Hi everybody, I'm Sevgi, new Compass volunteer from Turkey!

Merhaba!

My name is Sevgi Torun, from Turkey. I’m 25 years old. I live in İzmir which is the third biggest city of Turkey. It is at the seaside and west of Turkey. My city is famous for its palm trees, climate and beautiful girls :)

Ten months ago I graduated at Ege University, Food Engineering Department. I’m here for 2 months as an EVS volunteer in Compass Organisation.

My hobbies are volleyball, court and table tennis, swimming, reading books, music, cinema, painting, meeting my friends, discovering new things in the nature, volunteering in projects about environment.

If it's necessary to mention about works that I have accomplished during my university education: I was part of a volunteer group which is called as a “Community Volunteers Foundation” and it really resulted in changes in my life.

During my voluntary work in this foundation, I have participated in a lot of social responsibility project applications. As the volunteers of the organization, we have organized projects about the deficiencies of the society. We participated to lots of educations and workshops about these projects. The projects that I also participated are: global warming, recycling, renewable energies and plantation.

I like Kaposvar a lot. Because this city is very green and has very beautiful architecture. Also Hungary and Turkey have common cultural features. Sometimes I can see the same words like “alma”, "pabuc” and others. Kaposvar is special for me. Beacuse I have never been abroad before. And living with people who are from different cultures and habits is very different experience too. I think this is an amazing experience that can mark a person’s life forever.