I am in Leuven for thesis research until February 2019 and trying to understand why there's even a country called Belgium.
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I believe, living in the same city for all my life together with the fact that having a profession which is all about cities plus being able to name my biggest pleasure to observe people made me grow magnificent contradictions. Therefore, I'm spending them one by one on ice-cream, Nicholas Cage movies, cheap flights, bar corners, history books, Japanese synthpop etc.

I've been working on various projects from heritage management of an ethic group in central Anatolia to planning solar farms, from archaeological sites in Caria to excavation sites in Hungary. Recently, I'm in a break to write my thesis on movie theaters and to wish for an aquarium full of fishes which will die in a month.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm kind of a latecomer on Couchsurfing -not sure why?! Anyway, Here I am willing to be the local for wanderers and hoping to be welcomed by locals with my wanderlust (chessy but true)

Music, Movies, and Books

Well, let's not turn this section into veterans memorial wall and confine ourselves to 3 candies for each;

Yo La Tengo, Can, Scott Walker (for more https://www.last.fm/user/Peiruza)
Hana-Bi, Vampire's Kiss, Sans Soleil (for more https://mubi.com/users/237887)
James Baldwin, Georg Simmel, Hugo Pratt (for more https://come_see_mybookshelves)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in a foreign country for a year and not learning the language at all. Quite amazing...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd like you to introduce a Turkish term here "Maymun İştahlı". Exact and meaningless translation would be "monkey appetite" means a person who has endless interests but very little focus to make a way. I'm one of these folks so...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Poland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Turkey