Me and my husband Berk are medical doctors who live in Izmir, Turkey. I am doing my residency in Surgical Pathology and Berk is a Forensic Meidicine specialist. I got the travelling bug when I lived in the United States for a year as an exchange student with a great host family. I met a lot of people from all around the world in my exchange year and have been trying to visit as many places as possible since then. I met Berk the second year of med school and since then he has been my best travel buddy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We love to travel the world and learn new cultures and languages as much as we can. Also we believe that meeting with people from other cultures expands our vision of life.

Interests

We are friendly and world citizens. We love meeting new people all the time. We are MDs, so I love everything about medicine. Other than that I am a competing athlete, I am a swimmer, a volleyball player and a basketball player. Berk used to be a professional volleyball player. Doing sports is one of the most important things in our lives.
We are wannabe-globetrotters, trying to visit as many places as possible one by one. Travelling and learning new cultures is my greatest desire. We travel as much as our professions let us (It's usually hard to get vacation days when you're a doctor)

We love photography, we have been sharing our captures from all over the world with everyone.

I am interested in learning new languages on my own and travelling makes it a lot easier.

• culture
• photography
• yoga
• athlete
• traveling
• music
• sports
• basketball
• volleyball
• swimming
• languages
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Game of Thrones, Grey's Anatomy, Lord of The Rings, Star Wars.
I love listening to all kinds of music as long as it matches my mood. Bob Marley, The Beatles and Tracy Chapman are my favorites.
I am a book worm. I try to create time to read all kinds of novels. I'm a huge fan of Jean Christophe Grange and Jodi Picoult.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being an AFSer; living with a host family for a whole year in the US when I was only 17.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am currently learning Spanish and taking some yoga classes. I find the spiritual life interesting after my visit to Thailand a couple years back.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am very talkative when it comes to conversations, I can share my experiences in travelling, Turkish culture, medicine, sports, music. Berk is usually the quite one, however he has the ability to interact better with people who doesn't speak English.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States