Hello, My name is Kaan Direkli. I was born in Istanbul in 2010. I finished primary school at 'Anafartalar Primary School' and 'Zekeriyaköy Primary School' (2020). I finished Middle school at 'Sarıyer Doğa College' (2024). In September 2024, my family and I moved from Istanbul to Dublin. I am currently studying in Ireland. My goal is to become a good software engineer and study Artificial Intelligence (AI) at 'Trinity College Dublin'.
I loved the city of Dublin and its people, I saw that people are warm and friendly just like in Istanbul. I think my education life will be productive thanks to this warmth of the city.
I aim to become a good software engineer. That's why I am trying to do my best by studying my lessons in a disciplined way in order to graduate from my school with honors.
I love chatting and hanging out with my friends. I enjoy learning new things. I started coding as a hobby 4 years ago and gained a good deal of experience. I enjoy coding software. I attended many online trainings to improve myself in software. I have been coding for about 3 years and I have 4 coding certificates that I received at different times.
My other hobbies are that I have been playing the violin for about 4 years and I feel happy when I play the violin. In addition to the violin, I play the flute and kalimba as a hobby. I occasionally participated in solo activities in my school's orchestra in Turkey. I love watching musicals and listening to live orchestras.
Sports are an important part of my life. Swimming, running, cycling and triathlon are the sports I enjoy the most. I was actively participating in triathlon races until the pandemic. Then I became an athlete in the Istanbul Technical University swimming team for about 4 years. I developed swimming styles in butterfly, freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. My sports life continued like this until I moved to Dublin. I continue to run and exercise in the park near my house on weekends in Dublin. I feel happy when I exercise.
In addition to my native Turkish, I am trying to improve my English and Russian languages. I also started learning Irish in the school that I'm currently attending, but don't expect anything yet :)
I like doing sports. I have been doing sports since I was 5. I have been doing various types of sports like basketball, football, volleyball, swimming, triathlon, jogging, ping pong, badminton and more. I also like doing sports with friends.
I love travelling, discovering is fun. I travelled a lot of cities in Turkey, and some other countries like Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and more. I visited the cities Bursa, Edirne, Bolu, Antalya, İzmir, Muğla and more in Turkey.
I love cooking, but I prefer eating rather than cooking :)
I love playing games in my free times, it makes me feel nice after studying because playing games without studying makes me feel like I'm wasting my time.
Like I said above I love making/listening to music, and I have a few musical instruments that I currently play now, such as the violin.
