CURRENT MISSION

living the life the best way i can do

ABOUT ME

Made in Turkey:)
I was born & been raised in Izmir, have been living in Istanbul for more than a decade. I work as a wedding photojournalist.
i am also a music journalist, working for some major music magazines, writing interviews & taking concert photos.

Photography has always been a passion in my life, started taking photos of almost everything I find worth to see when I was a teenager. And then it became my profession - so I consider myself as a very lucky person as I love my work;)

I am a dreamer, a traveller and my favourite colour is purple!
I admit that I am a coffee-addict. I can kill for a good cup of coffee (not literally :)) so my favourite places to hang out are nice cafes.

I am also a "fine food" activist. I'm against any crooked industrial agriculture movement. I'm a supporter of Slow Food and TEMA.
i am a metalhead since my early teenage times but it doesn't mean I don't listen to other types; I love jazz, blues and ethnic music as well.
i am quite chatty if you bring any subject i am interested in:)
i reply as " i am human." to the question "who are you?"
i am raised by the people who always tell me to live with the people who are like us and stay away from the ones who are not like us. i ended up the opposite of it.
i discovered that if we ever learn anything in this life we learn it not from those people who are exactly like us, but from those who are different than us.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to teach anything i know, to learn anything i find interesting:) to host if i am avaible, to surf when I'm free and anything else i don't remember to mention now.

Interests

good music (not only metal but rock, jazz and especially ethnic music!)
yoga & pilates
cooking (I'm in for local food)
languages -I'm always eager to learn some idioms or words in another language.
good food - I'm an amateur gourmet ;)

• literature
• photography
• cooking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• agriculture
• history
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

music: ORPHANED LAND, KATATONIA, SENTENCED, disturbed, before the dawn, amorphis, rotting christ,a perfect circle, tool, dream theater, iced earth, in flames, dark tranquillity, moonspell, epica, opeth, paradise lost, children of bodom, empyrium,the cure, agalloch, coldplay, muse, sepultura, mayhem, haggard, blind guardian, tristania, my dying bride, agathodaimon, pain of salvation, iron maiden, lacuna coil, novembre, on thorns i lay, tiamat, amon amarth and many more..

books: moon palace, the little prince, 80 days around the world, the little black fish, don quixote, alice's adventures in wonderland and many more

movies: before sunrise, before sunset, Lord of the Rings, Once, Fight Club, Big Lebowski, Tesis, Amelie, Abre Los Ojos, Trainspotting, Ameros Perros, Snatch, Nightmare Before Christmas, Almost Famous, Arizona Dream and some more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having muslim-Turkish roots & touring the whole Europe for 2 months in a tourbus with Israeli, Greek, Palestinian & French metal bands :) Yeah, I was the only one who couldn't speak my own language so I forced them to speak English when I'm around :) Yet, it improved my Hebrew, Greek, French(that's the hardest by far!) and Arabic :)

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach anything about photography & some samples from Turkish cousine:)
i'd like to learn anything interesting.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd love to exchange food recipes and my kitchen is open to experimental tries ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey

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