About
Hello, I’m Nev
My diving journey started in 2008, with my first breath underwater at my university’s diving club. Back at the surface I said: “I will become an instructor too.” Three years later, I was one.
Following that path, I became the first GUE instructor in Türkiye, which drew me into education programmes for ocean conservation and into underwater exploration projects around the world.
Besides teaching, I’m drawn to freediving, technical deep diving, mixed gases and closed-circuit rebreathers, and most of all, to caves.
- 7000+Total dives
- 1000+Wreck dives
- 200+Trimix dives
- 100+Rebreather dives
- 50+Cave dives
NowWhat I do
- Instructor TrainerGlobal Underwater Explorers
- Founder / Regional DirectorGUE TR
- Co-founder & CTPODipnot
- Scuba Instructor / Safety SupervisorDeep Dive Dubaithe world’s deepest pool
- Owner / InstructorNeptün Sualtı MerkeziIstanbul, TR
QualificationsCards and ratings
2026–2027
Instructor résumé on gue.comGUE Diver
- Technical 1
- CCR 1 & 2
- Cave 1 & 2
- Photogrammetry
Rebreathers
- JJ-CCR (original and GUE configuration)
- Halcyon Symbios (chest-mount)
- SF2 eCCR
- Poseidon MKVI / Se7en
Instructor, other agencies
- TSSF / CMAS 2★ Instructor (2015)
- ProTec 2★ Instructor (2015)
- SSI Professional, Open Water Instructor (2021)
- Adaptive Diving Instructor
Diver, other agencies
- TSSF Guide Diver (2012)
- TDI Advanced Trimix Diver (2021)
- AIDA 3 Freediver (2022)
- ILS / TSSF Gold Lifeguard (2011)
Instructor member of GUE (since 2022), SSI (since 2021), ProTec (since 2015), TSSF (since 2011).
EducationDegrees
- MA, Mediterranean Underwater Cultural Heritage Research
- BSc, Mining EngineeringDiving club: OGÜSEA, where it all started
LanguagesI teach in
- TurkishNative
- EnglishProfessional
BrandAmbassador
WordsPublications
- Doubles Set Up (Turkish, EN/TR subtitles)
- GUE Gas Blender, content developer
The other halfSoftware
Twenty years in software. Today it runs Dipnot App and data-driven explorations.
- Full-stack developer, freelance (140+ websites)
- Software developer and project manager (Tilcomp, Eczane Sanem, Online İşler)
- Front-end developer, D&R (dr.com.tr, idefix)
- Front-end architect, Doğuş Teknoloji
- Front-end architect, SabancıDx
Curious aboutInterests
- Human factors
- Conservation of underwater environments
- Underwater cultural heritage
- Cave survey and cave maps
- 3D photogrammetry
- FPV drones
- ROVs
Want to dive together?
Courses, training and project dives, in Istanbul, Dubai and wherever the project is.