoirs, educationist Taner Koçyiğit wrote about the tonnes of detergents and diapers sent from Turkey as flood relief but proved unusable […]
March 19, 2022

Sacrificial meat distribution in Dadu after the devastating floods

Educationist Doğan Yücel wrote about the Qurbani meat distribution programs organized in Pakistan after the devastating flood disaster in 2010. He explained how the sacrificial meat […]
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 […]
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 […]
April 8, 2022

What ensued in the business trip of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce to Turkey?

Besides his teaching commitment at the PakTurk Schools, educationist Doğan Yücel also volunteered in the businessmen’s association founded to further trade between Pakistan and Turkey. Yücel […]
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 18, 2022

Business meetings of Karachi Chamber of Commerce delegation in Ankara

Besides teaching at the PakTurk Schools, educationist Doğan Yücel also volunteered in the businessmen’s association established to develop the trade between Pakistan and Turkey. He explained […]
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 […]