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Istanbulian Guides - Tour Guide in İstanbul

We're a duo of full-time licensed tour guides in Istanbul, Hakan & Emre, both with many years of experience in guiding and interesting background stories. Hakan is a born & raised Istanbulian, he grew up in urban Istanbul in a traditional family that owns a bakery. Spending his entire life in Istanbul, Hakan had the privilage to become a student in the most historical school in Turkey, Istanbul University. Having the opportunity to spend his student years in the only school located in the Old City of Istanbul, he learned the area like the back of his hand. After graduating from collage, he got his first job as a journalist. Fascinated with his hometown's history and the tourism sector, he went to his second university, and became a licensed tour guide. He's been working since 2019. Emre on the other hand, has his roots going back over a century in Istanbul. He spent his childhood in central Istanbul, and found himself abroad for his highschool studies. Later came back to Istanbul, and decided to learn the world's hardest language: Chinese. Spent 4 years in China, mastering the language and even participating in a band that performed in bars and festivals. Came back to his hometown Istanbul to finally realize his teenage dream of becoming a tour guide, did his masters in guiding and got his license. He's been guiding tourists in multiple languages since 2018.

About the guide

Tours delivered on GuruWalk: 803
Guide on GuruWalk since: 2023
Languages: English

2 Tours of Istanbulian Guides

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twinkle
(2 Ratings) Montpellier
Guided by Hakan
Travelled in couple - Apr 2025

We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. He gave us good tips and recommendations to travel in Istanbul and the walk tour was very informative and interesting. Thank you Hakan :)

Jasmina
(1 Rating) Municipality of Smederevska Palanka
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Travelled in couple - Apr 2025

Susanne
(1 Rating)
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Travelled alone - Apr 2025

Es hat Spaß gemacht, war sehr informativ, ein wirklich netter, kompetenter guide mit exzellentem englisch. Sehr zu empfehlen

Despina
(1 Rating) Cyprus
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Travelled in couple - Apr 2025

Esme was an excellent guide! Super friendly which makes the experience even better, like waking and talking with a friend! Very informative tour and complimentary material (send 10 different pdf files covering food, markets, hamams, transport) was send to us and was super helpful for the rest of our trip. Thank you Esme! Highly recommended!

Sunny
(1 Rating) Singapore
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Travelled in couple - Apr 2025

Wunderbar! Excellenté! Very good! Hen Hao!

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