CURRENT MISSION

Eternal Traveller

ABOUT ME

Hi !
My name is Leyla . We first moved to Turkey 10 years ago. I was offered a position of an Assistant Professor of ELT at Erciyes University in Kayseri. I got my PhD in Foreign Language Education from the US and lived there for 7 years prior to moving to Turkey.
My husband Aslan is Circassian (Cherkess) from Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria. He is a digital nomad and creates 360 virtual tours for google maps. We have two kids. Our son Marat is 10 and our daughter Mira is 6. They are well-behaved, fully bilingual kids that have been homeschooled all their life.
We love cooking and eating, traveling and spending great time with friends. I am often told that I am a fantastic cook.

PHILOSOPHY

Leave the world better than you found it and always pass it forward.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing, hosting, meet ups, activities, traveling tips.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Mersin, Cappadocia, Izmir, Gaziantep, Ankara and Minneapolis so far.

Interests

Traveling, languages, dancing, cooking, reading, teaching.

• dancing
• education
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

The Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, The Intouchables, The Lives of Others, The Prestige, A Beautiful Mind, Slumdog Millionaire, Shutter Island, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taught at a language immersion camp in the woods of Minnesota.

Teach, Learn, Share

You can learn something from virtually everyone.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking skills, travel storied, language teaching and learning tips

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Russian Federation, Slovakia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Turkey, United States