Hey,

I am Selman from Turkey. I recently graduated from MA Estonian Studies in Tallinn University in Estonia. I now work in a startup company here. It has been more than 5 years that I live in Estonia. I like to exchange cultures and especially learn about other cultures.

I love volunteering in many different organizations, festivals and events. My volunteering journey started with an Erasmus+ project called European Solidarity Corps(ESC). I was volunteering in a Waldorf Kindergarten in Riga, Latvia for 1 year. I was an Assistant Teacher there and I was organizing some activities and also helping out teachers. It was my first volunteering experience but also it was my first time living abroad away from my country for a long time. But it turned out to be amazing experience for me. That’s how my volunteering journey started. I now volunteer in different youth organizations related to Erasmus+ projects, I volunteer as a firefighter in a local community. Also, I volunteer in many music festivals or sports events during the summer.

About my availability during the week, I mostly work during the day from 9 am to 5 pm. I hope I can manage to host and maybe even show you around the city a little bit when I have some free time during the day or on the weekend. But even if I cannot host you, if I have time, I would be happy to show you the city or even suggest my favorite locations in the city.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would love to meet people from all around the world and learn their cultures and some basic words from their languages. If you also cook something from your country it will be great to see and learn how to cook that food with you. I am always happy to lear new recipes :)

Interests

Hitchiking all around the world, Being in the nature, Yoga, Trekking in the forest, mountains or anything related to nature, Cooking or Baking (specially baking is my favorite), Reading a book, Riding a bike, Watching TV series and movies( if you have a favorite movie or director, I would love to hear that :) )

• culture
• books
• cooking
• movies
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies;
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Ask Tesadufleri Sever (2011)
Brave (2012)
Braveheart (1995)
Despicable Me (2010)
Into The Wild (2007)
Le Concert (2009)
Paris (2008)
The Prestige (2006)

Music;
Baris Manco, Cem Karaca, Kazim Koyuncu, Loreena Mckennitt, Asik Veysel, Apocalyptica

Books;
Stefan Zweig - Chess,
Richard Bach - Jonathan Livingston Seagull,
George Orwell - Animal Farm,
Taskin Tuna - Oku Ama Neyi ,
Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to cook some Turkish food and show something from my region that is Blacksea Region (Northern part of Turkey), If I would have some free time I would show videos or photos from my hometown if you are interested to see. I can recommend and share some Turkish movies if you like to watch them with subtitles. I am doing yoga sometimes and if you like to do some yoga we can do it together :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can try to cook or bake some delicious Turkish meal for you if I and you have some free time. I can teach some Turkish words or I can tell some facts or information about Turkey, show some videos and mention about interesting places to visit.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Latvia, Turkey, United States