Nikola Kajmakoski: CLI Graduate Going to Ankara on Prestigious CLS scholarship

ASU Scholar Begins Exploring Turkish Culture

Critical Languages Institute alum and master’s student of history at Loyola University Chicago Nikola Kajmakoski has won a prestigious and highly competitive Critical Languages Scholarship to study Turkish in Ankara, Türkiye this summer. When asked what originally drew him to study Turkish, Nikola, a first generation Macedonian-American, said “I’ve always been interested in the similarities between Macedonian-Turkish cultures and languages…having a personal connection really motivated my learning.”