I live in Helsinki and write about wars and battles throughout world history. My ancestry is half Turkish, on my father's side, and half Finnish, on my mother's side. I was raised a Muslim, but my current religious views lean toward agnosticism. Turkey, Mongolia, Mexico, the United States, China, France, Japan, and Russia are some of the places I have visited.
Khanate General: As recognized by your peers, your contributions to the field of military history on Wikipedia over the last year have been truly significant and appreciated. By order of the members of the Military history WikiProject, I award you the honor of being Wikipedia's 2013 "Military newcomer of the year". Congratulations, and keep up the truly stellar work. Ed[talk][majestic titan] 23:02, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
For reviewing five MILHIST Good article nominations during the period October to December 2013, I am pleased to award you the Wikistripes. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 07:45, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
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For reviewing 6 Good article nominations during the December 2013 GAN Backlog Drive!--Dom497 (talk) 14:48, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
For reaching your goal to review at least 5 Good article nominations during the December 2013 GAN Backlog Drive! Dom497 (talk) 14:49, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
You're doing great work! Keep it up! :) LukeSurltc 14:14, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for all of your work on Chinese history — AjaxSmack 01:15, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thanks for your contributions to Chinese history topics, from a fellow history fan. Zanhe (talk) 21:32, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for contributing time and effort towards improvement of the Operation Hurricane-91 article. Tomobe03 (talk) 10:36, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
The Content Creativity Barnstar
Thanks for creating the Battle for Castle Itter article. Quite the interesting article to read, especially since i never heard of this battle before. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 18:16, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Thank you very much for reviewing Daruvar Agreement article - I appreciate your input very much. Cheers! Tomobe03 (talk) 13:23, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
In recognition of your quality contributions to the articles Yuan dynasty and History of the Yuan dynasty, I award you this shiny spinning barn star. Congratulations, you are an honorable and valued Wikipedian! Pericles of AthensTalk 01:13, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar
For your 2014 contributions to multiple history related articles you are hereby award this Epic Barnstar. Congratulations! For the Military history Wikiproject Coordinators, TomStar81 (Talk) 07:17, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
The Minor Barnstar
Although you did not make the top 16 of Round 1, you did participate and you still deserve a barnstar. Thank you so much for being a part of the 2nd Annual GA Cup and we hope to see you next year! MrWooHoo (talk) 23:28, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Chinese military conflicts
Thank you for quality articles on Chinese history, such as Qin Dynasty, especially historic military conflicts and their people, such as Prince of Anhua rebellion, and for competent helpful reviews, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 13 July 2013 (UTC)