Well, my name is İbrahim, but everyone calls me İbo as it is easier, and I like it. I was born in Fethiye – probably one of the best cities on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey – in 1988. I started to study Public Administration at Akdeniz University in Antalya in 2006. During all my university life, I tried to take participation in international challenges and organizations. I worked for AIESEC – an international organization which is run completely by university students and offers personal development and internship programs – between the year 2006 and 2009. I left the organization in 2009 as I wanted to have an Erasmus experience. I studied Cultural and Social Sciences as an Erasmus student at European University of Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany in the year 2010. I came back to Antalya and completed my origin study in the year 2011.

Following my graduation, I moved to İstanbul and started to work for Yemeksepeti.com – Turkey’s number 1 online food ordering portal – but I had to leave my work in order to complete my army duty. After army, I started to work for Çelebi Ground Handling Co. – Turkey’s first private and one of the biggest ground handling companies – and I still work for them. I have worked in many different positions from field to back office. I work as Key Account Assistant Manager now. My real workplace is İstanbul actually, but since I have chance to work remotely, I live and work in Antalya.

I am a quite easy-going and multi-cultural person thanks to all my international experiences, and I can keep up almost with everyone within the scope of respect.

So, if you are planning to visit Antalya, do not hesitate to contact me. It is not only about surfing but also about any kind of help.

Please read my rules below and profile carefully before sending a request to me.

️ Requests without messages will unfortunately not be accepted in any circumstances. Please tell me why you decide to choose me to send a request. Be sure that I read all of them carefully.
️ Last minute requests are not acceptable. Please, consider that I am also a human and can have plans to be realized.
️ Pets are unfortunately not acceptable since I live in an apartment.
️ Please, tell me your arriving day, type of transportation, time, the estimated length of your stay as well as leaving details.
️ I really like cleaning and I am good at it. I respect your own personality and habits, but please give considerable effort to keep your temporary home clean.
️ I have a private room with a double bed. That will be all yours. But if you are really a COUCHsurfer, you can sleep on the folding couch in the living room instead (your life, your choices).
️ You can cook your own meal; I have all equipment.
️ I smoke and sometimes do it inside but be sure that I will not do it in your private room or in common areas during your stay.
️ Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions.

You can have a look at my Instagram profile.

https://www.instagram.com/guendayi/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Well, I met Couchsurfing first in the year 2010 when I was an Erasmus student in Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany, and I found it as a great chance to share cultures. I was mostly surfing since I was travelling all around Europe, but I couldn’t stop myself and started also to host as soon as I was back in Turkey. I had really awesome guests and times. But after I started to work, I couldn’t find enough time for Couchsurfing since I had to change cities quite often. Now, I am settled in Antalya after a long time, work and live here and decided to get into Couchsurfing again.

Interests

Well, I love listening to music as well as making. I play a Turkish instrument which is called “Baglama” for over 20 years. It sounds like Greek Bouzouki. But I started to play clarinet when I was a college student and could not find chance to take care of Baglama, so clarinet is my primary instrument now. I do not play professionally like performing or so on. I mostly make some records. On the other hand, I like audio editing and mixing. I have some examples in my Soundcloud account, you may want to check. You can also have a look at my Spotify list.

https://soundcloud.com/ibrahim-guenday

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lbpUEiegvTXsK7ynIwu4Y?si=ySJjVm49Sju5hXVu6hAkZA

What else, I love being outside jogging, trekking, camping, cycling, swimming and so on. But I also love home and being inside. I send my spare time mostly reading or on Netflix.

When I have free time, I also go hanging out with my friends, sip some drinks next to the sea shore, party if the music suits me.

Music, Movies, and Books

Although my favorite genre is science fiction, I like watching also thrillers and mystery movies. Wow, Spanish thrillers are the best. You should give try. I can say that my favorite movie is The Invisible Guest “Contratiempo”. When it comes to reading, I like academic articles, books about business as well as novels. My favorite writer is still Dan Brown. Nothing to do!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To live!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : I can teach you how to make marshalling for an aircraft and many interesting things about aircrafts that you can not know as a passenger.

Learn : One of my friends taught me to open a beer by using another beer bottle. Another taught me to shake a Zubrowka bottle traditionally by using your hands, arms and head before you open it. Well, I am curious about what you will!

Share : Whole thing!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My home, a part of my life, time, friendship, memories and anything that can be share in scope of respect.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Turkey

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