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.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is amazing for meeting lots of new people and for having a rather authentic experience of the place people visit.

I used Couchsurfing many years ago back in Turkey, that account is lost so he and Gülşah started this account from scratch.

Interests

Chigong, yoga, breathing, Reading, poetry, music, chess, writing…

• writing
• poetry
• music festivals
• yoga
• chess
• reading
• music
• swimming
• languages
• hitchhiking
• travel
• stories
• chigong
• cloud gazing

Music, Movies, and Books

Silmarillion, Baudelaire, Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü, Don Quixote, The Catcher In the Rye, Gulliver’s Travels, Howl and Other Poems, Dr Seuss books, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Nietzsche, The Koran, Bhagavat Gita, Orhan Veli Kanık, James Joyce, Osho, T.S. Eliot, Kafka, Oğuz Atay, The Black Prince, The Little Prince.

Nick Cave, Bjork, Tom Waits, She Past Away, Electronic Music, Chill, Meditation, Techno, Ethnic, Jazz, Opera, Sona Jobarteh, Aga B, Cem Karaca, The Doors, Faun, Jabbar, Polo and Pan, Sarah Laundry, Anima, The Prodigy, Real Black Coffee,

Mads Mikkelsen Movies, Jim Jarmush Movies, Gibi, Coen Brothers Movies, One Piece anime, Death Note anime, Roberto Benigni, Natural Born Killers, Little Big Man, Pina, Rumble Fish, The Sheltering Sky, Lars von Trier, The Red Balloon, Midnight Cowboy, Hannibal the Series, Chicago Ten, Fi the series, Chi the series, Gadjo Dilo, La Montana Sagrada, Juliet Binoche, Francois Truffaut, Andrey Tarkovsky, stuff on Netflix, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Alive again today

Teach, Learn, Share

English, German, Chess, Yoga, Astrology, Breathing, Books, Music, events around the city, fireplace and stories on our balcony, laughter, hugs, food, and other things you would like to share :)))))

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach English, I have conversational level German and Bulgarian and can get by in Arabic. I have been practicing yoga and chigong for the last eight years and I would enjoy sharing those experiences, theoretically or by practicing together.

I am kind of learned and interested in astrology so you can have fun conversations about it together. We can go to social events together. We can cook and watch a movie projector.

We can also spend time in my friend’s superbly unique cafe and have a wonderful time enjoying the event together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Oman, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Kuwait, Turkey