My passion and love of Turkey commenced many years ago when I first visited the country in my late teens. This passion was reignited twenty years later when I again holidayed in Turkey. I returned the following year in my new capacity as a tour guide for an English based company. I led both hotel and camping tours to most parts of Turkey during this period.
I had every intention of returning to tour leading when I took a job at an international school in Istanbul during the winter months when tours were few and far between. However this was not meant to be and I continued to work in this and a second international school for the next eight years.
During this period I organised tours for our expat staff to different parts of Turkey including Gallipoli, Cappadocia and Ephesus.
After almost 10 years my time in Turkey came to and end and I returned to Australia and began working at a large independent school in Melbourne.
Always keen to regularly return to Turkey I commenced what are now referred to as the Let’s Talk Turkey tours.
Dates are dictated by school holidays and initially most of those travelling on the tours were colleagues from my place of work also keen to take best advantage of the scheduled school holidays. This has now extended to friends and friends of friends.
Let’s Talk Turkey tours are not a commercial venture but rather I receive great pleasure from sharing the passion I have for Turkey with others and offering all those that join my tours the insight that I have gained during time I lived and Turkey and since.
I hope that you will soon join one of my tours.
Shirley Seit