Curriculum Vitae · Document of Passage
Identity TYPE P · CV-38
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Surname
LECTER
Given names
HANNIBAL
Profession
TRAVEL WRITER
Place of base
ISTANBUL
Countries reported
40
Years in field
11
Telephone
+90 555 214 7788
Electronic mail
h.lecter@example.com
Web
hanniballecter.example.com
Official observations · Summary

I have written about travel for 11 years, mostly on foot and by overnight bus. I've reported from 40 countries and written 5 guidebooks, including two full editions on Türkiye's Black Sea coast. My notebooks outlast my boots, usually by about 3 countries.

Guidebooks · Attached documents
  • The Black Sea Coast, 2nd ed.2024
  • Tbilisi & the Caucasus Rail Routes2022
  • Istanbul Beyond the Old City2020
  • The Black Sea Coast, 1st ed.2018
  • Overland: Ankara to Almaty2016
Endorsements · Magazine credits
  • Contributing writer, Meridian & Anchor: 26 features since 2019
  • Column "Third Class Window", The Caravanserai Review, 2017–2021
  • Longform in Latitude Quarterly: 8 pieces, 2 anthologized
Conditions of entry · Skills
TR · EN · FA fluent RU conversational Fact-checking Map annotation Field photography Fixer networks
Visas ENTRIES · CAREER
Entry № 04
Istanbul 2019 – PRESENT
Senior Author · Kervan Guides
  • Wrote and updated 3 guidebooks covering 14 provinces; combined print run of 85,000 copies
  • Rebuilt the Black Sea title from 210 to 340 pages after 9 weeks of field checks
  • Trained 6 first-time contributors on fact-checking and listings standards
Entry № 03
Tbilisi 2016 – 2019
Staff Writer · The Caravanserai Review
  • Filed 41 features from 17 countries, including a 5-part rail series read 400,000 times
  • Wrote the monthly "Third Class Window" column for 38 consecutive issues
Entry № 02
Ankara 2013 – 2016
Regional Correspondent · Meridian & Anchor
  • Covered Anatolia and the South Caucasus; 55 published pieces in 3 years
  • Produced the magazine's first Türkiye bus-route supplement, reprinted twice
Entry № 01
Izmir 2011 – 2013
Listings Researcher · Aegean Compass Press
  • Verified 1,200+ hotel and restaurant listings across 6 coastal provinces
  • Cut reader-reported listing errors by 30% between the 2012 and 2013 editions
Education · Prior authorization
  • BA Comparative Literature, Bosphorus Letters Institute, Istanbul, 2011
  • Certificate in Cartographic Editing, Anatolia Map School, 2014
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