[3][4][5][6] His guidebooks are used as textbooks or are on suggested reading lists at various universities,[7][8][9] and his articles and columns are published in international magazines and national newspapers.

After high school he was accepted in the Department of English Literature and Linguistics at the University of Istanbul as a military student.

[11][29] Şerif Yenen, who has been attracting media attention for his endeavors[30][31][32] as the chairman of IRO and TUREB to make sure that the occupational bill of law for the tourist guides of Turkey is passed by the parliament, played a decisive role in 2012[33][34][35] during the process of drawing up and passage of the law, which had been much anticipated by the tourist guides for the past 40 years.

[36] He has given private guide services to celebrities or statesmen, among whom are Pope Benedict XVI,[37] Oprah Winfrey,[38] Princess Michael of Kent,[39] Lester Holt from Today Show-NBC,[40][41] etc.

[49][50] Şerif Yenen gives lessons on Anatolian Civilizations and Cultural Heritage of Turkey at the Bilgi and Boğaziçi Universities as a part-time instructor.