Erasmus in Istanbul/Where to live?
Hey everybody
I am a student going to Istanbul for an exchange semester. The university I will attend is Arel University, and I know the campus is far from the centre of town.
Arel offers on-campus accommodation, but as it is far away from the city centre, I'm a bit afraid that the social life will be complicated.
On the other hand, I heard that traffic is crazy, and if I live in town, it will be complicated to get to uni.
What I really want is to be around as many students as I can and socialise, as this is an Erasmus. But my international coordinator there told me that usually international students don't live on campus.
So I don't really know what the best option is, to live on campus or in neighbourhoods in the city centre?
If there are past students or Turkish people who have opinions about what I should do, or know what neighbourhoods are nice, it'd be great!
Thanks!!