DASNR
International
Student of the Week
Home Country: Turkey
Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east, Iraq and Syria to the southeast. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, and the Black Sea to the north. Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, which is used by geographers to mark the border between Europe and Asia, thus making Turkey transcontinental.
The region comprising modern Turkey has overseen the birth of major civilizations such as the Hittite, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Because of its strategic location, where two continents meet, Turkey's culture has a unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition, often described as a bridge between the two civilizations. A powerful regional presence in the Eurasian landmass with strong cultural and economic influence in the area between the Adriatic Sea in the west and China in the east, Russia in the north and the Middle East in the south, Turkey has come to acquire increasing strategic significance.
Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic whose political system was established in 1923 under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I. Since then, Turkey has become increasingly integrated with the West while continuing to foster relations with the Eastern world.
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Saliha Unver
September 2007
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From the Department of Natural Resources, Ecology and Management... This week’s international student of the week is Saliha Unver. She is a PhD student from Turkey. She is conducting research in the Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management, and her research is related to wood products. Saliha was born in Trabzon, Turkey, she speaks Turkish and English. Saliha came to OSU in early September and she will be here for two more months as a visiting scholar. Currently, she is in the PhD program in Karadeniz Techical University in Turkey where she is a member of the Forestry Student Association. She is also a member of the Union of Forest Engineers of Turkey. She recently presented a research paper at an international conference in Krakow, Poland. In her free time Saliha enjoys traveling, poetry, reading, and theater. She is the youngest of a family of five children. She has two sisters and two brothers; one of her sisters is a faculty member in Earth Science in Karadeniz Technical University. Currently, Saliha is living with her parents in Trabzon.
Saliha came to the USA because she wants to have some exposure to universities in the USA, she already has a general idea about the education system in Europe and now is the time to learn about plant culture and forestry education in the USA. She chose OSU because one of the faculty mambers from Karadeniz spent several months as a visiting professor at OSU in 2005, and she suggested Saliha to come to OSU; furthermore, OSU has an MOU with Karadeniz. Saliha’s future plans are to complete her PhD and get a faculty position at one of the universities in Turkey.
Advisor: Dr. Salim Hiziroglu
Saliha’s quote: “I strongly believe that it is a unique experience to spend time at university environment in foreign countries.”
Interview by Sandra Rodriguez, International Ag Programs Assistant
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Saliha is a doctoral student at Karadeniz Technical University (above).
The Sumela Monastery is a famous location in Turkey.