“Atatürk’s Village” Beyond the old walled city lies Ataköy which became in 1957 one of the city’s first planned suburbs, named predictably after…
Market day: Thursday Way up the Asian shore of the Bosphorus beyond Paşabahçe lies the airy, open feeling suburb of Beykoz. It was…
“The cashiers” Until recently the roughly triangular area behind Beyazıt Meydanı that is called Vezneciler lacked any very obvious identity. The coming of…
“Kilim Cove” While staying in Ağva on the Black Sea near İstanbul you can also visit Kilimli Koyu just a few km away which…
‘The Ferocious Ones” Population: 600ish If you have diverted from the main Van to Hakkari road to visit…
If you’re driving from Van to Hakkari or vice versa you might want to divert off the main road to see the remains…
Town of fresh water Other name: Khoshab Of all Turkey’s many dramatically located castles Hoşap Kalesi (castle, AKA Mahmudiye Kalesi or Narin Kale),…
Population: 16,000 Other name: Semitdin, Şemzinan (Kurdish), Shemsdin (Syriac) Like Susurluk in Western Turkey, Şemdinli in the far southeastern corner of the country…
“Vineyards” Population: 800 Arriving in the village of Bağlar, south-west of Şemdinli in Turkey’s furthest southeastern corner, there is little to suggest…
Population: neglible Other name: Qudshanis (Kurdish) Once upon a time Koçanis, 22km from Hakkari, was apparently a flourishing and wealthy village. Now, though,…