Currently on exchange in Italy, so can't really host.

20 years old, living in Turkey, studying Business at Ozyegin University. I'm a big cinema fan and also a photographer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love exploring new places and cultures. I think the best way to achieve that is to meet and stay with locals and live the life of a local.

Interests

I am really into exploring anything; new foods, new people, new books, new ways of thinking, new places...

The focal point of my life is cinema at the moment. With me realizing that I made the wrong choice with choosing business and not cinema for my degree, I started trying to become a self-taught director. For now, it hasn't been going that well as I watch and watch and watch but never create.

Music is one of my biggest passions. I am a really passionate jazz listener and I tried to play tenor saxophone for a while but I wasn't really successful with it, but I am planning to improve on it when I get the chance. I love talking about music and I would love to exchange some music.

I love partying! But I also love long conversations on a calm day.

Despite my interest in arts existed for a long time, I have started reading and learning more about art& art history recently. So there are lots of things I still don't know and I would like to learn a lot more about any form of art.

I enjoy degustation; beer, whisky, coffee...

I have been a debater for 5 years now although I wasn't really active last year. I used to teach how to debate in our debate club. I have had some success in Turkey and I am hoping to compete in some European tournaments too.

I love reading philosophy but I think a better way of learning philosophy is talking philosophy!

I also love nice poker nights.

• arts
• books
• architecture
• design
• modern art
• beer
• coffee
• nightlife
• partying
• clubbing
• reading
• poker
• classical music
• jazz
• art history
• sociology
• eating
• cinema
• craft beer
• whiskey
• exploring
• whisky
• cinematography
• philosphy
• specialty coffee

Music, Movies, and Books

Music

Nowadays I mostly listen to electronic or jazz. Used to listen to lots of rock nd classical too.

-Jazz (Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp, Dexter Gordon, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Brian Blade, Chet Baker, John Zorn, Jan Johansson, Helge Lien, Polar Bear, Norah Jones, Bugge Wesseltoft and many more)
-Classical(Mahler, Chopin, Bach, Prokofiev, Ludovico Einaudi, Satie, Schnittke, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Debussy)
-Other Stuff (Polo&Pan, Chapelier Fou, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Cluster, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Nicolas Jaar, Gessafelstein, Igorrr, Nick Drake, Rush, Nick Cave, GoGo Penguin, Balmorhea, Marvin Pontiac, La Batteria, Massive Attack, Portishead)
You can find more of my music taste( and also the evolution of my music taste) here: https://www.last.fm/user/DCkaya
and here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1297330227

Movies-I LOVE MOVIES. I try to watch a couple of movies every week and I occasionally write short reviews about some of the movies I watch.
Some favorite directors: Pawlikowski, Edward Yang, Wong Kar-Wai, Antonioni, Kieslowski, Tarkovsky, Terrence Malick, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Coens, Yorgos Lanthimos, Trier, Jodorowsky, Nicolas Winding Refn, Jan Švankmajer

You can find some of my reviews and more of my movie taste here: letterboxd.com/dorucula

Books- I'm not a big book reader but some of my favorites are Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Dostoyevski

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made a short movie from scratch in less than 48 hours, including script, shooting, editing, color grading etc. and won an award for it!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can talk about movies until you're sick of hearing my voice.

Can take you on a musical trip which includes all kinds of stuff.

I'm pretty good with trivia, can give hundreds of useless facts or challenge you to a game of trivial pursuit.

Can teach a little bit of Turkish if you re interested.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share stories, books, music, movies and some nice Turkish wines!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Turkey