ABOUT ME
hmm, I talk a lot and sometimes too loud, when I'm tired even more and I start to mix languages. I sneeze a lot and loud too. I worked in the online marketing industry, we helped business with their google adwords campaign. That was pretty interesting and I learned a lot. But besides that i volunteer in an association called "interaktiv Berlin" that helps migrant families which have children with disabilities. They offer different kind of activities and courses, i help whenever they need me.
In February 2018 I had enough of sales and online marketing, sitting 45 hours a week in front of a computer and talked on the phone for hours, I didn't like my job anymore and was unhappy, so I quit. And I will start a 3-year part-time formation to be an educator and worked with kids with disabilities.

Update February 2020: I started the 4th semester of the formation, half school half working, and I am loving it. To quit was the best decision ever.

I like telling jokes. The more it's stupid, the more I laugh. I know stupid jokes, dirty jokes, racist jokes, blonds jokes etc etc. I love to visit the libraries when I visit a new city, go to cafés and eat a piece of cake. The two belong together:) I love pineapple juice, carrot cake and walnut. I was born and raised in France, but my family comes from Turkey. I love Germany and Sweden. I came to Berlin in March 2013 for work. Plan was to stay 6 months, but I'm still here! I had different jobs since then, and i moved 4 times.
When I am free, I spend time with my couchsurfers, but not all the time. I am very flexible. I can do some sightseeing with you or I can bring you to my favorite places ;) It really depends on the person I'm hosting.

PHILOSOPHY

1_Treat people the way you want them to treat you.

2_"one language is worth one person" = bad translation of a turkish expression which originally reads "bir lisan bir insan". not really a philosophy, but I like this saying.

3_there is a reason why the people from your past didn't make it to your future.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCES

I am not into beach/ hotels holidays. I'm very curious to see how locals live, to learn about their habits, try to speak their language... there are just things you can't learn in books and lonely planet books.
And I think this is great that there are so many people who are ready to welcome strangers into their home. When you enter someone's home, it tells a lot about that person. I like that.
I couchsurfed twice in Stockholm and one week in Iceland. And then I hosted for a while when I lived in an apartement with a living room. It was really fun to host all these travellers, I discovered Berlin with them also. But since 2016 I live in a one-room apartment, that's why I host only friends, or friends of friends. but I'd be happy to meet up for a coffee or to do some sightseeings with you.

Interests

For almost three years (since 2014) now I have been volunteering for an association dedicated to children and young people with disabilities from with a migrant background. And now we have also social project going on, which focuses on bringing together siblings and parents of children with disabilities. The project is really cool and I am happy I can be part of it.
If you can read German : https://www.inklusivekulturleben.com/ :)

I like to knit, discover new places of Berlin, to make unique presents for my friends.
I am a cinephile. I have two favorite cinemas in Berlin, where I often go, mostly alone, I'm used to it and I prefer to go alone to the cinema.
I like watching indie movies, dramas, documentaries (I don't get science-fiction). I can go see twice a movie in the same week when I really liked it, or twice the same day to watch two movies.
I like taking pictures and showing pictures of my nephews and nieces to people. My apartment is full of pictures of my family and friends.
I like photo exhibitions, statues and modern art.

I like wandering in Berlin, walking around and discovering new places, parks, cafés, bookshops. But i have also my favorite coffee place where I go more often when i have visitors.

just in case you want to bring chocolate; first of all, you don't need to, secondly, check the ingredients (no alcohol and no gelatine) Thank you !

Music, Movies, and Books

I like movies of Martin Scorsese, Coen brothers, Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Nuri Bilge Ceylan (all of his movies are great), Fatih Akin (german/turkish movie director)
one of my favorite movies:
Lars and the real girl. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/
--> the movie that made me realize that Ryan Gosling really is a great actor.

En som deg : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275861/
a finish-norwegian love drama that starts in Istanbul and takes you to Oslo, Helsinki and ends in Berlin.

every movie of Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Goodfellas by Scorcese and most of his movies

Almanya, Willkommen in Deutschland : an authentic drama-comedy to watch if you want to know more about the turkish immigrants life in Germany.

Books: favorite book is The museum of innocence by Orhan Pamuk, "The strangeness in my mind" is his best book of all time. Every sentence of Orhan Pamuk is worth reading!
I read mostly nordic authors (icelandic on top), author from the middle-east, from Iran such as Chahdortt Djavann.

Music :
Florence and the machine
Olafur Arnalds
Moses hightower
Junius Meyvant
Emiliana Torrini
Of monster and men
And other icelandic musicians
Kazim Koyuncu (turkish singer)
...
I like going sometimes to b-flat jazz club in Berlin, I like soul music, electro etc. it depends on the mood I guess. So I won't judge a person because of his/her taste in music :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In Dec 2009 I spent one week in Lapland, north of Sweden. We saw the ice hotel, I made dogsled and drove a snow mobil in Kiruna. We saw a herd of reins in the middle of nowhere in the north of artic circle. I felt like being in a white heaven. It was amazing! I still can not believe I was there. It was magical.
Second thing I guess would be when I went to a wedding in the top of a mountain in Turkey (where I come from), the village is really at high altitude. The road was dangerous and very very curvy. There were about 15 small bus driving. Women were afraid to die and prayed the whole time. I can't help wondering how they managed to build a village so high and so far away from everything. Memorable wedding :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: how to cook turkish rice :) speak French.
Learn: to knit (I'm a beginner). I'm proud to say that I knit a cover for my nephew. It's very relaxing. but I'm not expert, I still have to improve.
and at last but not least I have to learn how to ride a bike !
UPDATE : I did it !! in May 2018 and I learned how to ride a bicycle !!! thanks to Bikeygees.org This was my big challenge, check on youtube BIKEYGEES e.V. - history and interview with new cyclists 2018 you might see me and hear my terrible accent in German. But I challenged myself and I succeeded. This feels great. Please follow bikeygees on instagram, share and support. it's non-profit organisation.

Share : time, my laugh, my optimism, good mood.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Time, my home, the food in my fridge and what I cook if you like it.
i can give some tips on free things or good things to do in Berlin :)
my happy vibes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Sweden