Turkish traveler Mehmet Sendinç, who began his African journey in October 2025, says he has encountered a continent far beyond the cliches.
Born and raised in Istanbul but originally from Ordu, 37-year-old Sendinç has been traveling across Türkiye since 2015 and around the world since 2019.
He shares his adventures on his YouTube channel "Değişik Yollarda" (“On Different Roads”), which has nearly 500,000 subscribers. Over the years, he has explored more than 50 countries by hitchhiking or on foot and has been discovering Africa since October 2025.
Sendinç started his African tour in Morocco, visiting Mauritania and Senegal along the way. He plans to travel across all the West African countries along the Atlantic coast and conclude his journey in Nigeria.
An Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter met Sendinç in a fishing village near Dakar, Sene
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