The “Sırtçantalılar,” meaning the “Backpackers” in Turkish, is the largest and most active backpackers / travellers’ community in Turkey.

The Sırtçantalılar community was founded n February 2008 by three independent and energetic Turkish travelers: Engin Kaban, Ömürden Sezgin and Onur İnal.

Our community now has thousands of independent and experienced Turkish travelers sharing knowledge with each other and promoting backpacking culture in Turkey.

We regularly organize meetings, talks, and presentations. We have occasionally been on TV shows, radios, newspapers, magazines, and websites etc.

For the moment our website  is in Turkish only. Please feel free to get in touch with us if you share the same excitement, coming over to Turkey, or have any ideas related to traveling in Turkey. We have dozens of projects in mind and looking forward to hearing from future partners and fellow travelers.

If you are representative of any travelers group in your country, again please contact us. We might work on mutual projects and share our experiences.

Happy and safe travels…

E-mail: sirtcantalilar@sirtcantalilar.com

Phones: +90-533-466-50-82 (Engin Kaban) / +90-532-569-64-01 (Ömürden Sezgin)