With Rashid as your guide, you will feel confident that you will have an answer for whatever question you will ask and also get the extra bit that books or other guides will not give, plus lots of fun and good humor.

With more than twenty years experience, Rashid is one of the more sought-after tour guides in Turkey. He is gifted with the rare ability to impart his extensive knowledge in an easy to understand manner, accompanied by good humor.

In the words of one of his clients, “Rashid is a pleasant, amusing, helpful and intellectual guide who shares his extensive knowledge and wisdom with loads of humor and who deals with all tourist personalities in a warm and professional manner.” (Tony Murphy)

Rashid shares his knowledge not only with tourist guests, but also with other guides in guide training programs and with students as university lecturer. He teaches two courses entitled "Economics and Religion" and "Civilizations of Ancient Turkey" at the prestigious Bosphorus University in Istanbul and has organized training programs on Christian History in Turkey, on Anzacs and on Turkish neolithic for Turkish tour guides.

Rashid is the author of several books on Turkey, including a book on the history of the Great Goddess in Turkey and About Turkey, a book on economics, politics and society, available through internet bookshops.

Rashid specializes on cultural tours to Turkey. Istanbul in general, Goddess tradition in Turkey, Christian history in Turkey, Gallipoli, Ottoman architecture, Cappadocia and Sufism (history and philosophy of “whirling dervishes”) are among his special interest areas.

Rashid has been a guide for distinguished companies such as INSIGHT, Trafalgar and Nawas tours as well as for distinguished guests, such as David Rockefeller, Zbigniew Brezinski and George Saros. He has guided and lectured groups for distinguished organizations such as Chief Executives’ Organization (CEO), Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and World Presidents’ Organization (WPO) and for Pritzker Foundation.