The pudding shop Anyone who has ever watched Midnight Express will remember that part of the action took place in The Pudding Shop…
Rural suburb of Düzce Population: 6,000 Old name: Hypia, Prusias ad Hypum (Roman) Market day: Friday…
Town called “Quite Straight” Population: 123,500 Market days: Monday, Thursday and Saturday Midway between…
The story of the Graeco-Turkish population exchange contains within it the seeds for understanding much of what has happened in Turkey over the…
Island beach resort Population: 2,000 Other names: Aphousia (Greek), Afissia, Türkeli Small it may be but Avşa Island (Avşa…
Population: 10,000 Old names: Proikonesos, Procennesus Marmara Island (Marmara Adası) is the second largest island in Turkey after Gökçeada. It may be the…
Once upon a time they put the fear of god into those who heard them as they marched ahead of occupying armies battering…
Back in the 1990s the nargile seemed to be on its very last legs, used only be elderly men in flat caps in…
Holiday colony amid pines Population: 3,600 It’s hard to know what to say about Hisarönü-Ovacik, the extraordinary aberration…
A village named Shelter Population: Right into the…