Hey! It's mee -Ekil. That's how I'd like to be called. I am an undergraduate student at Middle East Technical University, majoring history. Got just one more year to graduate from now(2019). I learned English in U.S. while I was living in sunny San Diego. After seven months in U.S. , I came back to Turkey to complete my education in Ankara where my college is in. I am proudly member of some of the student clubs in the college. Archaeology club is one of them. I became an active member in 2014 and I finally stop counting how many years it has been. Apart from these, I am addicted to all kinds of sports - especially basketball. Used to play for the İnönü High-School team till my meniscus teared. After recovery, I felt that I could not play as hard as I used to. So I changed my mind to go to academy and study history rather than being a professional baller. If that injury did not happen, I would play the game for all my life because I was a white ass Bron (this definition contains a high level of humor). Was hard to accept for me to move on but it is what it is anyways. I'd rather not to say 'in short' about myself since everyone deserves a good amount of time to be discovered like a new planet, but let me try for once. What I can say about me briefly is that I am an energetic, open minded, motivating and sporty guy who loves to give a hand to anyone that is in search of a meaning about life even if there may be no meaning at all. Yeah, go to hell Nietzsche (what kind of a name is this?). Also, when I'm convinced that I find someone who is chill and trustworthy I do what it takes to keep in touch. Hope you're gonna be the (chosen) ONE.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people from other cultures and environments.

Interests

• cooking
• running
• traveling
• woodworking
• country music
• jazz
• blues
• fishing
• camping
• sailing
• basketball
• swimming
• mythology
• forests
• plants
• spearfishing
• archaeology
• nba
• cleaning
• museums
• arabic
• french
• novels
• spanish
• lord of the rings
• clarinet
• time
• fire
• caucasus
• aquariums
• local cuisine
• world war 2
• axé
• turkish coffee
• horror games

Music, Movies, and Books

Writers: Henry David Thoreau, Tolkien, Orhan Pamuk, Leo Tolstoy, Sabahattin Ali, Dostoevsky, Omar Khayyam, Carl Sagan, Mustafa Soykut and Berk Kalaycı.
Music: Folk music from Turkey, Arabia and the Balkans. Also some Chet Baker, B.B. King and Chris Beard.
Directors: Peter Jackson, Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I stopped drinking for three weeks and it was looong.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to make everyone familiar with basketball highlights of NBA seasons starting with ''The Greatest Draft'' of 2003. Been to some games in U.S. Lucky enough to experience something like that before passing away.
Lovin basketball!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Memories are always good to share especially if you like past-time like I do. I can not put some stupid limitations about ''What I Can Share With blabla'' . Can share what I have regardless of any and every cultural limitations.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States