V: How it happened that in Turkey you started practicing figure skating?
K: My parents put me into figure skating.  Firstly I wanted to skate in ice hockey, I skated around 1 year. But then I changed my mind and started my figure skating practices at the age of 9. I know it’s pretty late age for beginning. Concerning coaches, I can say that I had a lot of Turkish coaches and also some Russians and one Bulgarian. Then I came to Moscow for trainings, I wanted to improve my skating level and to study for becoming a professional coach. I live there already during one year and my coach is Alexei Tcetveroukhine.

V: Have your parents also practiced some figure skating and why they decided to put you in this sport?
K: No, they did not practice it, but they watched some Russian show on ice and they decided that it’s good sport and that it would be great if I try it. Figure skating is my life now , it’s like my job. Before I moved to Russia, I studied architecture in Turkey, but I did not really feel that it’s my thing. Now when I studying in Sport University, I feel that coaching is exactly my thing!

V: I usually like to ask new people on this site, what is their opinion about current judging system. What can you say about that?
K: Actually it’s not worse than old one. It’s good for skating skills, now choreography is more exciting, but with jumps it’s complicated. Skater can win without difficult jumps, by just having high score for skating skills. Figure skating is not only choreography; you have to remember about technical side as well. I guess quad must be more appreciated than it is now, then skaters will have more motivation to do it. As for me, I did not train quad yet, but I will start with it soon.

V: How many hours per week do you train?
K: About 3 hours per day in Russia, 6 days a week. But can you imagine when I was in Turkey I trained just about 3 hours a week, so I spend much more time on ice in Russia. I’m attending also some training camps.

V: Who is your favorite skater?
K: Definitely Plushenko! I like his skating style, I like the passion, which you can feel when he skates. If to choose my favorite skaters, who are competing now, I would say I like Tomas Verner’s skating, but not his jumps. I prefer Joubert’s jumps, technically he is very strong.

V: Could you mention some Scandinavian skaters and what do you think about them?
K:  I know some Scandinavian skaters and have to say they are great, especially Adrian Schultheiss. And I just love Kristoffer’s programs. Of course, I must mention Finnish girls, they are amazing. I always enjoy Kiira Korpi.

V: What are your purposes in life after you will finish your skating career?
K: I want to be a good coach, we really need good coach in Turkey, and now I already know many useful things from my studies in Russia. So I have to share my knowledge with skaters and I think I will be good at it.