Onur Ertürk is a Professional Tour Guide, licensed from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and he is registered to the Chamber of Tour Guides of Ankara. He graduated from Bilkent University at Ankara from the department of Archaeology and History of Art. He studied on wide range of archaeological and art historical fields of the Ancient Near East; especially, Mesopotamia, the Aegean and Anatolia. Onur joined several archaeological excavation campaigns in southeastern parts of Turkey where the richest and most commonly settled areas are and where you can find some of the oldest settlements of humanity in the world.

Onur joined the following archaeological excavation campaigns in Turkey: Tilbes Höyük (Sanliurfa) 1998, Kinet Höyük (Hatay) 1999, Kinet Höyük Excavations Study Season, 2000, Saraga Höyük (Gaziantep) 2002.

Onur Ertürk's book has been published

The Hittites A Journey of Culture from Past to Present.

He discusses the Hittite history, art and archaeology in the light of recent scientific studies and discoveries. He proves the continuity of the Anatolian Culture from the Hittites to the present times based on the archaeological data.

He also worked as a monitoring archaeologist in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline Project between 2002-2004. He did archaeological surveys, monitoring and identifying of the archaeological settlements and artifacts on the pipeline route from Ceyhan to Sivas area, which is about 350 kms. He discovered several archaeological structures and settlements during the construction, therefore the pipeline works on the route did not harm those sites and archaeological works were carried out to rescue the items.

Onur has also guided some Turkish tour groups in some abroad countries, such as Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, the Balkan Countries; Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, also a Central Asian country Uzbekistan.

Onur Ertürk is also a partner of the ViHoliday & Tours company, located in Ankara, Turkey. As a Class A licensed Travel Agency, we offer archaeological, historical and cultural tours all around the country and to all destinations. We provide tailor-made tours according to your demands, mainly depart from Ankara. Click on the link to see our tours and get in touch with us.