Hello, I am Özgül. I was born in Zonguldak. After university, I started to live in İstanbul. I work in Kadıköy Anatolian High School as a physics teacher. At the same time I am a doctorate student in Philosophy Departmans of Kocaeli Universty. I like my job, especially my students. I'm also a member of Teachers Union( EGITIM-SEN). I spend considerable time outside the school involving in the community for women rights. (Socialist Feminist Collective SFK )
I have five sisters, four of them also live in İstanbul.
I like visiting different countries, meeting different culturies.
I'm interested in philosophy, feminism, marxism and quantum physics.
I like reading detective story,
I want to say last thing; I had a cat, its name was Voss. Unfortunatelly It is lost and I miss Voss very much.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My dream is meeting all kind of cultures in earth. I also want to learn daily life in different countries. I don't want to be typical tourist, I want to live like local people during my journey. At the same time I want to learn different languages.
I prefer to stay in cozy home atmosphere rather then cold hotel room.

Interests

cooking, jogging, climbing, science fiction, detective story, politics, feminism, ecological problems, immigrant problems, literature, quantum physics, history, philosophy.

• cats
• literature
• dancing
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• politics
• reading
• rock climbing
• teaching
• history
• languages
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Blues, Jazz, Rock
My favourite directors are Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, David Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, David Fincher.
My favourite authors are John Steinbeck, Dostoyovky, Virginia Woolf, Isabel Allende, Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Eduardo Galeano,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Last year I selected to participate in the High School Teacher Programme (HST2014), which took place at CERN, Geneva.
It was wonderfull, we saw Higgs Boson :)
One more thing; I swam at -15 Celcius in Verçenik Lake, Kaçkar Mountain. I almost frozen but it was wonderfull.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach english, physics, turkish folk dance, kurdish folk dance.
I want to learn spanish, folk dance, cooking local foods.
I can share my room, posters, musics cd, food, I don't know I can share many things.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Firstly I can share my experiences, my house, folk costume etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Colombia, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Mexico, Turkey