#Off_the_record with Sait, Turkey!

#Off_the_record with Sait Dundar, Turkey!

This time, meet Sait Dundar from Turkey! 🇹🇷 Sait is pursuing his Ph.D in Bio-Medical Imaging at Abdullah Gal University, and came to BGU for his research! 🎓
1. Favorite Hebrew word:
Sababa (Slang for “good”). A word that suits most questions. For example, if your friends ask ‘let’s go for a couple of beers’, you just say ‘Sababa’! 👍
2. Hummus or Falafel?
Falafel! We eat a lot of hummus in Turkey, so Falafel was kind of different for me 🥙
3. Why Israel?
First – I study engineering, and Israel has a high-tech industry. Second – the land is so historical, Jerusalem is the Holly city for most religions, and I really wanted to visit Jerusalem also.
My experience is good, I got to know most of the international students. The local people are so helpful, the only frustrating thing is that they think that I’m also Israeli all the time – and always talk to me in Hebrew until I explain I’m not Israeli 😂
4. Favorite Be’er-Sheva activity?
Language exchange nights! It’s a chance to meet people from all over the world and learn other languages. I go to Spanish table (I knew before and practice my Spanish here) and I went to the Hebrew table a few times 🌐
5. What’s your hidden talent?
I’m a Latin dancer 🕺. I dance Salsa and a little bit Bachata. At my home country Turkey I used to dance a lot with my girlfriend. And it’s not hidden, but I’m also an amateur photographer – I like to take nature photos (pictures – in the comments).
6. What’s one thing about you that surprises people?
That I’m also a skier. We have the Ercİyes Mountain close to my hometown, which is a ski center and I go there a lot ⛷
 
 
7. If you could instantly become an expert in something, what would it be?
Languages. To talk with all the people. There are so many different cultures, people, hobbies, life styles – I’d like to hear them 🗺.
8. What’s your guilty pleasure?
Chocolates and desserts. Every time I eat too much and regret it 🍫
9. If you could have one super power, what would it be?
Teleportation. You can go anywhere, wherever you want instantly. Maybe I’d start with traveling to Latin America 🧙‍♂
10. What did you want to do when you were little, and now what’s your dream job?
When I was little, I used to dream about building my own robots 🤖. And now – engineering is the closest thing to my dream job. I’m also doing artificial intelligence, it was kind of a dream for me before, but now we use it in our daily lives.