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  • 34 references 22 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Turkish; learning German, Spanish
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • CSR
  • master degree in economics
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

explore and enjoy the beautiful LIFE..

ABOUT ME

Thats not easy, honestly who can talk about himself like looking from outside, unbiasedly? According to this, I really believe to be an open-minded person and very thankful to people who criticize me.

I born and grew up in Balikesir which is a nice and small town located on the west part of my country. After high school I moved on and came to Istanbul to study more. I got an economics degree from a reputable university (which can be said in Ivy league of TR) During college years i was really interested in economics so I found myself as an economics club president after a while which also had influanced my whole life. After graduation i started to work for a science magazine as an editor(actually I had a connection while studying). I focused on problems of globalization and developing countries, after 2 and a half year work, and disappointment in master, i went to complete my military obligation. and finally after a short journey (it took a year actually) to New York, now I'm working as a compliance auditor for a british company.

Thats also a tough one, hmmmm, words about me..
happy to meet people all around the world, sharing stories, life experiences or sometimes just a beer(at least:) passion to read and explore, learn from different cultures, discover the diversity(enjoy:), like playing basketball, volleyball, swimming, love music (espically mixture rthyms eastern melodies with western instiruments, and gypsies, and solo guitar, and dancing through the night.. Very friendly with alcahol, like beer, vodka and some coctails but espically love tequila.. ametaur photographer(canon club) and scuba diver... proud to be a professional street walker of istanbul (enjoying loneliness with camera:( :) have an interest for anti global movements, global warming and enviromental issues(member of the nature society of TR) but not a good activist unfortunately. (used to be)

those are the words just spills from mouth instantly, to learn more my friend, my doors are widely open whom thinks alike..

PHILOSOPHY

ancient beliefs of my ancestors
Respect to nature, live friendly with the environment and love all the people..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

my close friend has invited me

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I just enjoyed a lot of good times, I don't know maybe thats my luckiness.. :)

Interests

travelling of course, reading, Photography (viva canon), basketball (was a good player once upon a time:) scuba diving, wines

  • photography
  • dancing
  • environment
  • beer
  • clubbing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • guitar
  • camping
  • scuba diving
  • basketball
  • volleyball
  • swimming
  • business
  • economics
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES ==> HOME, Planet Earth, Zeitgeist, The Fight Club, Amelie, Leon, how i met your mother, The Matrix, Dead Man, City Of God, The Good The Bad and The Ugly,
MUSIC ==> Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse, Omara Portuondo, emma shapplin, goran bregovic, gogol bordello, oi va voi, Loreena McKennitt, secret garden, mor ve otesi, BACH,
BOOKS ==> Paulo Coelho- Zahir, Orwell-1984, Paul Auster- NY3, Amin Maalouf, Jules Verne(seriously all of them) Marx, Jack Krouec

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

road trip around my country (turkey is a pretty huge country, believe me)
NY and Amtrak- east region
camping on very extraordinary places, top of mountians, wildness etc..

Teach, Learn, Share

my expertise on green business, social compliance, ethical trading, and all stuff relating to this issue..
i also worked on the eastern scientists, developing country issues etc..

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States

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