I am the executive manager of an independent news organization and a journalist. It is quite a challenge to live in this chaos we call home, Istanbul. But is is a fantastic chaos... It is rather a busy life that we are leading but I like having long conversations in a quiet environment.

I generally enjoy conversations on arts, culture, politics, humanity, civilization and I have a big musical archive that I carry around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have hosted a few people and been using couchsurfing happily the in the past decade. It is a pleasure to meet people...

I have been surfing and hosting for some years now and it never stops being fun. Previously, I had a wonderful time in Vienna, London, Paris, Dortmund, Bremen, Hamburg etc... Plus in Nice, I have been to very nice events due to CS meetings, met unbelievably nice people!

Interests

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• beauty
• environment
• flowers
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• classical music
• surfing
• ethnic studies
• history
• political science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:
-shawshank redemption
-Battle in Seattle
-Cradle will rock
-Wristcutters
-patch adams
-amen
-a touch of spice
-les invasions barbares
-equilibrium
-v for vandetta
-pianist
-das parfum
-no man's land
-life of david gale
-1984

music:
-mercan dede
-loreena mckennit
-blackmore's night
-goran bregovic
-Dedektivbyrån,
-Kultur Shock,
-Gothart,
-Garmarna,
-Buzuki Orhan Osman,
-Vas,
-Hedningarna,
-In Extremo,
-Schelmish,
-Corvus Corax,
-Mediaeval Baebes,
-Yanni,
-Stranglers,
-Tony Gatlif,
-Pipilotti Rist,
-a Perfect Circle,
-Lacrimosa,
-HIM

books:
-edgar allen poe stories and poems
-Louis Bernierés, birds without wings
-william butler yeats poems
-lord byron poems
-amin maolouf's novels
-nietzsche's philosophy (especially dionysus dythramben)
-ursula k le guin books (long live anarchy)
-birds without wings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Looking at the stormy Aegean sea from the eyes of Ancient Gods! Was terrifyingly awesome staying under all the thunder bolts...

Teach, Learn, Share

So far so good with the wonderful couchsurfing! I have experienced depths of the cultures that I would otherwise never be aware of... seeing the "home-environment" of the country that I am visiting definitely adds a lot to the taste of travel... Feels so right not to fall into "tourist-attractions" only...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Sweden, Turkey

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