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About me

I am ilker (先锋), an aspiring Mathematician who is currently studying Physics. You can find my shortened CV here.

…and, for SEO reasons, my fullname is İlker Yasin Başdağ (巴先锋).

Where am I?

I live in Leipzig, and I am from İstanbul.

My hobbies

• Tinkering with systems and web
• Swing Dance and related dances (Blues, Balboa, House…)
• Hitchhiking

Things that I’m currently interested in

Here are some of my current non-academic interests, please contact if you can share anything on the topics:

• Grassroots community projects, like Connect Bern
• Bird sounds. Check this documentary out.
• I am considering starting a public link index page, as I notice I often have useful links for people. Let me know if you’re interested.
• The birth of various type of state and institutional structures. I am particularly interested in birth of modern Chinese state machinery and how it works.