As a passionate traveler, I always have some plans in my mind, and whenever I find a chance, I realize it. The reason why I made a career change (quit teaching at a school and became a flight attendant) after 37 years old was to live a life full of travels and action.

I like hosting people and even showing around if we have time. Individualized messages and request are more sincere. I am not into copy-paste requests. Details and a password are in 'home' section. I suggest reading details about our place and check it on the map as I live nearly 30 km off the city center. But using transportation, easy to reach.

When it comes to introduce myself, Everybody calls me SMILE as I do it most of the time :) after constant travels in my interrail tour in Europe and Balkans and the US for the last years, I m now like a man of wisdom about travelling and will go on travelling more in future. I work as a flight attendant and my schedule can change a lot. That's why I may /may not be suitable when you need it. So, don't hesitate to ask for it ;)

PS: Dear Couchsurfers of istanbul! I ve just moved into a new flat in Bahçeşehir, istanbul and I am ready to host people ;) Welcome :)

IMPORTANT : my place is about 35 km off Taksim Square, the center of istanbul. It takes nearly 75-90 minutes to get to central parts using a bus. The guests should use public transport with transfers. I can walk around the city with surfers when I am not working. My flat is non-smoking area. I am a real fan of CS project which means CS isn't just having a free place but having the CS spirit inside ;) I wanna have surfers who are aware of that fact.

Btw as there are many requests for istanbul, I want the possible surfers to be reading the details here and agree the terms. please include

the password

"Karakartal"

in your requests, otherwise I will have to decline. lets get it started ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

when I was a teacher in van, a south-eastern city near the iranian border of turkey, I met a guy in the same building. he told me about the CS project and he introduced me the United Nations in his flat :)) there were nearly 7 CS surfers from 5 different nationalities :)) it was really good and I started hosting people and revive the CS spirit...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted many people in the city Van, and my hometown kayseri. After all I used Couchsurfing in my Interrail Tour 2012. It was about 34 days and I surfed many people and made many new friends

Interests

Besiktas Football Club (BJK), outdoor sports, playstation, football, meeting new people, Ultimate frisbee, Guitar, Illusions

• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• camping
• nature
• ultimate frisbee
• bicycle
• countries
• drinks
• brewing
• playstation
• planes
• drinking beer
• flight
• beşiktaş

Music, Movies, and Books

Into The Wild (awesome)

acoustic, soft sounds especially relieving camping music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- ate some caterpillars, snake and hedgehog
- toured in Europe by Interrail and Balkans by Hitchhiking
- Camped on an island for 10 days
- Fly around the world as part of my job.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Some simple tricks with coins, camping ideas and places, Turkish expressions and Turkish traditions and also all about teaching stuff :)))

What I Can Share with Hosts

travelling stories and future dreams

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey

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