Right in the heart of İzmir the Kültürpark (also known as the Fuar) stands on the site of the old Greek quarter that…
Open daily 8.30am-7pm (8.30am-5.30pm winter). Admission: TL210 Right in the centre of İzmir, just off Anafartalar Caddesi in Basmane and within easy walking…
That was the day that was! Last Tuesday I woke late to hear the next-door hotel’s generator roaring away. Concluding that the electricity…
Erol was a cheery chappie. I’d been assigned him as a driver when I ventured into the Belediye in Palu, near Elazığ, to…
I bump into Ali inside the ruins of the castle at Eğil. He’s collecting medicinal herbs in an old water bottle but is…
Sometimes I strike it particularly lucky with taxi drivers as was the case when I arrived in Darende, midway between Kayseri and Malatya.…
Opening hours: 9am-5pm Closed: Mondays Ticket price: TL20 Location: Hippodrome (At Meydanı), İstanbul Contacts: 0212-518 1021 Facing the Blue Mosque across the Hippodrome is a brick…
Imagine a bus station. It’s right in the centre of town. On the top floor buses arrive and depart for distant destinations. On…
It was early in the morning and I was rushing through Malatya’s bazaar on my way to catch the bus to Darende. It…
In his youth, I think, Hasan must have been something of a heart-stopper. Even now in his fifties he seems wholly at ease…