About Get Turkey Tours

How Local Know-How Grew into Trips All Over Türkiye

Get Turkey Tours started with two people from the tourism trade, Muharrem Bayrak and Emrecan Bilgin, who wanted the same thing: for visitors from abroad, a trip through Türkiye should feel simpler, more comfortable and worth remembering.

Muharrem Bayrak first worked in hospitality and tourism, dealing every day with foreign guests in hotels, on private tours and in travel operations. Over many years he learned what travellers actually look for: dependable service, local guides who know their subject, attention to the individual, and a person they can rely on from the first day to the last.

Emrecan Bilgin, for his part, spent years in transportation and tourism transfers, running private vehicles, teams of professional drivers and airport transfer operations. What he knew about Istanbul airport transfers, private transport and VIP travel gave the business a solid operational base.

Once Muharrem and Emrecan met, they saw that putting their two backgrounds together could give guests more than a standard sightseeing tour.

How It All Started

Muharrem Bayrak and Emrecan Bilgin set up their travel agency in Istanbul in 2010, combining what each knew about hospitality, organising tours and private transport.

The idea behind it was straightforward: one reliable team through which a visitor could plan a whole stay in Türkiye.

The business began small and step by step grew into a full travel service, with guided Istanbul tours, private city tours of Istanbul, airport transfers and itineraries planned to order.

As word spread among travellers from abroad, the company built up a wider network of drivers with experience, licensed tour guides, travel specialists and local partners.

Further Than Istanbul

As more guests asked for trips shaped around them, Get Turkey Tours took its services past Istanbul.

These days our programmes cover many kinds of travel, among them:

• Istanbul Tour Packages: Guided and private tours of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Basilica Cistern, the Grand Bazaar and the Bosphorus.
• Cappadocia Tour Packages: Hot air balloon flights, valleys of fairy chimneys, underground cities and private Cappadocia tours with a guide.
• Ephesus Tours: Visits with a guide to ancient Ephesus, the House of the Virgin Mary and other historic sites.
• Türkiye Tour Packages: Multi-day routes built to order that link Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Antalya and other places.
• Private Airport Transfers: Pickup from and drop-off at the airport in private vehicles, driven by professional drivers.
• Tailor-Made Private Tours: Trips planned for each guest around their own interests, timing and budget.

Not Just a Travel Agency

For us at Get Turkey Tours, a good trip is about more than ticking off well-known sights. It means being made to feel at home, getting to know the local culture, travelling in comfort and trusting that each detail is in professional hands.

From a guest's first message to us until the day they fly home, our team looks after every stage so that it runs easily and is enjoyable.

So whether you are planning a private tour of Istanbul, a balloon flight over Cappadocia, a guided day at Ephesus or a full travel package across Türkiye, what we aim for does not change: real experiences, professional service and memories you will keep.

Get Turkey Tours — See Türkiye with the People Who Know It Best.

Two offices: Istanbul and Cappadocia

Our head office is in Istanbul, and a second office works in Cappadocia. These two places are where most guests go on holiday, which is why we chose to have our own staff on the ground instead of partners we have never met.

In Istanbul, the team organises Bosphorus cruises, city tours, private yacht outings, hotel bookings and airport transfers. In Cappadocia, our colleagues handle balloon flights, walks through the valleys, cave hotels and airport transfers from Kayseri and Nevşehir.

When plans shift on the road, for example a delayed flight or an extra day you decide to add, you deal with people in your own city who can fix it right away.

An A Group agency licensed by TÜRSAB. Get Turkey Tours holds A Group status as a member of TÜRSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agencies). With this licence an agency may arrange tours, packages and other travel services both within Turkey and in other countries. License no. 15751.

A fleet and transfer firm of our own

We own our vehicles: Mercedes Vito vans, cars and minibuses. A sister company of ours handles transfers to and from airports and around town in Istanbul and the rest of Turkey. The drivers are our colleagues, not people we phone at the last moment.

On the day of your tour you notice this. Pick-up happens at the agreed time, the driver already knows your hotel and the spot where your guide is waiting, and the vehicle is clean, comfortable and air-conditioned.

For one airport ride, a car and driver for a full day or transport for a big group, we use vehicles from our own fleet.

45 guides, many languages

Our team works with 45 guides who hold a licence. Together they cover English, Russian, Spanish, German, Arabic, French and more, which means we can usually find a guide fluent in your language.

Each of them has the official Turkish tour guide licence. Beyond the history of each site, they know the practical details too: when to get there, where the lines are shorter and where to have a good meal close by.

We pick the guide for your group based on language, interests and pace. A family with children, a history enthusiast and someone on a first visit will each have a different day.

Istanbul's Best Tourism Brand in 2020

In 2020 we received the title of best tourism brand in Istanbul. We saw it as credit for ten years of effort by everyone on the team, and it means a lot to us.

Still, what matters most to us is what guests do once they are home. Many contact us again when planning their next holiday, and many recommend us to friends and relatives. Earning that trust is the goal of our daily work.

Private or shared tours at any budget

Some travellers like having a private guide and vehicle all day, so they set their own speed and can adjust the plan along the way. Others would rather travel in a group, meet new people and spend less. We arrange both kinds of trip.

We also build packages to suit any budget. One package can combine tours, hotels, domestic flights and airport transfers into a single plan at a single price. Before booking you see the total, along with a list of what is and is not included.

Send us your dates, the number of travellers and the places on your list, and we will send back a plan that suits you.