Turkey travel stories

Two delights on the way through Asia Minor

Ah Turkey! That whole 'East meets West' thing! We arrived in Istanbul after a sleepless night journey from Plovdiv, and immediately settled into our hostel in Sultanahmet, the backp...

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Relgious tones, and sad going homes

Well, after our rest in Goreme, we finally managed to pull ourselves away, and plunge into Turkeys least visited region, South-East Anatolia, aka Kurdestan. The area is overwhelmingly Kurdish, with...

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Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

I arrived in Istanbul the morning of the 14th after an all night bus ride from Thessaloniki. My first "real" border crossing went smoothly enough, as Turkey is kind enough to allow tourists to buy ...

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Some of Turkey's More Unique Landscapes

After nearly a week in Istanbul, I opted to take a four day detour to see some other parts of Turkey. My first stop was the town of Goreme, in Turkey's central region of Capadoccia. Capadocci...

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Allah have Mercy!

After seven weeks in Arab lands I entered Turkey and immediately wished I could turn back. It was too touristy, too organised, too clean and too European for me. I couldn't see how Turkey could...

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