CURRENT MISSION

Live ordinary, save money, travel whereever you want

ABOUT ME

I was raised in Bursa, where the great Ottoman Empire was founded, but I am not an Ottoman :) I am the second child of a secular family, who were dedicated to his job, teacher. I graduated from ITU (Istanbul Technical University)and have been working for a government supported research and consulting institute there.

I always think that I am wise ( How modest I am! ). As industrial engineer, I always have something to tell on a theme. Unlike many of my colleagues, I really like reading history books and believe or don't believe I read encyclopedias :)

I can host travelers at my home, as long as I am available. Usually I am in Istanbul, but I have to leave the city because of my work often, so let me know when you are going to Istanbul, we can decide what I can do for my fellow traveler(s)

What can you see in me?

I am like a historian. Discovering the past, learning the history, thinking over the experiences and discussing it with the others...They are my mottos to develop myself.

I always like going green and I really hate the people who exploit the resource of the earth, I refer SUV's as my furious enemy.

I have also a great interest to learn new languages, English (fluent), German (fluent), Spanish (still trying), Russian (need friends).
Hi, Hallo, Hola, Privet :)

PHILOSOPHY

I could be a good German, beacuse I like punctuality, trustworthy, sensibility, intelligence, culture.
I could be a good French, beacuse I believe in fraternity, revolution, and solidarity of people.
I could be a good Russian, beacuse I like drinking (not very much :) ) and enjoying life and am totaly an Idealist in this way.
I could be a good Chinese, because I know the meaning of work.
I could be a good American, because I know how I can combine theory and practice.
I am a good Turkish, because I like the way I am :))

Interests

SPSS, Project Management, German (y), History of Economics and Politics, Spanish, (Multivariate) Statistics, Management Issues, Dialectic, Geography, Olive, My parents :)

• culture
• books
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• economics
• teaching
• engineering
• geography
• history
• languages
• statistics

Music, Movies, and Books

Kinos: Doctor Zhivago, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Terminal, The English Patient, 2001 A space Odyssey, Good Bye Lenin, L'Ours (Ayı), Battle of Bulge, Blindness, The Legend, Train de Vie (Hayat Treni), Jacob: der Lügner, Schindler List, Der Pianist, The Bridge Kwai, The Bridge at Remagen, Der Untergang, Platoon, Motorcycle Diaries, Lawrance of Arabia, Brüder Sass, Der Tunnel, For Whom the Bells Toll, Das Boot, Stalingrad

Lieblingsbücher:Stefan Zweig, Hermann Hesse, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Heinrich Boll, Günther Grass, Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos, Jose Saramago, Patrick Suskind, Franz Kafka, Aziz Nesin, Fakir Baykurt, Orhan Kemal, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Leo Tolstoy, Nikos Kazancakis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

20 days Interrail in Europe :)
5 days cycling tour from Istanbul to Gallipoli, sorry I can't make ":)"

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn Spanish,
I can teach English, Statistics, German and PM.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Qatar, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey