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Overview

  • 3 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Turkish; learning German
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Research assistant in STI Innsbruck
  • PhD
  • From Izmir, İzmir, Turkey
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About Me

My first experience of going abroad started in 2012 of October for Erasmus. I went to a city named, Bolzano(German way is 'Bozen') in Italy. I stayed there for a year and of course I did some interrail when I was there. That was a game changer for me. Since then I start wondering other places on earth and also different people from different culture, their way of living and thinking. Its been usually more interesting to me to get to know some people. Since February 2017 I am in Innsbruck and I kinda get attached to hike the mountains. I hosted people unofficially also :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The first time, I heard about couch surfing was a year before I went to Erasmus. There are basically 2 reasons I am on the board. First one; I want to give everyone an oppurtinity to visit where I live and make the world smaller, easy to reach for everyone. I wanted to be a part of the network. Also I want to make the world smaller for me :). The second reason, I want to know people that might be so different than me or typical also but even they are, they are coming from somewhere else so its also interesting :), how they think, how they feel about random things.

Interests

I am definitely interested to computer games, more like RPG(role playing games) , FRP(fantasy role playing) recently. Also chess can be included. I love watching movies, Tv series and -Animes recently-. Basketball and swimming I had been doing it since my childhood. Also last 3 years I learned how to ski, climb ( Bolzano-Alpin effect :))

  • dining
  • clothing
  • movies
  • chess
  • tv
  • guitar
  • surfing
  • skiing
  • basketball
  • swimming
  • mathematics
  • study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

I dont have some sort of Music taste, I like all kinds, usually I dont follow a band, I just picked couple of songs of particular band and usually the famous ones I like. I am more like movie soundtrack guy. Hans Zimmer is one of a kind definitely. I dont know why, but I also like old songs (70's,80's,90's even 60's), somehow they are making me peaceful.

Movies, well, there are bunch of em I like but when the time passes, my taste is also changing. Recently, I am more into European ones, 'Jagten' sits on the top. Pretty famous one but of course I have to mention 'La bella vita' and 'Das leben der anderen' . For US productions, I may say Christopher Nolan movies, moreorless all Leonardo Di Caprio movies, I am big fan of Lord of the Rings more than Star Wars btw, more and more ...

Breaking Bad is one hell of a Tv Show, also Game of Thrones, too. Sherlock, the one that Benedict Cumberbatch acts is pretty good one.

I may talk about animes also . 'Attack on Titan' ( Shingeki no Kyojin) totally got me deeply. Since the time that I watched that anime, I couldnt keep on watching normal Tv Series :) Sword Art Online a bit softer but the idea and RPG thing is awesome. I dont like that mainstream ones which have thousands of episodes. Samurai Champloo , I really had big time fun while I was watching it. There is also funny old one, 'Get Backers', I liked it too. Lately released animes, Boku no hero academia is the top for me now. That YOU SAY RUN soundtrack..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Random Carpe-Diem days :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach programming, Math, Turkish, I am not native speaker but I can teach English for beginners

I am currently doing A2 in German. I want to learn again Italian, also Spanish too, also I'd like to practice English with native ones.

I share my bed, food, clothes, enthusiasm and fun :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my food, clothes, anything I can help, my knowledge and again my enthusiasm and fun :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Italy, Turkey

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