Hello everyone! My name is Osman Yücedağ. I am a 25 years old traveller. I am an advertising master degree student.

I was born in and from Nazilli/Aydın. My family lives in Nazilli/Aydın ( the city in the South west of Turkey),
Aegean Region. I have two sisters. My father is a Turkish cook, My mother is a housewife.

I have been living in Istanbul for about 9 years. I am a Public Relations and Publicity graduate at University.
I'm studying Advertising master degree at Marmara University in Istanbul city. I wrote a master's thesis about Influencer Marketing. And at the same time I also study Sociology another University.
My working period in creative advertising agencies in Istanbul is over.

*** I moved from Istanbul and now I live in Denizli. I have been living in the Aegean Region since 2020. I will be near these cities; Aydın, Denizli, İzmir. I finished my studies and work in Istanbul and decided to live in the city where I was born for a new beginning. Now I work in the field of Corporate Communications.

We have a dream to visit the world with my girlfriend. We traveled with my girlfriend now most of the beautiful city of our country (Turkey). And at the same time we traveled to 15 different countries of Europe by doing an interrail with my girlfriend. After we finish our European tour with my girlfriend, we want to visit the Far East countries. And after that we want to visit South America with my girlfriend. We have been with my girlfriend for 9 years; and my girlfriend's name is Damla, she is a preschool teacher. We are a sweet couple, very harmonious, friendly, funny, loving, hospitable, loving to travel.

I most cities in Turkey traveled. The cities my visited in Turkey;

> The Marmara Region of Turkey:

İstanbul European Side:
Fatih; Sultanahmet, Eminönü, Sirkeci, Beyazıt, Kapalı Çarşı,Gülhane, Laleli, Aksaray, Yenikapı, Topkapı, Balat, Fener, Zeyrek,
Sarıyer; Kilyos- Kumköy, Zekeriyaköy, Rumeli Feneri, Garipçe, Rumeli Kavağı, İstinye, Kireçburnu, Tarabya, Hacıosman, Yeniköy, Maslak, Ayazağa, Emirgan, Baltalimanı,
Beşiktaş; Rumeli Hisarı, Aşiyan, Etiler, Bebek, Levent, Zincirlikuyu, Arnavutköy, Kuruçeşme, Ortaköy,
Beyoğlu; Taksim, İstiklal, Kabataş, Tophane, Karaköy, Şişhane, Haliç, Kasımpaşa, Galata, Hasköy, Sütlüce,
Şişli; Mecidiyeköy, Nişantaşı, Maçka, Osmanbey, Harbiye, Feriköy, Bomonti, Garettepe,
Silivri, Büyükçekmece; Kumburgaz, Beylikdüzü, Avcılar, Esenyurt, Küçükçekmece, Bakırköy; Florya, Yeşilköy, Ataköy, Bahçelievler; Yenibosna, Şirinevler, Zeytinburnu, Güngören; Davutpaşa, Esenler, Başakşehir, Kağıthane, Eyüp; Feshane, Ayvansaray, Pierre Loti, Bayrampaşa.

İstanbul Anatolia - Asian Side:

Beykoz; Riva, Anadolu Feneri, Poyrazköy, Anadolu Kavağı, Kanlıca, Çubuklu, Paşabahçe, Anadolu Hisarı, Kandilli, Küçüksu, Polonezköy,
Üsküdar; Çengelköy, Kuleli, Beylerbeyi, Kuzguncuk, Kız Kulesi, Harem, Çamlıca,
Kadıköy; Haydarpaşa, Moda, Göztepe, Kalamış, Caddebostan, Suadiye, Bostancı,
Maltepe; Küçükyalı, Ataşehir, Ümraniye, Pendik, Kartal, Şile, Tuzla, Sancaktepe, Sultanbeyli.
Prince's Islands-Kınalıada, Burgazada, Heybeliada, Büyükada.

Yalova; Armutlu, Kocaeli; Gebze, Darıca, İzmit, Körfez, Bursa; Mudanya, Gemlik, Nilüfer, Görükle, Kumla,
Çanakkale; Gelibolu, Eceabat, Seddülbahir, Lapseki, Bigalı, Geyikli, Bozcaada; One of the two islands in Turkey's Aegean Sea)

The Thrace cities: Edirne (Keşan, İpsala, Uzunköprü), Tekirdağ (Çorlu, Malkara), Kırklareli (Babaeski, Lüleburgaz)

> The Central Anatolia Region of Turkey:

Ankara; (The capitol city of Turkey) Anıtkabir, Eskişehir (Odunpazarı), Konya (Beyşehir), Kayseri, Aksaray,
Nevşehir; Cappadocia city: Ürgüp, Göreme, Avanos, Uçhisar, Ortahisar, Zelve.

> The Mediterranean Region of Turkey:

Antalya (Belek, Kemer), Burdur (Salda Lake)

> The Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey:

Erzurum, Elazığ, Malatya

> The South East Anatolia Region of Turkey:

Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa (Harran), Mardin (Midyat, Kızıltepe), Batman (Hasankeyf), Siirt (Kurtalan), Şırnak (Cizre)

> The Aegean Region of Turkey:

Aydın; Efeler- Tralleis Anciet City, Nazilli- Mastavra, Harpaz Anciet City, Germencik-Magnesia Ancient City, Sultanhisar-Nysa Ancient City, Söke, Doğanbey- Priene Ancient City, Balat-Milet Ancient City, Didim-Didyma Ancient City, Apollon Temple, Bafa Lake, Kuşadası, Cave of Zeus, Güzelçamlı, Karacasu, Geyre- Aphrodisias Ancient City, Bozdoğan- Piginda Ancient City, Çine-Alabanda Ancient City, Karpuzlu-Alinda Ancient City, Kuyucak, Buharkent, Yenipazar, Koçarlı, İncirliova, Köşk.

Denizli; Laodikeia Ancient City, Pamukkale-Hierapolis Anicent City, Buldan-Tripolis Ancient City, Karahayıt),
İzmir (Selçuk, Şirince, Efes-Ephesus Ancient City, Karaburun, Mordoğan, Gaziemir, Buca, Karşıyaka, Bornova),
Muğla (Marmaris, Akyaka, Kötekli), Manisa, Kütahya, Afyon

>The Blacksea Region of Turkey:

Karabük (Safranbolu), Ordu, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize, Artvin.

My abroad trips; Paris, Lille - France, Bruxels, Brugge, Ghent - Belgium, Amsterdam, Utrecht - Netherlands,
Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden - Germany, Prag - Czech Republic, Vienna, Hallstaat, Salzburg - Austria,
Budapest -Hungary, Bratislava - Slovakia, Ljubljana, Maribor, Bled - Slovenia, Zagreb - Crotia,
Belgrad, Zemun, Niş-Serbia, Pristhine - Kosova, Skopje, Ohrid, Bitola, Struga, Resne - Macedonia,
Komotini - Grecee and more...

Connect people all over the world for inspiring experiences that create understanding, personal growth and trust!

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to do what I do. CouchSurfing puts me in contact with some of the most incredible people from all over the globe. I love meeting new people and learning all about their lives and philosophies. If you've ever met me you may learn that I ask a lot of questions! Travel is clearly important to me but it's about more than just getting to see new places and things, it's about making special connections with people who I have so much to learn from. My hope is to keep on traveling to as many diverse places as I can, meet as many interesting people as possible, and inspire others to do the same.

///>>> I recommendations for people who will visit İstanbul in Turkey <<< ///

>>> There are two airports in Istanbul, One is on the Anatolian side, SabihaGökcen Airport, Another is on the European side, Ataturk airport. And now there is a new airport on the European side, far away, name New İstanbul Airport. There is no metro or bus, no transportation means yet. So it is best to use Havaİst (Shuttle)

From these two airports you can reach the city center by bus (shuttle). The name of this bus is Havataş.
Atatürk Airport-Taksim ticket 15 Turkish liras.
SabihaGökcen Airport-Taksim or Kadıköy ticket 15 Turkish lira.

Another option: subway or state bus or use Uber. Do not take a taxi in Turkey and use!!! Taxi maybe can cheat tourists. Attention! this is Turkey, welcome.

By Subway and Atatürk Airport-Yenikapı directly. And a transfer subway Yenikapı-Taksim // subway ticket 4 Turkish lira.

By state bus (İETT) and SabihaGökcen Airport-Kadıköy directly. Bus number: E10 or E11. and a transfer by using the ferry you can cross the Anatolian side to the European side. Kadıköy- Beşiktaş or Eminönü or Karaköy. // bus or ferry ticket 4 Turkish lira.

Istanbul transport network, useful link: http://www.iett.istanbul/tr/main/pages/yolculuk-haritalari/79

******** Especially, attention to foreign female tourists!!!!!!******************

Turkish men send you a lot of messages, their aim is to sleep with tourist girls. Please be careful. Because, most of them are not good intentions. Men are the same all over the world. Sorry. Women, are safe at the female host house. Some men can be trusted too. Read the references they have. All tourists visiting Istanbul face this problem. Messages from hundreds of men are bad. I am trying to help all the people who visit the my country.
İstanbul is a beautiful city. Taksim area or Sultanahmet area, close to historical and touristic places, You can stay at the hotel. In general, the Turkish people are benevolent, helpful and friendly.

>>> Historical and touristic places to visit in Istanbul:

Videos about Istanbul link:

1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7yqtW4Isec
2- https://youtu.be/6nGoj2TVe2I
3- https://youtu.be/7A1q7v4btbk
4- https://youtu.be/1ZjfT2DCrnk
5- It is a bit difficult to catch Turkish ice cream :) https://youtu.be/WLxE5jF7y7o
6- https://youtu.be/6t-VoZaU3xc
7- https://youtu.be/13kmEG3mWBA
8- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVFxOPswSUw

Istanbul is a very big city, you should visit at least a week to learn it literally. I recommend and you see a few important places of historical and tourist attractions;

Hagia Sophia Museum/ Ayasofya
Chora Museum/ Kariye Müzesi
Topkapı Palace Museum / Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi
Hagia Irene Church Museum / Aya İrini Kilisesi
Basilica Cistern Museum/ Yerebatan Sarnıcı in Medusa Head
Blue Mosque - Sultanahmet Mosque / Sultanahmet Cami
Sultanahmet Square / Sultanahmet Meydanı
Grand Bazaar and Egyptian Bazaar / Kapalıçarşı ve Mısır Çarşısı
Dolmabahçe Palace Museum / Dolmabahçe Sarayı Müzesi
Istanbul Yıldız Palace Museum / Yıldız Sarayı Müzesi
Ciragan Palace / Çırağan Sarayı
Beylerbeyi Palace Museum / Beylerbeyi Sarayı Müzesi
Khedive Pavilion Palace / Hidiv Kasrı
Istanbul Archaeological Museum / İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi
Tiled Kiosk - Cinili Kosk Museum / Çinili Köşk
Istanbul Naval Museum / İstanbul Deniz Müzesi
Galata tower and Galata Bridge / Galata Kulesi ve Köprüsü
Taksim Square and İstiklal Street / Taksim Meydanı ve İstiklal Caddesi
Maiden's Tower / Kız Kulesi
Istanbul Modern | Istanbul Museum of Modern
Pera Museum / Pera Müzesi
Salt Galata Museum and Salt Beyoglu Museum / SaltGalata ve SaltBeyoğlu Müzesi
Pera Palas Hotel Museum / Pera Palas Oteli
Grand Hotel de Londres, Istanbul / Büyük Londra Oteli
St. Antoine Church / Sent Antuan Kilisesi
Eyüp Sultan Mosque / Eyüp Sultan Cami
Pierre Loti Hill and Golden Horn / Pierre Loti Tepesi ve Haliç
Suleymaniye Mosque/ Süleymaniye Camisi
Eminonu New Mosque / Eminönü Yeni Cami
Fortress of Seven Towers (Yedikule) Museum / Yedi Kule Zindanları
Rumeli Fortress Museum / Rumeli Hisarı
İstanbul Harbiye Military Musuem / Harbiye Askeri Müzesi
İstanbul Bosphorus and Bosphorus Bridge / İstanbul Boğazı ve Boğaziçi Köprüsü
Garden&Park: Gülhane Park, Atatürk Arboretum, Taksim Gezi Park, Emirgan Park, Maçka Park, Yıldız Park
Panorama 1453 History Museum / Panorama 1453 Müzesi
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum / Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi
Great Palace Mosaic Museum / Büyük Saray Mozaikleri Müzesi
Miniaturk, Miniature Turkey Museum / Miniatürk
Rahmi Koç Museum
Sadberk Hanım Museum
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Borusan Contemporary Museum

Electricity: The main voltage is 220V and 50Hz Central European type wall socket(two-pin plugs) is standard in Turkiye.
Mobile Phones: The major GSM operators in Turkiye are Turkcell, Vodafone, TürkTelekom. You can use ur mobile in Turkiye if ur provider has enabled international roaming.However if u intend to stay for a long time, it may be preferable to buy a local pre-paid SIM Card. Take ur phone and ur passport to a Turkish mobile phone shop. Country Code : +90
Museums : Most Museums and palaces are open everyday except Mondays! Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesday instead of Mondays, Dolmabahce Palace is closed Mondays &Thursdays, Chora Church is closed on Wednedays!
Post Office Services: Major Post Offices are open from 8:00-00:00 Monday to Saturday and from 9:00 to 19:00 on Sundays. Smaller offices are open from 8.30-12.30 and rom 13.30-17.30 and maybe closed at weekends.
Time: Local time is equal to GMT +2 hours. Same time zone all over the country.

Emergencey : 112
Police : 155
Water: Bottled water is recommended, which is readily and affordably available. Do not drink water from the tap in Istanbul, the taste is very bad.

***
-The famous Trojan Wars took place in Western Turkiye Truva town, only 4-5 hours far from Istanbul by bus.
-Ephesus and Halicarnasus , two of the most famous places of the ancient world, are both in Turkiye.
-Julius Cesat proclaimed his celebrated words , "Veni,Vidi,Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered) in North Anatolia when he defeated the Pontus, a formidable kingdom in the Black Sea Region of Turkiye.
-St. Nicholas, also known as Santa Clause, was bornin Demre, on Turkiye's Mediterranean Coast.
-Virgin Marry's house where she spent her las days, situated on the top of Bulbul Dag (Ephesus), is considered as a holy place for all religions.
-UNESCO declares Pamukkale and Zelve Open Air Museum as world heritages.
-The millenium stone at Sultan Ahmet Square in Istanbul was the zero meridian point of the world once upon a time.
-The worlds greatest amphora and glass collection (The Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology) is in Bodrum Castle. In my Home Town :)
-The Best preserved Roman Theater is located is located in Aspendos Antic City, Antalya.
-The first Univercity in History is in Harran, south-east of Turkiye.
-The Europe's largest wooden building in in Princes Islands, half an hour far from Istanbul by ferry.
-Tunel Underground Funicular, is the second oldest underground metro of the world after the London Metro.
***

PHILOSOPHY

Life is good, but since we could just as well make the best out of it. So have fun and make the world a better place by spreading happiness. I believe that life is a string of experiences. We can strive for frequent, intense and diverse experiences. In the end, I think this is all we'll have.

I'm very interested in people and I've been told I'm good at helping people feel more comfortable and connecting in a way where we can all open up about ourselves. Making meaningful connections with people is important to me. My favorite thing to do is learn. I love learning about people, cultures; anything really different. I'll usually listen to an audio lecture about philosophy, sociology, anthropology, anatomy/physiology or cosmology.

I love the food very much, it is very taste to prepare meals and do nice things. I prepare a very nice Turkish breakfast and Turkish style meats, cocktails. My girlfriend makes very nice Turkish desserts, soups, good foods. We also chat about Turkish culture and places we visit. Together with us, you can learn a lot about Turkey. You can learn our road experiences and our stories. We can teach you useful Turkish basic words.

We like to play games; play Monopoly, Tabu, The Chess, Scrabble, Jenga, Twister, Uno, Risk...

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Surfing - Hosting - Sharing - Learning - Teaching - Traveling !

Discover new cultures and learn from the locals we will explore. To meet new people. To be a guest of the country culturally with every country.

Interests

• animals
• culture
• folklore
• architecture
• street art
• photography
• music festivals
• cooking
• walking
• traveling
• cars
• drawing
• music
• outdoor activities
• sports
• swimming
• extreme sports
• art history
• communications
• history
• social science
• sociology
• adventure travel
• parks
• travel
• food
• cinema
• nature
• football
• tea
• storytelling
• couchsurfing
• national parks
• street food
• outdoors
• museums
• landscape architecture
• games
• advertising
• local history
• world history
• bycicle
• art museums
• writer
• nature walks
• having fun
• street photography
• public speaking
• speaking
• speaking english

Music, Movies, and Books

My Favorite Movies: Into The Wild, Wild, Motorcycle Diaries, Tracks, The Bucket List, 12 Angry Men, Back to the Future, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Matrix, The Godfather, Rocky, Mad Max, Fight Club, Forrest Gump, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Goodfellas, The Usual Suspects, Shichinin no samurai, Amelie, La vita è bella, Cinema Paradiso, Léon, Interstellar, Intouchables, The Pianist, The Shawshank Redemption, Memento, Scarface, Reservoir Dogs, Requiem for a Dream, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Beautiful Mind, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Truman Show

Turkish Director and Filmmaker: NURİ BİLGE CEYLAN
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia, Winter Sleep, Three Monkeys, Clouds of May, Distant, Climates, The Small Town, Cocoon...

Orson Welles, Christopher Nolan, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Fred Zinnemann, Ingmar Bergman, Andrey Tarkovski, Federico Fellini, Francis Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Woody Allen, Ridley Scot, Roman Polanski, George Lucas, David Fincher, Coen Brothers, Wachowski Brothers

The best TV series I've seen: Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Seinfeld, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Black Mirror, Spartacus, The Wire, The Sopranos, South Park, The Office, The Coupling, Battlestar Galactica, Fringe, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, Westworld, Cosmos, Sense8, Narcos, Vikings, Mr.Robot

My Favorite Books: 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, Martin Eden, Le Petit Prince, O Alquimista, The Catcher in the Rye, Il nome della rosa, Ender's Game, Im Westen nichts Neues

Turkish Writers: Yaşar Kemal, Orhan Pamuk, Sabahattin Ali, Hasan Ali Toptaş, Yusuf Atılgan, Tevfik Fikret, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Halide Edip Adıvar, Nazım Hikmet Ran, Attila İlhan, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Oğuz Atay, Orhan Kemal, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu,

Dostoyevski, Puşkin, Gogol, Moliere, Tolstoy, Anton Çehov, Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Mark Twain, Stefan Zweig, John Steinbeck, Hemingway, Gustave Flaubert, Sabahattin Ali, Gabriel Garci Marquez, Herman Melville, Victor Hugo, Jack London, Thomas Mann, Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos...

My Favorite Music: Jazz, POP, r&b, blues, classic music. Turkish, Spanish and French musics.

Turkish Singers: T A R K A N

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Negotiating with people in countries where I do not know any language. To negotiate, talk and hitchhike with people in a country where I do not know any language. We take our backpacks and travel around the countries we have never known.

Teach, Learn, Share

// I can teach breakfast preparation. I can teach creative writing. I can teach painting. I can teach you to take pictures. I can teach you simple words in Turkish.

// I can share my food. I can share my memories. I tell you the cities I see and travel to. We can talk about cultural differences.

// I would like to learn the history and culture of the country you live in. I can learn simple words from your language.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My life experience, foods and drinks and more...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey