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.

Ertunga is terrific

  I just completed a private 2-day tour with Ertunga Ecir as my guide. We went to Hieropolis/Pamukkale, Aphrodisias, Miletos, Didyma, and Priene (skipped Ephesus, because I have been there several times already), and he was absolutely wonderful–friendly, prompt, very reliable and knowledgeable, flexible, and has excellent English. I can’t imagine a more helpful and
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Great day in Ephesus

  Hi Ertunga. I just want to let everyone know what a great time we had with you on our trip at the end of September. We’d been there before (2 years ago) and were saddled with an AWFUL guide who raced us through sites with no commentary. This time it was FABULOUS! I’m an
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Great Tour of Ephesus/Kusadasi!

  Ertunga was simply great! Born and raised the area, he is very knowledgeable of the history of Ephesus and Kusadasi and his English is great. We started our tour with Ephesus and he gave us many choices of sites to see next. After Ephesus, we visited the house of the Virgin Mary (which is
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Fantastic tour in Kusadasi

I am a travel agent and I have been recommending Ertunga to my clients for the past 3 years. O only received positive feedback. This time, it was my turn to visit Kusadasi and of course, I hired Ertunga as I finally had the chance to meet him. We were a group of 5. He
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Amazing Day at Ephesus!

Last month while on a cruise of the Eastern Mediterranean we had a stop over in Kusadasi. At the recommendation of TripAdvisor we discoverd Ertunga – and what a find! Our day in Ephesus was one of the best of the trip. Ertunga is very knowledgeable and professional. We were a group of six who
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Ephesus with Ertunga

  If any of you are considering a private tour of Ephesus, our family hightly recomends Ertunga. He picked us up at our ship accompanied with a driver and an airconditioned mercedes van. He took us to the Virgin Mary’s house, Ephesus and the Terrece Houses. He was so responsive to us. Went slowly when
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Don’t visit Turkey without Ertunga

  Our MCS cruise stopped at two turkish ports: Izmir and Istanbul. Since we are not fans of taking the ships’ tours, I searched for a Turkey private tour guide. After looking at several options, I decided to go with Ertunga. What a great decision!! First of all, I need to say that we were
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