Hello there 🙌
It's Tatul from Istanbul. I am an undergrad history student at the Boğaziçi University. I really love discovery and socializing, so I have been backpacking since I was 14. My favorite aspect of traveling is to witness novel human landscapes, historical heritage and the beauty of nature. I read a lot about history, anthropology and linguistics, I can talk about these endlessly.

My mother tongue is Western Armenian, I speak Turkish at a native level. I was educated in English and French. I am functional in Classical Armenian and Ottoman Turkish. I am currently learning Farsi.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had my first CS experience at the age of 15 through a Facebook group (Turkish couch community is mostly on FB) I have always valued trust towards strangers as an important virtue, and it saved me when I was a clueless kid trying to navigate Turkey.

Interests

All sorts of humanities but mostly Middle Eastern history, genetical anthropology, historical linguistics (mostly Indo-European) and political philosophy.

I enjoy playing games and hanging out in my free time. I rank in the top 100 in TFT Turkish server.

Music, Movies, and Books

***I despise the notion of genre, thus my favorite content of all time is genre-breaking Cowboy Bebop.

I would consider myself a cinema enthusiast, I really like Miyazaki and The Castle in the Sky is my favorite movie of all time. I also rate Wes Anderson and Tomm Moore highly. Here is my letterbox profile, I sometimes write long reviews in Turkish:
https://boxd.it/14uCd

My favorite novel is Eco's Baudolino; I do not like poetry much. Lately I have been thinking a lot about Graeber's The Dawn of Everything -I suggest you to read strongly. I've also read a lot of manga when I was young, a few I still follow on a weekly basis (One Piece for example)

I listen to all sorts of music: currently its mostly psy, dub, drum and bass, phonk, and European rap. My favorite artists are Gorillaz, Haggard, Tame Impala and fka twigs.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am above average in humanities, and especially in the history of Middle East, I am always more than happy to have long sessions of debate.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Iran, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey