I am a medical student in İstanbul who loves to travel and learn.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting new people, getting familiar with different cultures more and having great experiences

Interests

I love learning new languages, cultures. Currently I'm trying to learn Spanish.

I enjoy going to theatres and operas.

I love history (especially Medieval era and WWII). I would love to make conversations about history.

I'm playing drums and hope to play in a band in the future.

I am interested in playing/watching in basketball and a fan of Golden State Warriors. Go Warriors!

I like football and support Galatasaray.

I'm making research in the field of drug design and have three published paper and two patent applications ;)

• culture
• design
• traveling
• drums
• cycling
• basketball
• soccer
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Avenged Sevenfold, Epica, Queen, Dragonforce, Blind Guardian, Arctic Monkeys, Maroon 5, Sting, Guns N' Roses, Coldplay, System Of A Down, and many other singers/bands.

I also enjoy classical music and operas.

Movies: The Lord of the Rings/Hobbit (of course!), 12 Angry Men, Star Wars, Leon, Whiplash, Gladiator, The Prestige, Braveheart...

Books: Crime and Punishment, Dan Brown's books, Robinson Crusoe, Russian classics and some Turkish novels such as Kürk Mantolu Madonna

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycling across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and nearly missing the plane

Teach, Learn, Share

I am willing to share whatever knowledge you're interested in... Basically I like to learn (about) everything that arouses my curiosity (which is a lot). I believe I can learn something from everybody!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach Turkish and our culture, or share my memories from my past travels.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States