My name is Ertunga and I was born in 1977 in Kusadasi, where I still live. I graduated from the University of Philology, Department of English Language and Litarature. Since I grew up and have lived all my life in a touristic town, guiding has always been my dream. Very early I understood that it would be the most convenient job for my lifestyle, because I like history, archeology, traveling and meeting different people and cultures, but beyond everything I love my country and would like people to see it’s beauty and understand it’s history and culture. In 2001 I became a professional tourist guide, with the license issued by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Since then I have been guiding in all areas in Turkey and meeting tourists from all over the world.

Wonderful trip to Turkey with private tour

  We are 6 mid-aged women from different countries around the globe. This is our first time to Turkey. With the war in Syria and refugee crisis, we don’t know what to expect. Ertunga Ecir and his wife Maria have done an excellent job to make our trip unforgettable.We spent 9 days in Turkey, stayed
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Fascinating Ephesus tour with Ertunga!

  Ertunga Ecir gave us a tour of Ephesus ruins, museum and surrounding area that we will never forget! He is incredibly knowledgeable about the history of Turkey and answered all our questions in as much detail as we wanted. Ertunga picked us up directly from our cruise ship in a new, air-conditioned van. He
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Best Private Tour in Turkey – Ertunga

  Amazing private tour from Istanbul to Cappadocia …Lunch included!Ertunga and Maria (https://ertungaecir.com/) made our first family trip truly memorable. Maria provided prompt responses to all our queries; with over 100 emails exchanged before confirming anything! Thank-you for your patience! Ertunga is highly knowledgeable about the history and has some interesting anecdotes and myths about
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Amazing Istanbul

We used Istanbul Private Tours to do a day tour of Istanbul. We had an excellent guide, Oz, who was so knowledgeable. With only three in our group, we were able to get around the crowds. We were in Mini van with air con. & saw all the top sights, and were given options during
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Great tour of Turkey

  Ertunta coordinated a private tour for our group all through Turkey (Istanbul, Capadocia, and Kusadasi area). All the details and guides along the way were perfect and we got to experience and learn a lot of great history along the way. Ertunga met us on our third stop in Turkey and was with us
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Wonderful customized tour of Kusadasi!

  We had a great tour with Oscar of Kusadasi! They were outside of the port waiting for us with a very clean and comfortable van. Our group of 10 was quite rambunctious and our guide handled us with ease. He made the tour interesting with great historical facts and stories while guiding us around
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Outstanding Tour & Guide

  We were met at the dock at the prescribed time by Deniz, our tour guide and the private car & driver. Our tour was not the boilerplate that are typical of tour buses, it was as we wanted it along with expert suggestions. Our tour guide, Deniz, has excellent communication skills along with excellent
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Fabulous full day in Ephesus

  Can’t say enough about Ertunga and his wonderful tour of Ephesus! Communication prior was fantastic. He met us at the Izmir airport at 10 am and whisked us on our way. He was extremely knowledgeable and took great care to tailor the level of information we wanted. We actually like the long version stories
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Amazing Ephesus Experience

  Our group of 5 was delighted with the Kusadasi and Ephesus excursion we had with Ertunga. We were picked up at the cruise ship terminal by Ertunga and his driver and taken thru Kusadasi to House of Mary and Ephesus. Ertunga’s knowledge and passion for the area and the history of the ruins shone
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Awesome Tour

  Ertunga Ecir was our private guide while in Kusadasi for 4 days. I could not have asked for a better experience – if I could give more than 5 stars I would.We were met at the airport by Ertunga and his private driver Mustafa (in a very comfortable spacious 12 seat Mercedes van with
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