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In general, replies were mostly that there was some competition and they decided not to continue with my application... but I have no idea how much of it is the usual form letter reply.

I moved here for studies, so what little network I had is back at my home country. I want to stay in Estonia after graduation and work here for a while, so I'm not sure how much an internship back in Turkey can help with that, if at all.

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I don't think it really matters where the internship is. I completed my internships in places that I did not want to move after college. It was more about getting the experience and having that experience on my resume. I wouldn't suggest limiting yourself to internships in the place you want to ultimately end up.

But, there's a lot you could probably do for a local shop -- many have IT departments. Try to network in with an informational interview (cold email the head of IT of anything related to M. E. and offer to buy them coffee for some career advice)

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