About me

I'm Esin, pronounced /eˈsin/ (see Wikipedia's IPA page for Turkish for more info)! You can also call me William (pronounced /wɪl.ˈjəm/) if you'd like! I'm a trans boy, and I use he/him pronouns! I was born on December 6, 2007. I am in my second year of university as of March 2026; my major is computer engineering. I'm Turkish, of Ossetian and Romani descent. I have autism and ADHD. I live in Antalya, Turkey, if it wasn't obvious already.

My interests

• Mathematics
• Computer science
• History of computing (and science history in general, but mostly history of computing)
• World War II
• The life, work, and modern legacy and impact of Alan Turing
• Magazines
• Critical AI researchers and their work (Guest, Van Rooij, Hermans, Gebru, Torres, Bender, Hanna, Birhane, et al.) and AI researchers in general
• Antalya public transportation
• 20th century television (especially 80s' US television)

My hobbies

• Drawing, digital and traditional (mostly illustrations and comics)
• Reading
• Writing
• Worldbuilding
• Wiki editing
• Playing video games
• Making YouTube videos
• Animating
• Game development
• Coding
• Making music (singing, playing the piano, songwriting, composing)
• Riding public transportation and going around the city

My favorites

• Book genres/types: Turkish literature, non-fiction science, history, and politics and investigative journalism; hi-fi, sci-fi, comics and graphic novels
• Video games: Minecraft (especially modded), Stardew Valley, Balatro, Hearts of Iron IV (vanilla, The Fire Rises, The New Order: Last Days of Europe, Twilight of the Anthropocene), Bomber Crew, Undertale and Deltarune, Papa's Gamerias (mainly Bakeria, Scooperia, and Paletaria)
• TV shows and webseries: The Monument Mythos (especially Seasons 3 and 4), Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (both the webseries and the TV show)
• Magazines: Bilim ve Teknik, Kafkaokur, Bavul, Çok, Ot, #tarih, LubunFanzin
• Letters: H, E, C
• Flowers: Peonies, tulips, lavenders
• Colors: Light blue, cornflower blue, periwinkle, dark blue, dark green, pastel yellow, coral, beige, khaki
• Foods: I got so many I don't think I can list them all here. I can say that I don't eat pork and I'm quite scared of daikon and tofu though.
• Drinks: Iced tea, flavored green tea, şalgam, fruit juice (especially orange, apple, and mango), lemonade, şerbet, flavored sparkling water, soda, water (required for life)
• Bus routes (in Antalya, Turkey): TK36, MF40, KC06, UC11, DC15, SD20A

Other things I like

• Libraries
• Bookstores and sahaflar (Turkish secondhand media stores)
• Books in general
• Stationary and stationary stores
• DVDs
• The radio
• The Akdeniz University campus (I tend to look for any excuse to go there lol)
• Rap battles (ERB and fanmade)

My skills, associations, and other facts about me

• My native language is Turkish. I can also speak English (in an advanced level), German (I'm currently learning B2), and I'm also learning French and Dutch. I also knew a little Latin but I forgot most of it.
• For traditional art, I mostly use colored pencils and markers (alcohol or water-based). Sometimes I just do pencil and pen doodles. For digital art, I use Krita with a medium-sized Wacom Intuos 2018 graphics tablet.
• I'm a Linux user. My computer is a Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon / Windows 11 dual-boot.
• I used to be part of the Antalya Youth Council in the 2025-26 term. I got kicked out in February 2026.
• I'm a member of Özgür Üniversite Hareketi. I love my friends there!!
• I know Python, Java, HTML, and CSS.