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A Long Journey

Ahmet Armanc Keser was born in an Eastern Turkey city, Van, in a time of political disturbence, 1998. His parents Ümit and Derya, who are both from Van, decided to give him an unusual name at the time.
Armanc, in Kurdish, means "life purpose", and as he was born to the first generation of people who could have Kurdish names, they wanted to signify that. His father, Kurdish descent from Adilcevaz, Bitlis, is a topographical engineer, whereas his mother, Turkish, is a construction technican. Until 2011 they lived where they were born.
On October 23rd, 2011, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Van. Losing his home, Armanc and his family moved to the West as his enterance exam for high school was that same year.
After not going to school for more than a whole month, he managed to get into the best school in Turkey, American Robert College. In Robert College he found his passion towards human psychology and computer science. After finishing high-school he was accepted to Tufts University with full financial aid. This is where he found out his interest towards cognitive and brain sciences. He is now pursuing a career in research for both computer science and cognitive and behavior sciences.