CURRENT MISSION

live and learn
I'm starting to learn Korean so if anyone can help me with learning more about the Korean culture and language, I'd be grateful!

ABOUT ME

I moved to Antwerp with my boyfriend a couple of years ago and I'm still getting used to living here, but it's been great so far, especially when it comes to food.
I love travelling, listening to music, meeting new people and learning new things everyday of my life.
I guess I like studying; I studied translation and interpreting studies in Bogazici University, Istanbul and then I did a research master in language and communication in Tilburg University and also obtained my PhD in culture studies. I'm currently a lecturer in a university of applied sciences.
I have been to Finland as an exchange student and from then on I have started travelling. I was also an exchange student in Brussels. Until I discovered CS I have visited places that I have friends to stay with but now thanks to CS I am discovering a whole new face of travelling and going to places where I do not have a friend, at least not yet ;)

PHILOSOPHY

(I) Try to travel as much as I can, meet new people and have different views on life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I think I surf more than I host but I do both and I really enjoy it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I just love it! Always meet the coolest people!

Interests

Learning new languages, meeting new people, cycling, swimming, listening to music and going to loads of concerts, reading (mostly fiction), swinging (as in playground swings) and enjoying the good life (food and drinks). Also did some capoeira, rock climbing, paragliding, skydiving.

• culture
• books
• concerts
• capoeira
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• skydiving
• rock climbing
• paragliding
• swimming
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to a wide variety of things ranging from indie to pop, from rock to electronic.
a very old music profile: www.last.fm/user/aralik

writers: Oscar Wilde, Nick Hornby, Chuck Palahniuk, Haruki Murakami, Paul Auster, J. D. Salinger, Enid Blyton, Stephen King, Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, Mark Haddon, Edgar Allan Poe, John Fante.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have seen northern lights in a cold dark january night by a frozen lake above the Arctic Circle in Finland and it was such a breath-taking, unbeliavable sight that I got scared

Teach, Learn, Share

I love sharing and learning from people's lives and experiences.
I like listening to things that other people have to say.
I like talking about books and music and movies.
I can tell you about my life, my world, Turkey, living in Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands as a foreigner, paragliding, skydiving, translating, rock climbing and all kinds of other stuff =)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Finland, Netherlands

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