Episode 246 - Travelling to Turkey with Şerif Yenen
The History of Byzantium
Robin Pierson
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
While I'm away on the third 'History of Byzantium' tour I thought it was time to talk to the man behind them - Şerif Yenen. Şerif has been a tour guide in Istanbul for decades and has published many excellent books on the subject. He has also gone online to share his love for travel through podcasts and Youtube videos. I talk to Serif about his career and ask him listener questions about what to do and see in Turkey.
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Check out Şerif's Youtube channel and his podcast 'Turkish Odyssey.' Or visit his website to find out more about his books, lectures and tours around Turkey.
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| 0:00.0 | Working from home late afternoon is dragging into evening each video call melting into one |
| 0:08.6 | Stretching and melting like stringy mozzarella on a piping hot pizza delivered by Uber Eats and those video tiles on screen are tiles of |
| 0:18.1 | Succulent ham while going on that melting mozzarella bed |
| 0:22.8 | Search pizza hot for easy ordering on Uber Eats don't draw you're on camera |
| 0:27.2 | Check the Uber Eats out for geographical restrictions and availability |
| 0:40.2 | Hello everyone and welcome to the history of Byzantium episode 246 |
| 0:46.6 | Traveling to Turkey with Sheriff Yannin |
| 0:51.1 | While I'm away on the third history of Byzantium tour |
| 0:54.4 | I thought it was time to talk to the man behind them Sheriff Yannin |
| 0:59.1 | Sheriff has been a tour guide in Istanbul for decades and I met him on my first visit to Istanbul |
| 1:05.1 | It's been a pleasure to work with him ever since and as you can imagine it's Sheriff who does all the hard work of planning and running the tours |
| 1:14.1 | In this interview, I asked him about his life and career the many guidebooks he's published and about his YouTube channel and podcast |
| 1:22.6 | If you want to travel to Turkey or visit it virtually then sheriff Yannin.com is an ideal place to start |
| 1:30.3 | That's S-E-R-I-F-Y-E-N-E-N.com |
| 1:37.1 | I also put listener questions to Sheriff about places to see in Istanbul and beyond as well as how to find a good restaurant |
| 1:45.1 | Enjoy the interview and email me the history of Byzantium at gmail.com if you'd like to go on a tour in 2023 or beyond |
| 1:56.6 | Hello Sheriff Yannin and welcome to the history of Byzantium |
| 2:00.8 | Well such a great pleasure for me Robin |
| 2:04.3 | Thank you very much for inviting me to your podcast |
| 2:07.2 | It's a great pleasure to have you here |
| 2:09.7 | Sheriff has been an absolute godsend when it comes to |
| 2:13.2 | uh |
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