Driven by a passion for biking, Bike Turkey was founded by two partners who shared a vision – to share one of the best adventure ‘biking playgrounds’ of the world with other bikers.
Riding together over the years, they have built up knowledge of the some of the least known and yet, best biking roads of Turkey. With an appreciation of quality hotels, fine cuisine and quality bikes, their combined passion and philosophy offers bikers an unparalleled experience in a land visited by many and yet, explored by relatively few.
About Us
Founded on adventure, driven by passion.
Founded on adventure, driven by passion.
The Founders
Armağan AkCo-founder and biking fanatic. Armağan has been riding ‘obsessively’ for more than 30 years. He has personally owned more than 34 bikes to date. Trained to an advanced level of road and track riding, he is a regular at the California Superbikes School and holds a racing licence. Languages: Turkish, English. Current personal bikes: BMW R 1200 GS, Kawasaki KLX 250, Triumph 800XC.
Robert Khodadad Native Englishman and co-founder, Robert got his first bike when he was 17. Today he is a British Institute Of Advanced Motorists (IAM) qualified observer, ADAC, CVT Advanced Instructor and Advanced Riding Academy advisor/trainer. When not riding on the road, he heads into the mountains on his KTM for a little fun! Robert, a photographer and former Television Director, spends much of his spare time on his other passion, photography. Personal bikes BMW R 1200 GS and KTM 400 EXC.
Our Team
Within Bike Turkey we believe we have an outstanding team and one of the most highly qualified groups of guides of any touring company in the world today. All of us are highly experienced riders, most holding the coveted British Institute Of Advanced Motorists (IAM) riders certificate and most having an instructor’s qualification in advanced road, track or control riding. All are multilingual and between us we speak seven languages – we all speak fluent English. We are all very ‘user friendly’ and we are all dedicated to a high level of customer service, safety and enjoyment.
Which guide leads which tour is dependent on a number of factors including, the nationalities of the guests, which languages they speak and the specific requirements of each guest and each tour. It is for this reason we like to learn as much about each guest at the time of booking so we can plan accordingly. If you are a returning guest and you request a particular guide, we will do our best to accommodate you.
Which guide leads which tour is dependent on a number of factors including, the nationalities of the guests, which languages they speak and the specific requirements of each guest and each tour. It is for this reason we like to learn as much about each guest at the time of booking so we can plan accordingly. If you are a returning guest and you request a particular guide, we will do our best to accommodate you.
Burak ErcanRiding since he was 14, Burak trained with the American Midwest Police Motorcycle Training Group and then gained the coveted Japanese police motorcycle certificate. He then worked at the BMW Motorcycle Academy as an advanced instructor for 6 years. Burak has guided groups to many parts of the world and appears on national TV as a motorcycle test editor. Hobbies – anything with adrenalin. Languages: English, French, Turkish and Japanese! Personal bikes: BMW R 1200 GS, Husaberg FE550E.
Jon TaylorEnglishman and ex-British police motorcyclis, Jon has ridden extensively around the world and has been a regular visitor to Turkey for more than 15 years. A highly qualified instructor, Jon has been teaching advanced rider training in Turkey for more than 10 years. In the UK he is staff examiner with the Institute Of Advanced Motorists and examiner for RoSPA. Jon has also been an instructor at the legendary Nürburgring racetrack in Germany. Personal bikes BMW R 1200 GS, BMW S1000RR and Honda ST 1300 Pan European.
Sina KaradağSina is a native Italian/German but has lived in Turkey for more than 20 years. She shares a passion for biking and combines her excellent organisational skills and languages to co-ordinate bookings, tours, guests' requirements and to keep the whole operation running smoothly – she speaks fluent German, Italian, English and Turkish.
Andrew LongshawEnglishman, Andrew has been a regular visitor to Turkey since 2004 as a guide and instructor. No stranger to travel, Andrew has lived in six different countries and ridden in many more. He has instructed for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation USA, and The British Motorcyclist Federation. He has been British IAM senior observer for more than 14 years. Hobbies riding! Personal bike: BMW R 1200 GS.