I was born in a small Turkish village in Bulgaria and moved to Turkey when I was 7. I lived in Istanbul, studied in the capital, Ankara, taught in Izmir at a university for 8 years, also lived in Rize, not far from Georgia in the Northeast, then lived and taught in Kuwait for 6 years at a university there, then back to Turkey. I like breathing exercises, walking, good conversation, literature, poetry, yoga, Chigong, cold showers, table tennis.