I'd like to think of myself as a pretty outgoing dude. It has to be said that I live and die with music. For the past 8 years, I've been working as a writer for the best-selling music magazine in Turkey and its secondary, metal-based magazine (as of Feb 2014, we're an independent magazine, hooray!) . During my time in Istanbul, I tried my best to be politically active, don't know if it was enough though... After studying Political Science in French for 7 years (normally should've taken 5, haha), I moved to Barcelona for my Master's in Political Science. Now I'm on the way to Münster to do my second Master's in Cultural Studies, later on, hopefully a PhD.

Some random stuff:

- Hate clubbing.
- Looooove languages.
- While visiting a new place, I always feel like visiting local bars is a better option than museums.
- Proud to be the shoulder where death comes to cry.
- Flying in my dreams is my favorite regular experience.
- Hate weed and smoking. Don't hate smokers.
- Any kind of live music I'm willing to check out (except reggae).
- Highly irreligious.

Hopefully a professor of social sciences in the future.

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PHILOSOPHY

Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true
You'll see it's all a show, keep 'em laughin as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used to be a more active host in Istanbul, but since I'm either travelling or the living situation is slightly unstable, that's not possible at the moment. During my travels, I prefer CS to other stuff, since it really gives someone the insight of the place that they're visiting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

You can consult the references at the bottom of the page, they should give you a good perspective.

Interests

Music, cinema, politics, languages and travelling are the first things that come into mind. Having and sharing experiences is also another thing. And laughing. I'll laugh at pretty much anything.

Although I must say that metal music and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are quite important to me.

• culture
• writing
• flying
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• metal music
• teaching
• languages
• political science
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Ahmet Kaya, Rush, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Ezginin Gunlugu, Korn, Madrugada, Yeni Turku, Muslum Gurses, Blind Guardian, Helloween, Metallica, Bob Dylan, Cem Karaca, Zeki Muren, Baris Manco, Dio, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Replikas, MFO, Black Sabbath, System of a Down, Deep Purple, Linkin Park, Judas Priest, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Erkan Ogur, Megadeth, Volbeat, Staind, John Frusciante, Erkin Koray, R.E.M., Malt, The Offspring, Faith No More, Dire Straits, Rainbow, Slayer, Yes, GPS, Guns N' Roses, Manu Chao, Porcupine Tree, Michael Schenker Group, Aynur Dogan, Dhafer Youssef, Avishai Cohen, Mercan Dede, Neil Young, Viza, Buena Vista Social Club, Norrda, Bring Me The Horizon, Trivium, Fuat Ergin, Anoushka Shankar, Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine...

Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/FatBass

Star Wars, Back To The Future, Lord of the Rings, Children of Men, Blade Runner, Muhsin Bey, The Bandit, Amadeus, In Bruges, Chasing Amy, Das Leben der Anderen, The Godfather, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink, Fargo, Dog Day Afternoon, The Great Dictator, The Shawshank Redemption, Alien, Being John Malkovich, Serenity, Der Untergang, 12 Angry Men, Almost Famous, School of Rock, Tenacious D, Ted, 40 Year Old Virgin, Pineapple Express...

J.R.R. Tolkien, George Orwell, Ursula K. LeGuin, Robert Jordan, Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis, R.A. Salvatore, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Eric Hobsbawm, Antonio Gramsci...

Breaking Bad, Lost, Firefly, Dollhouse, Suits, Game of Thrones, The Office, Community, Rick and Morty, Family Guy...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Playing violin for the first time in my life at 3:30 AM next to the Chain Bridge in Budapest under a freezing wind with the nicest people possible!

Hitchhiking through the Balkans with one of my closest friends.

The Gezi Park Uprising in Turkey, on June 2013.

6 months in South America, from June 2014 to December 2014.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: A couple of tricks about some languages.
How to play backgammon.
Some stuff about Turkish culture.
A couple of moves in self-defense and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Learn: Anything! But mostly languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Spain, Turkey

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