Leyla Falhan
I was born and raised in the northern part
of Cyprus, a small island in the Mediterranean. I left Cyprus when I was 18 in
order to study Political Science at Denison University (Ohio, United States).
Upon completing my Bachelor’s degree, I started a PhD program (again in
Political Science) at Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York). During my
second year, I decided that the institutionalization of the production of
knowledge in academia was too dogmatic and esoteric for me. I left the United
States after completing my Master’s degree and moved to Verfeil Sur Seye,
France in May 2015. I am now enjoying learning different things, including
living in a collective, French, and agriculture. I am a native Turkish speaker
and I enjoy different languages and cultures. I have given language lessons in
Turkish and English in the past and I have also done some translation work. In
addition to these, I like writing, photography, acting, art cinema, and film
theory. I would love to meet with new friends who have similar interests,
and/or small projects where I can get involved.
