A new city.A new language.
Hundreds of Turkish students in the same city. None of them know each other.
You hear Turkish on the U-Bahn and turn around. But you don’t say a word. In the evening you tell your family “I’m doing great.”
Far from home: a glass of tea, a new friend.
Meet Turkish students studying in Europe. In your own city or on the other side of the continent. Friendship, not dating.
How it works
Pour a tea. If it’s mutual, your tea is brewed.
- Verify that you’re a student.With your university email or your student card. Our team approves Turkish students one by one.
- See Turkish students in Discover.In your city, your country or all of Europe.
- Pour a glass of tea for someone you like.If they pour one back, a chat opens. If not, nobody ever knows.
Your tea is brewed!
You and Deniz poured each other a tea.
The teapot
Every day you get 5 glasses of tea. The teapot refills at midnight.
Common ground
Your hometown, your university, the things you love. When you match, the first topic is already there.
Icebreaker
“Where did you have the best tea in Berlin?” No need to agonise over the first message.
Play
Meet over a game, pour a tea after the match.
Play a round of backgammon. Before the game you see which city your opponent lives in and where they’re from. Get matched with someone from your own city or from anywhere in Europe.
Your turn
Friendship pledge
I promise not to flirt on Chaya and not to use the app like a dating app.
Everyone who joins Chaya signs this pledge. Calling ourselves a friendship app isn’t enough; we keep it that way together.
×Counts as flirting
- I really like you
- You’re so attractive
- I’d love to take you on a date
✓Doesn’t count as flirting
- What are you studying?
- Fancy a coffee on campus?
- Are you going to the match this weekend?
Verified student
A code sent to your university email verifies you instantly. If your university email doesn’t accept outside mail, you upload your student card instead.
Approved Turkish student
Our team reviews every profile one by one. Until you’re approved, your tea is still brewing and you don’t appear in Discover.
Report flirting
Tap the three dots in a chat and choose “Report flirting”. The person you report never sees it, and our team reviews the chat right away.
Ghost mode
Step off the map whenever you like. Block and report are one tap away on every profile.
Map
Where in Europe are your friends?
Your friends see you at neighbourhood level. In Discover, only your approximate distance shows. Your exact location is never shared.
Tea meet-up
Press and hold on the map, pick a spot, invite your friends for tea.
Nearby and Europe
See friends in your city, or everyone scattered across Europe, on one screen.
First stopBerlin and Munich
Your tea is brewing.
Chaya is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Follow us and be the first to know when the tea is ready. And tell a friend who’s far from home, too.