Isaac Newton – We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
IstKon: our project name connects the two cities Istanbul and Konstanz and stands for the exchange of ideas, opinions, cultural heritage and values from each country.
While the relationship Germany – Europe – Turkey is mainly characterized by tensions and conflicts, we want to go beyond the politics and build personal connections by our annual exchanges.
After coming back from winter break the IstKon Konstanz Team met up on the 15th of January 2020 to hold a waffle sale in the main entrance of the university! We wanted to engage with university staff from different departments, inform them about our upcoming exchange and raise money for it. Every hour a crew … Continue reading Waffle Sale at University Constance
After running through a long application process and setting up working groups the whole Konstanz Team finally got the chance to meet up on the 4th of December 2019 in the Jugendzentrum. The main focus of the first general team meeting was getting to know the project, the people and being introduced to Istanbul and … Continue reading IstKon 2020 – First Konstanz Team Meeting
The city is known to be the most crowded and colorful city of Turkey. Furthermore, Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus strait which separates Europe and Asia as well as the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
Or Konschdaanz as an inhabitant of Konstanz would call the city! The city is characterized by its extraordinary location on Lake Constance or Bodensee in German. The Rhein river passes through Konstanz and leaves it again by flowing under two bridges that connect the two parts of the city.
