I'm trying for that during the last 4 years ...
To achieve my project that "The Bottle Message Friendship"

when I sailing towards overseas:
I write a message, put it into a bottle and
throw the bottle to sea and waiting 2-3 years for responds and new friends who never known...

By this way I find 6 new friends ...

and than ... (this part is surprise section of the project)
So, the real amazing thing will have done at that time ;)

If you find one of my bottles and you glanced over the bottle's inside, it can be good ... ;)

NOW, we can pass to officials part of CV ... :)

I work at the Naval Museum in istanbul.

I travelled more than 40 countries since 2005.
I'm trying to do some researches about history, especially naval history and writing books, articles etc ...

I have being interested in Turkish Art (also known as the Art of Paper Marbling ) and teached this art during 4 years. I did some shows and exhibitions in the other countries as well ...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to make new friendships, new cultures, travelling ...

And I found two nice and new friends through CS ...

Interests

My hobbies are;
Travelling,
Learning something about new cultures,
Practicing Kendo - İaido
Listening Music (mostly Jazz & New Age, Alternative)
Movies (action)
The Ebru art,
Books (mostly the old ones) ... etc.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• movies
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• sailing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Nowadays I read a "inferno" (Dan Brown),
But my favorite book has been writing (after the ten years researching, I hope finish the writing this month) (it's about the history.)

Musics:
I'm opening to all good sounds without discriminate,
and
Jazz & New Age, Alternative, Pop (and Clasicall music when I studying lesson) ...
(Norah Jones - Yanni - Kitaro - Loreena McKennitt - Hans Zimmer - Kato Tokiko - Jennifer Lopez - Hamasaki Ayumi - Beduk ;) of course ...

Movies:
Action movies especially ...

The Last Samurai / Rocky (film series) / Shawshank Redemption / Ame Agaru / Death Note (anime)
Cast Away / Brave Heart / Bourne Triology / Tasogare Seibei / The Dolls / Windstruck / My Sassy Girl / A Remember to Moment / Angels and Demons

(especially Denzel Washington's - Al Pacino's - Tom Cruise's - Mel Gibson's - Tom Hank's - Sanada Hiroyuki's - Jim Caviezel movies ...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I try to achieve my project during the last 4 years that I named "The Bottle Message Friendship"

So, the real amazing thing will have done at that time ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

Marbling Art,
Turkish and Japanese culture
History,
Cultural interests,
and my time ...

What I Can Share with Hosts

All my experiences and ideas ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Angola, Bulgaria, China, Congo, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, France, Gabon, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey