1. Can you describe yourself in three words?
Ambitious, loyal, perfectionist.

2. If you could be a music genre, what would it be? Why?
It would be Alternative R&B because it penetrates my emotions and makes me feel more self-confident.

3. Cat or Dog?
Cat.

4. What are you most talented at?
Languages.

5. If you were to perform in a movie, which character would you perform?
Wolverine.

6. If you were to get a tattoo, what would it say or what would the graphic be?
Some kind of ethnic tattoo.

7. If you were a superhero, what superpower(s) would you have?
Instant learning and self manipulation.

8. If given a chance to go back in time, what would be that time and why?
The Romantic Era because of cultural and artistic growth/environment.

9. What is your zodiac sign?
Virgo (23 August – 23 September)

10. Who is your favorite cartoon character?
Cartman.

11. What’s your favorite book, movie, song and city?
Book: Game of Thrones series as a whole
Movie: 12 Years a Slave/ The Gladiator/ Shutter Island
Song: 311 – Love Song
City: Amsterdam

12. Coffee or Tea?
Coffee.

13. If you could be anyone from the past, who would that be?
Sigmund Freud.

14. The place on campus where I feel happiest is…
Refectory.

15. Listener or talker?
Listener, Talker.

16. What would be your last message on earth?
Worry less, smile more because life is short.

Gülay Çalışkan
English Instructor
School of Foreign Languages

photo by Faruk Cimbar

interviewed by Sefa Kırlı