Email this story Print this story Ask Turkish foreign exchange student Baybars Kulebi about the biggest adjustments he s made while visiting the United States and you re likely to get a surprising answer. It s really hard to get used to the food, Kulebi said. Ask him what he likes best and you ll get nearly the same answer.
Turkish food can be really spicy and hot.
Like most young adults, Kulebi has learned to enjoy the best America has to offer Nevada s wide-open spaces, divergent cuisine and friendly classmates. They have accepted me real easy. Whatever I do is funny that s been a real advantage for me. And he s adapted to the rest America s Middle East foreign policy, teen sexuality and confusing social mores. It s been hard for him to navigate the sex roles what is OK and what is not OK, said Kulebi s host mother, Candy Carter, of his reaction to classmates holding each other very close at a school dance.