How to print my string argument as a tuple

So Currently my output is this
It's returning it as a string however I want it to return with a tuple with 5 items. The lastname and other names being a different area when I use return(tuple(lecturerinfo)) it gives me this

Any suggestions is a appreciated

def part1(lecturerinfo):
    return (lecturerinfo)

part1_list = input('please enter employ information')
mytup = ()
if __name__ == "__main__":
    mytup = part1(part1_list)
    print(mytup)