Born and raised in Istabul, living in Northern Cyprus for the last one year, Love to travel and meet new people. Have visited most of Europe, lived in London for a year, visited U.S. several times. Strangely I have never been to Italy yet, So I am planning a visit there soon. I also would like to focus on South East Asia as soon as I arrange time and sources for it. In my adult life I have always travelled :)
After 25 years working as a journalist, most of it at online news industry, I now teach online journalism courses and give social media marketing consultancy to companies.
I have two kids living with my ex wife, so I travel frequently there, I live happily with my dog Noody at a house with a cosy garden and a swimming pool, at an outside province of Kyrnea called Lapta,

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Love to travel and meet open minded people. Either I am travelling or me taking guests, it is always to meet new individuals, learn about their experiences and have company.

Music, Movies, and Books

utopias and distopias (Aldous Huxley, George Orwell etc) fantasy and sci-fi novels (Ursula Le Guin, Frank Herbert etc), Irvin Yalom, Murakami

Rock; Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Deep Purple...
Jazz; Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Diana Krall...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Don't know if it is amazing or not but for the first time in my life this Christmas at 24th of December I swam at sea, it was a huge challenge for me to dive into freezing waters.

What I Can Share with Hosts

info about places to visit, museums, castles, villages to go, where to eat local, where the best live music is, how to avoid touristic places and meet up real people, homemade filter coffee and of course a couch (or better, a separate bedroom)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cyprus, England, Turkey