{"id":27,"date":"2015-10-21T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-07-07T20:18:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:18:23","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SAVOUR TURKEY TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mehmet \u00c7even<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certified mountain guide,\u00a0Eastern Anatolia Expert<\/p>\n

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For over 28 years he has been a certified mountain guide of the Turkish alpinist federation. His experience is always in great demand, especially when it comes to inexperienced but well conditioned hikers. With vision, wisdom and stoic calmness he guides numerous alpinists to Ararat.<\/p>\n

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Kemal \u00c7even<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certified mountain guide,\u00a0Eastern Anatolia Expert<\/p>\n

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For over 27 years Kemal has guided groups in East Anatolia. He\u00a0speaks perfect German and has climbed Ararat more than a hundred times. Kemal guarantees mountain summit experiences with technical ease and maximum safety and offers information from his profound knowledge of the people and their culture. Kemal\u00a0is also a talented singer. Throughout the daily tours or at the night in the tent “” his songs about the country and its people touch and inspire many.<\/p>\n

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Pavla Apostolaki<\/strong><\/p>\n

Historian, Geographer, Certified tour guide<\/p>\n

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Her humor and magnetic personality compliment her deep knowledge, including study in the natural sciences, history and geography. Thanks to this “murderous combination” you\u00b4ll hear the most interesting stories of Turkish history. Pavla will take you to wonderful places in Istanbul (and other Turkish cities) and she\u00b4ll show you unknow places. You\u00b4ll visit oriental bazaars and taste Turkish delicacies also. With Pavla you\u00b4ll certainly experience an amazing Turkish bath – hamam, where you’ll feel like mighty sultans and sultanas from Ottoman period.<\/p>\n

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Rohat \u00c7even<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certified mountain guide,\u00a0Eastern Anatolia Expert<\/p>\n

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With passion and strength of purpose he guides our groups to the majestic top of the mountains in our region. He is also a great singer and his talents are second only to his uncle Kemal \u00c7even. Rohat has proven to be an experienced & safe driver in our team and is therefore often responsible for the transfers and short trips in the region.<\/p>\n

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Azad \u00c7even<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certified mountain guide,\u00a0Eastern Anatolia Expert<\/p>\n

He is the youngest in our team but he is second to none. As a mountain guide, his duties include are to be part of the support team with the luggage carriage to the mountain with the horses and as support with our cooks<\/p>\n

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Resul Salman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cook and Entertainer<\/p>\n

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His knowledge & experience of the sophistication & specialties of the Kurdish cuisine were passed on orally through generations. He was able to gather practical experience working in several restaurants.\u00a0Our tip \u2013 don\u00b4t miss Resul\u00b4s pan-fried throut!<\/p>\n

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Siddik Karaaslan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cook<\/p>\n

He collected his knowledge & experience in healthy & well-balanced nutrition over many years and this will be to your benefit. Through his cooking you will value and love the specialties of the Kurdish cuisine.<\/p>\n

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Bari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ararat Basic Camp Caretaker\u00a0& Watchman<\/p>\n

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Bari secures safety and perfect functioning of our Basic Camp on Ararat. He is in a good mood and sparkles with wit the whole day long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  SAVOUR TURKEY TEAM   Mehmet \u00c7even Certified mountain guide,\u00a0Eastern Anatolia Expert   For over 28 years he has been a certified mountain guide of the Turkish alpinist federation. His experience is always in great demand, especially when it comes… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[9,496,478,492,477,479,506,480,10,481,482],"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-ararat","tag-ararat-tour","tag-eastern-anatolia-tour","tag-kackar-tour","tag-mountain-guide-ararat","tag-mountain-guide-kackar","tag-suphan-tour","tag-tour-in-kackar","tag-turkey","tag-turkey-mountain-guide","tag-turkey-mountain-tour"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792,"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savourturkey.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}