XpatLoop Interview: Tarik Tekes

  • 24 Apr 2011 12:00 PM
When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?


8 August 2008

Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
Dubai-s, Korea, UK, USA, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia

What surprised you most about Hungary?
Beautiful city, adorable humans, environment, the quiet, the media, beautiful girls.

Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
I would travel constantly, there are 2-3 different job, and my partner.

What is your favourite Hungarian food?
I prefer Turkish cuisine, Gulyás leves.

What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Turkish food

What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Minden rendben lesz.

What do you miss the most from home?
Our cat Totti

What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Artifice art craft

Where did you spend your last vacation?
Slovakia

Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Istanbul

What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Vision Movies - technology - internet-blog

Red wine or white?
Red

Book or movie?
Movie

Morning person or night person?
Both, I sleep less

Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Human relations

Buda side or Pest side?
Buda

What would you say is your personal motto?
I can do and I would like to know.

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