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Istanbul UniLink
A Persian-language website for an Istanbul education consultancy that guides international students from choosing a university to enrolment.
- Area
- Website · education consultancy
- Language
- Persian · RTL, with a Türkçe switch
- Pages
- Home and five destination pages
- Status
- Live
Overview
Istanbul UniLink advises applicants on choosing a university and programme, applying, registering and handling student affairs abroad. The site is written for Persian readers and is organised around the questions an applicant asks in order: what the service covers, where they can study, how the process runs, and how to start.
Services listed include programme and university selection, checking admission and scholarship eligibility, registration at public and accredited universities, residence and visa guidance, housing, student insurance and document equivalence.
Study destinations have their own pages: Turkey, Italy, Russia, China and other countries. The China page covers language courses, bachelor's and scholarship routes, and medicine and pharmacy, and says its age and grade limits are preliminary and depend on the university and term.
My role
Designer and sole developer: I designed the interface and built the site, its API and the internal tools behind it.
Stack
- Frontend: HTML, CSS and JavaScript, hand-written, no WordPress or PHP.
- Backend: Cloudflare Workers (JavaScript) serving the form and admin APIs.
- Database: Cloudflare D1 (serverless SQLite).
- Automation: Telegram Bot API from inside the Worker, and Cloudflare Cron Triggers for daily reports.
- Internal CRM and admin dashboard: HTML, CSS and JavaScript on the same Worker APIs and D1.
- Deploy and hosting: Wrangler to Cloudflare Workers, on the istanbulunilink.com domain.
Approach
A serverless web app rather than a CMS site: the pages are static, the consultation form posts straight to a Worker API that stores the request in D1, and a Telegram bot notifies the team. The result is light, fast and cheap to run, with no traditional hosting.
Gallery
Screens from the live site on a phone, in Turkish and Persian.
Home, TürkçeHeadline and the two main actions, with the Call, WhatsApp and Consultation bar fixed at the bottom.
Home, PersianThe same page in right-to-left Persian; the layout mirrors, not just the text.
Persian menuServices, destinations, why UniLink, process and FAQ, with the consultation request as the main button.
FAQQuestions an applicant asks before getting in touch, in an accordion.
China pageLanguage study through medicine and scholarships, with a clear route to an assessment.
Preliminary criteriaAge and grade limits are marked as preliminary and depend on the university and term.
Request formA short form with a consent checkbox. It says that no identity documents are requested.
Verified outcomes
- A home page and five destination pages (Turkey, Italy, Russia, China, other countries), plus a four-step process section and an FAQ.
- A consultation request form with a consent checkbox; the site states that it does not ask for identity or other sensitive documents.
- Call and WhatsApp buttons for each advisor, and a link to the consultancy's Instagram profile.
- Right-to-left Persian layout with a Türkçe / فارسی language switch.
- No figures about students, admissions or fees are claimed on this page.
Status
Live at istanbulunilink.com.