COMENIUS – BiographyBerna – Vijdan Birolova Mehmedova

BulgariaLanguage School “Frederic Joliot-

Curie”, VarnaMay 2009

Family

• My name is Berna-Vijdan

Birolova Mehmedova.

• I was born on 22 August 1992 in Varna.

• I am Turkish girl.

Family• I am the only child in my family.

• My mother is unemployed

because of an illness.

My father works as a supplier. He

supply some shops with foods.

• My family’s religion is Islam and

we celebrate the traditional

Kurban Bayram and Seker Bayram

Family

• My grandmother looked after me and she keeps doing it.

Family

When I was 4 my uncle taught me to write in Bulgarian. He made me a independent and hard-working person. I owe a lot to him.

• At home we speak only in Turkish. I learned Bulgarian language at kindergarten.

• Kindergarten – I went to kindergarten in Asparuhovo district , where I still live. My teacher was also Turkish and she taught me to speak Bulgarian.

CV

• Primary school – In “Lyuben Karavelov” school I studied German from 1st to 5th grade. Turkish language wasn’t taught in schools and I studied it by my own initiative.

CV

• Grammar school – I studied in another school in 6th and 7th grade where I studied English and German

• High school – I took an examine for which I prepared on my own. I wanted do learn French in a good school. I was admitted in 4th

Language School where I now study.

CV

• I took successfully the examine DELF and I have a B1 degree in French. I participated in the school project PERLE with geography. Now I participate in the project MINT.

Interests

• I am interested in sports. I play football with friends in my district. We also watch football matches together. My favorite teams are Fenerbahce , Manchester United, Central Army’s Football Club.

• I trained horsemanship. I first got on a horse when I was 6. From then on I love horses and riding.

Interests

Interests

• I love horror movies.

• Among my friends there are Armenian, Turks and Bulgarians but it doesn’t matter to me. In Varna my friend are mainly Bulgarians and they don’t recognize me as a Turk. When I go to my village I communicate with my cousins who are also Turkish.

Berna Mehmedova, May 2009

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