Hi everyone! My name is Hakan; I am from Turkey. I lived in Turkey until I was 22 and completed my bachelor's degree there. While studying, I spent five months in Romania for an Erasmus+ exchange semester and traveled to some European countries. After that, I decided to go abroad more often because I loved being in an international environment and knowing different cultures. So, after my Erasmus, I did an interrail trip for 21 days to the Balkan countries. In my last year of university, I did a summer internship in Coimbra, Portugal, and I loved this country. Next year in the summer, I decided to volunteer for an EU project (EVS) in Porto. So I can tell that I am fascinated by Portugal and what it has to offer. In 2018 I moved to Turin, Italy to study for my master's degree, and since then, I have been living there. However, I didn't stop experiencing new countries. I wrote my master's thesis at Leibniz University Hannover in Germany. Among my plans is to move to the Netherlands...

Before starting my new job, I decided to take some time to travel and experience new things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I will be traveling in Portugal for one month with my girlfriend Chiara (22 years old) from Italy; she is studying Pharmacy at the Universidade de Beira Interior in Covilha as an Erasmus student.

We'd be happy to meet new people in Portugal and share our culture and experience!

Interests

• human rights
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• engineering
• history
• food
• cultures

Music, Movies, and Books

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, RHCP
Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Prison Break
The Dispossessed, Fathers and Sons, The Metamorphosis

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experience

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Turkey