I am Jeanne Clarkson. I am from Vienna, Virginia. This whole trip to me is somewhat of a surprise. I came to it by way of the baptism of my first grandchild. The priest who baptized her from Georgetown Father ...

 My name is Debbie Reichmann and I am from, I currently live in Potomac, Maryland and I am from Georgetown University. As everyone has been speaking, I have become more and more nervous as to how I can add to ...

 My name is father Conrad Pecevich. I want to say, first of all that, this has been for me a very spiritual experience and cultural and many other things. I first of all want to say spiritual; because I have ...

 I am thoroughly impressed. If Turkey wants another citizen I may be applying so that could possibly happen. I found the whole organization of the trip the way that it was put together in such a thoughtful way that I ...

 My name is Yvette Moy. I am a student at American University studying for master’s degree in public administration, as well as a journalist for more than two decades in United States. Many times what we write or see is ...

 My name is Emran Qureshi. I am a Wertheim Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. This was a roughly targeted trip for me. I knew very little about Turkey’s modern history. I have always wanted ...

 I am Father John Langan. I am a professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. I mostly teach Ethics in International Affairs but I am also actively involved in interreligious dialog. I have been thinking about making this trip for a ...

 My name is Herold White. I am a rabbi. I have been on the faculty at Georgetown for forty years. I have been a member of campus ministry. I was the first rabbi appointed to a full-time position at a ...

 My name is Abla Sonbol, and I am a student at the American University in Cairo, and study political science. When my mom first told me that we were going to Turkey, I thought it was going to be somewhat ...

 My name is Amira Sonbol. I am a professor at Georgetown University, the Center for Muslim Christian Understanding. I teach Middle East History, therefore I know a lot about Turkey and a lot about the Ottoman Empire, since that’s what ...