I promised my self to be brave what it comes to listening my inner voice, no matter how scary it sounds. That's what I have been doing. So far that brought my love and peace with myself and with universe.

I am an artist and PhD researcher who recently based in Lisbon. I am from Turkey. I love that all people are soooo different! That is where I belong: our differences. This idea of the 'other' and 'otherness' interests me quite a lot. And it's part of my project and research topic.

I am happy to meet different people, culture, language, food and stories. I am doing a photography project where I tell the story of the 'other'. It is a big topic but it's very important part of what I do. And I am a guest in this world eager to experience the world.

I believe if we invest more into 'being' then 'having' we will be more happy.

What I do: www.sinemtas.com

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

I believe in human. Everyone has a story, knowing their names does not mean we know them unless we know their stories. I think life is a learning process, there are a lot ways of learning. Reading, travelling, seeing, experiencing, feeling and listening. And couch surfing definitely serves these in many ways.

I am in couch surfing first because it was a very economical way of travelling. Then I continued with it, because I had amazing friendships after many years that started during the experience of couch surfing. It is safe and it brings amazing people to my life.

Centres d'intérêt

Camping, traveling, eating, drinking, reading, watching, listening, stories, listening people, Kick boxing, krav maga, dancing, music, leaving my confort zone...

• books
• photography
• film making
• dancing
• bollywood dancing
• vegetarian
• yoga
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• scuba diving
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• martial arts
• stories
• kickboxing
• scubadiving
• krav maga
• afro dance
• director

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

BOOKS

Books of Saramago, Night Train to Lisbon, Communist Manifest, Abluka, Sis ve Gece, Gülünün Solduğu Akşam, Birgün Tek Başına, The Iron Heel (Demir Ökçe), Alamut, The Princess of Eboli, Shame Over, Animal Farm , Patasana, Media Control, Little Prince, Meu Pé de Laranja Lima, The Alchemist.

MOVIES

Into the Wild, The Square, Mona Lisa Smile, Pleasantville, Mustang, The Revenant, 3 Idiots, Black, Winter Sleep, The Life of David Gale, Temple Grandin, La Haine, Patch Adams, Heat,City of God, Hotel Ruanda, Amistad, John Q, Seven Pounds, The Hang Over, Titanic, Yes Man, 21 Grams, V For Vendetta, Derailed, Exiles, Scent of A Woman, American History X, Frida, Olimpo Garage.

SERIES

Dark

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I quit my boring job! (Many times indeed)

I followed my instinct!

I fell in love with an amazing man!

I jumped from a plane! and did bungee jumping in U.S.A., and scuba diving in Boca de Inferno!

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

Portuguese Pastel de Nata and a lot of stories! Stories of people that I met during my travels, inspiring stories that I interviewed for my photography project, and my own story from Turkey to Portugal, and following my path and my inner voice. And I will be more then happy to listen theirs!!

Pays que j'ai visités

Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United States

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Germany, Morocco, Portugal, Turkey, United States