I was born and grew up in Istanbul but my parents are from Kosovo. I am living in Montreal now. I am doing PhD in science. I do comics. I love hearing and telling stories. I am into politics, and comedy, I love coffee, dance and foods.

https://www.facebook.com/stanmrsh

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd love to meet new people and share views and experiences.

Interests

• street art
• vegan
• politics
• comics
• science
• cinema
• dance
• streetart
• techno music
• stories
• queer
• comedy
• balkan music
• solidarity
• bio art
• swana music
• turkish anatolian music
• african funk

Music, Movies, and Books

Folk musics (Turkish Anatolian Rock, Swana Music, Kurdish Music, South African music, Balkan Music), pop, techno, prog rock, neo-classic.

Aki Kaurismaki, Wong Kar Wai, Jim Jarmush, Gregg Araki, Agnes Varda, Fassbinder, Almodovar, Mike Leigh

Jorge Luis Borges, Lucia Berlin, Orhan Pamuk, Chekov

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to share travel tips, and excellent local places about Istanbul (or the whole of Turkey), Prague, and Montreal.
Traditional music, foods, and language.

What I Can Share with Hosts

stories and hopefully a meal or two. I love to cook, and it's even more fun to do so together - maybe we can even teach each other some new recipes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Czech Republic, Turkey