I am 24 years old, born and raised in Izmir, and working as a general physician in Kars!

I always dreamt of traveling and experiencing the world. In 2022 I was in Italy for 6 months and it was a life-changing experience. I studied, worked, and traveled and now I want to keep visiting different countries. Seeing the world, and how different kinds of lives exist make me feel alive more than anything else in the world. The challenge to adapt to others, to learn new languages really excite me. I started using couch surfing back in Italy. The best of my travels were always with locals in many aspects. It will always be my favorite way to travel!!

About my personality, I am generally a calm and loving person, a good listener. I guess as many 20+ years olds I am trying to find out what I want to do with my life.
Nowadays I am trying to work out as much as I can, run, do yoga, and try to build the habit of meditation. I am taking classes on Lindy Hop, I love dancing, and I feel that it liberates my soul. I truly love eating but generally, I try to watch for what I eat in terms of having a balance in life and not tiring out my body. I cook at home, try to make time for meal prepping, and opt for gluten-free and sugar-free variations (this changes when I travel, then I eat the world to taste new things!). Last but not least, I am a pescetarian. I love reading, I used to read novels but now I read mostly non-fiction books on topics like neurosciences, psychology, biology, evolution, medicine, and sometimes history and sci-fi too.

This is the summary of my interests and occupations at the moment! My last travel was to the UK, and ever since I feel like I keep forming new neural connections about the world haha oh also I was always interested in arts but lately, it grew a whole new space in my life, and would love to discuss further :)

I enjoy exchanging ideas about the ways we live, and the world. It's already very nice to meet you!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's such a great thing how people help each other from all around the world when they are even complete strangers, build great friendships out of nothing

Interests

• arts
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• movies
• medicine
• neuroscience
• philosophy
• science
• nature
• learning languages
• reading books
• cello
• phsycology

Music, Movies, and Books

I don't watch movies or TV shows as much as before. I tend to like independent movies but it depends on my mood. My all-time favourites are Into the Wild and Captain Fantastic. I am a lover of Wes Anderson's and Tarantino's movies. The fact that I still couldn't complete the IMDB's top 250 list is a little sad...
Some of my favorite series are Rick and Morty, Black Mirror, West World, HBO's Girls, New Amsterdam, Silicon Valley, Legion, Sherlock, Regular Show, Modern Family.

My music taste differs daily. I like Indie Pop/Rock, French Pop, and Classical Music. Polo & Pan, Metronomy, L'imperatrice, Florence and The Machine, and Sia are some of my favorites. After going to the UK I fell in love with The Beatles and The Smiths.

Soo many books to talk about... Little Prince, The Alchemist, and Matilda are among my favorites.
Nonfiction: Exercised, Into the Magic Shop, Art as Therapy changed my life. I'd love to talk about different writers and books in person!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camping on the seaside (which you can see the pictures of), taking a train from Istanbul to Bucharest for more than 16 hours, staying for a month in Ferrara during my first year in uni

Teach, Learn, Share

I could share my experiences in the field of medicine. I'd be happy to teach about Turkish language and the culture. We have some amazing dishes. I can show you how to hold the bow for the cello and the basic steps for Lindy Hop dancing!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am neat and tidy. I love listening to people on various topics and discussing if I have the background information. I could also share my experiences happily. We could work out, go on hikes, chat for hours, eat and travel together. I love cooking vegetarian and plant based dishes. I believe I'd be a good company. Or if you wouldn't prefer spending time together, I can be ok on my own too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, England, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Romania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Turkey