CURRENT MISSION

Just recently I returned from hitchhiking around the world for 777 days (bit.ly/WorldTourRoute), met a ton of incredible people and had a lot of fun (bit.ly/HalayVideo) :)

Now back home, I became a Socialpreneur starting my own Health & Healing business, an Author writing a trilogy about my life transforming journey and finding my life purpose, a Speaker in the making and a Volunteer for helping kids with a migration background ;)

Blog:
www.gokkusaginotesinde.com

ABOUT ME
Full-time worldtraveller, storyteller & poet, creator of the '7 Petalled Lotus', chapuller & a social movement leader. Incredibly curious about learning anything new...

PHILOSOPHY
Beyond right and wrong, there is a garden. I'll meet you there...
Like sea sparkle, to enlighten the darkest oceans, wave by wave...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet great people, ask them our famous 3 questions, hear their stories and return the favor that I enjoyed during my world tour ;)

Interests

Igniting people to go after their dreams and do great things...

• animals
• poetry
• meditation
• bouldering
• investing
• history
• hitchhiking
• volunteering
• storytelling
• toastmasters
• calisthenics
• vipassana
• vegan cooking
• bitcoin
• nlp
• social movements
• leadership
• public speaking
• cryptocurrency
• writing poetry
• publishing
• reading and writing
• pilgrimage
• socialpreneurism
• priming

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES:
The Man From Earth, God on Trial, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Schindler's List, Istanbul Beneath My Wings, Goya's Ghosts, My Father My Son, Autumn Pains, Contact, The Matrix, Crash, 12 Angry Men, American History X, GATTACA, Agora, Angel-A, The Godfather, OldBoy, Fight Club, V for Vendetta, Ghandi, Dead Poets Society, Memento, ...

BOOKS:
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Wave, The Perfume, Nathan the Wise, Katre-i Matem, Puslu Kıtalar Atlası, Amat, Dangerous Liasons, Living to Tell the Tale, Kurt Seyt ve Shura, Terry Pratchett, As You Thinketh, The Richest Man In Babylon, ...

MUSIC:
Depends on the mood...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Winning my competing friends over to vote for me during the class presidency elections :) (1994)
- Founding an international student association (2007)
- Being born the 3rd time (2010)
- Founding a philosophy club everyone wanted to join, but no one did :D (2010)
- Backpacking to south-eastern Turkey (2013)
- Joining the Gezi Uprising in Turkey (2013)
- Dancing halay on Mt Kilimanjaro (2014)
- Discovered how not to listen to my fears when I wanted to bungee jump at Victoria Falls (2015)
- The colours mixing samba during the carnival in Rio (2015)
- Experiencing an argentinian asado with friends in Cordoba (2015)
- Drinking 2 Terremotos (earthquakes) at pub La Piojera in Santiago (2015)
- A spontaneous pilgrimage out of necessity along Lake Titicaca with a 23kg backpack for 2 days (2015)
- Seeing a burning bull jump towards me out of the sun and becoming one with everything after drinking San Pedro in the Sacred Valley (2015)
- Hiking up to Machu Picchu (2015)
- Ayahuasca ceremonies with a real shaman deep in the Amazon jungle (2015)
- Fishing for piranhas in the Amazon (2015)
- 7 days long boat trip on the Amazon (2015)
- Watching sharks majestically swim next to me in Utila (2015)
- A Revelation about the number 7 (2015)
- Finishing a Quadruple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill (2015)
- Seeing the rays of sun glittering through the crowns of the 3000 year old Giant Sequoia and Redwood trees (2015)
- Walking barefoot over burning coals in Sydney (2015)
- 7 days long journey by car and horse to the Dukha Turks (2016)
- Getting detained by the KGB in Tajikistan for 10 days (2016)
- Doing a 10 Day Vipassana course in Nepal (2016)
- Completing my world tour in 777 days (2016)

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH: The Magic Of 7
LEARN: The 3 questions I ask everyone
SHARE: Great chunks of stories with whipped fun on top and a pinch of inspiration ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

All you need is love...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, United States