I am a teacher living in Istanbul currently. I am an energetic and admirer person who is into learning new cultures&traditions and meeting new people, ways of living, learning their stories and also sharing mine.
There is a saying in Turkey : “The differences(in races, religions, traditions, gender differences etc.) are our richness” . I totally agree and try to live my life by getting something different that I believe will make me personally richer and extend my point of view.

🙌🙌The idea of meeting people who live in different parts of the world with different cultures, learning from them&sharing with one other is just amazing. I love diversity and get lost in exploration of this diversity. Couchsurfing gives you this chance and also the opportunity to experience the city like locals do. I had this chance while experiencing my first interrail and I loved it.

I can host travelers when I am available and join or tell them some tips to explore Istanbul. Actually I don’t like last minutes requests since I have a daily routine of doing exercises & yoga, cooking, having friends & relatives or meeting friends, but I can accept last minute requests only in case I may be available.

My route for traveling has changed a lot during Virus process. I’ve learned to adapt myself to new rules of the countries and build new plans accordingly. Unfortunately I also had to change many plans containing some dream countries and cities because of virus but still looking forward to realizing them:) And I am quite thankful and grateful for what I could do untill now🙏

👉👉And please don’t send requests or texts in purpose of dating. My being on this platform is so precious and beyond those aims. So I need to make it clear.

My instagram account: m.nupelcekin

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

love to travel, experience new cultures and meet new people, learn about all that is new to me. Precisely to connect the locals. And I love to share my culture with my guests too. To connect to locals. So I think Couchsurfing will be a good opportunity to experience what I am looking for

Interests

Movies, books, traveling and fitness, yoga

• culture
• books
• fitness
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• nature
• stories
• teaching languages
• family
• meeting new people
• hanging out
• people's stories
• sunsets
• sharing stories
• sunrise
• having fun
• learning new cultures
• sharing experiences
• fairness

Music, Movies, and Books

I like almost all of music genres except rap music. I am terrible about singing but I love listening to music and learning about different types of music from people I meet.

Of all my favorite hobbies are reading & watching movies.I really love both. I’ve read many books and watched many movies but I can just write a few of them. We can talk about the rest when you come :)

Books
The Waves - Virginia Woolf
Under the Western Eyes - Joseph Conrad
Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevski
King Lear & Machbeth - Shakespeare
Animal Farm & 1984 - George Orwell
Wuthering Heights -Emily Bronte
Bastard of Isntanbul - Elif Shafak
Homo Deus & Spaiens - Yuval Noah Harari
Books of Zülfü Livabeli
Books of Orhan Pamuk
Little Prince - Antoine de Saint -Exupery
The kite Runner & A thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
The Stranger- Albert Camus

Movies
Incendies
Paths of Glory
Breaking the Waves
Dead Poets Society
Amedeus
21 Grams
Casualties of War
Apocalypse Now
The color of Paradise
The hateful Eight
Old Boy
The Chorus
Into the wild
Moonlight
It is only the end of the world
Beast of No nation
A hidden life
Force Majure
Laurence Anyways

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did paragliding in the most amazing place ( ölüdeniz-Mugla ), dived in Red Sea, swam with colorful fish, did safari in deserts, ate snails in Morocco which I would never think about to do :) I was at the Puskás Arena in Budapest to watch Coldplay live Show. It was literally spectacular!! I watched a trio music and a couple flamenco show in historical Palau De La Musica Catalans in Barcelona and next ones are on the way :)

Teach, Learn, Share

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
Rumi

“ Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
Frida Kahlo

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
Anita Desai

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
Helen Keller

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer my time and energy, my stories, a place to stay when I am appropriate and give some tips about exploring Istanbul. I can cook some Turkish foods as well :) In addition to my kindness, open minded, helpful, flexible personality

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey