28 October 2013
My Univ, GAZI UNIVERSITESI ( MAIN CAMPUS)
My Univ, GAZI UNIVERSITESI ( MAIN CAMPUS)
Alhamdulillah without realizing it had
been almost 2 months I got my title as a first year medical student in Gazi
University ,Ankara.In Turkey now, as far as I know, there are only 5 Malaysian
students including me who are studying medicine.Since Malaysian government
hasn’t provide any scholarships for students to study in Turkey, the number of
Malaysian students here are soo few. Most of us are supported byTurkish
Government Scholarship. Now, october 2013, there are around 40 or more Malaysian students in whole
Turkey,compare to Indonesian which around 200 students only in ANKARA. As we
are the ‘minority’ here, all of us are living far from each other. We are
studying in various city, like me and 2 new friend in Ankara(last year I was
the only Malaysian student and it made me being the first Malaysian student who
study in Gazi University. Proud? Hehe ), other friends in Konya, Kirikkale,
Balikesir, Kocaeli, Istanbul, Malatya, Bursa, Gaziantep , Kayseri,Izmir and
Isparta.
Life as a medical student seriously as what I
expected.I just had my Semester 1 done last 2 weeks and my second semester had
started last week. Life in medical field is not like in highschool anymore. It will be a long jihad
with full of bitter and sweet moments that i will pass through. My jihad
journey in this Ottaman land will takes around 7 years insallah including my
Turkish course. Im sure at this moment all of my foreigner friends who had just
learnt Turkish in a short term as I had must having difficulties in their
studies no matter what department they are in,due to the course that conducted
fully in Turkish language.
My first day in medical lessons.
I was informed to gather in a hall in
level 6 of the dekanlik building for taklimat that given by the faculty of
medicine high committee members for first year medical students. i heard from
my friends that for last year session there were about 80 medical students who
had failed in their first year studies. And since the number of foreign
students are few, almost all the foreign students had. This news really
scared me Allah knows. Being a foreign
student in a class with almost 300 turkish students is a very big
challenge for me n other friends. When I entered my class, Amfi 5 for the first time, nervous feeling overwhelmed me. You cant imagine when you entered a class, no small class, a big hall
full with hundreds of Turkish students
and at that moment you cant detect any of foreign students among them
and you are seems the only one. All eyes are staring at you because you are
obviously an 'alien'. That’s what I felt.i was not scared being a foreigner
among the locals,I got used to it since I’ve been in here for a year
but what I was thinking is about how my study gonna pass. There are a lot of students
who will compete me.
The second point is learning
Medicine 100% in Turkish language. At first I think this is one of the craziest
decision that I’ve made.while my malay friends in Malaysia and in another
countries studying medicine fully in English which are already tough, Im
studying medicine in this foreign language that I’ve just started learnt from
zero during 8 months. but seriously, seeing other malaysian friends who are studying in other countries n in alien languages also motivating me to study harder since im not the only one who are confronting this tough conditions,
For first semester’s lessons, I had Organic chemistry, Tibbi Biology, Public Health and Medical History and Etique. I supposed to study Turkish Literature ,English,Ataturk’s Revolution and History for that semester but I just started in second semester. Those subjects (literature and history) which I used to consider as ‘unimportant subject’ are compulsory subjects for first year students in some departments. Before I learnt those subjects, I realized that if I didn’t have chance to learn them now, I don’t think I will obtain such precious knowledge. Knowledge is still a knowledge. So I should be grateful for having chances to learn it ,vallah im feeling so lucky.
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The first point is the Medical studies itself, yeah
it’s one of the toughest department s and all the students who are eligible for
this department have excellent background when they were back in school.but dont forget when you success in highschool doesnt means that you will be the most excellent in university unless you struggle, My
friends keep asking me how many markhs that I got during high school that
allowed me to be here , in this ‘nerd’ faculty. now i dont care about what i got in the past besides trying to achieve what in the future. The second point is learning
Medicine 100% in Turkish language. At first I think this is one of the craziest
decision that I’ve made.while my malay friends in Malaysia and in another
countries studying medicine fully in English which are already tough, Im
studying medicine in this foreign language that I’ve just started learnt from
zero during 8 months. but seriously, seeing other malaysian friends who are studying in other countries n in alien languages also motivating me to study harder since im not the only one who are confronting this tough conditions,For first semester’s lessons, I had Organic chemistry, Tibbi Biology, Public Health and Medical History and Etique. I supposed to study Turkish Literature ,English,Ataturk’s Revolution and History for that semester but I just started in second semester. Those subjects (literature and history) which I used to consider as ‘unimportant subject’ are compulsory subjects for first year students in some departments. Before I learnt those subjects, I realized that if I didn’t have chance to learn them now, I don’t think I will obtain such precious knowledge. Knowledge is still a knowledge. So I should be grateful for having chances to learn it ,vallah im feeling so lucky.
For this semester Im studying
Biochemistry, Tibbi Biology , BioPhysics, Psikiyatri and Public Health. I will
learn Histology, Anatomy etc in another semesters. In my school, within a year
(September-July) we have 5 semester (komite).
One of my friends, Zuhre from Iran keep advising me with supporting words .She was one of the foreign students who had repeated first year . I believe on her because she is experiencing more as she was in the same year last year. She told me I must keep go on my efforts ,as she said last year there was a foreign student from somewhere in Africa (just like me , didnt know turkish at the beginning) who got only 8% for semester 1 exam but she didn’t lose hope and finally able to pass her first year and now studying in second year. So no matter how many markhs I got now, it doesn’t mean I will pass or fail later , my istiqamah efforts will guarantee my success later insallah. I knew some of my Malaysian seniors who are now already in the third year. So if they able to reach such level, why cant i? they also had pass through the hardship that im feeling. So I talked to them , asked for the tips of their successes, and insallah will keep thinking positive.
