ABOUT ME

I am a graduate student in Stockholm, Sweden. I also studied in the Netherlads for 2 years during my BA. And I am originally from Istanbul, the Republic of Turkey.

Currently, I do my Erasmus exchange in Wroclaw, Poland.

I use only Instagram: kocanalijan

PHILOSOPHY

I think that we do systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think that the life starts when you are out of your comfort zone and it is more meaningful when you share, learn and understand things one to another.

Interests

Gym, Travelling, Running, Camping, Art, Architecture, Cycling, Baruch Spinoza, Jaques Lacan, Buddhism, Micheal Foucault, Franz Kafka, Jacques Derrida, Serif Mardin, Orhan Pamuk, Human Rights, Minority Studies, Media.

• arts
• architecture
• contemporary art
• modern art
• human rights
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• camping
• buddhist
• communications
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I visited all the capital cities of Nordic Countries' modern art museums with my best friend in order to distinguish the similarities and differences about contemporary art in the northern part of Europe.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am trying to learn new languages. Currently, focusing on Swedish and Dutch.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey