Turkey is littered with the remains of battered castles that bear silent witness to Anatolia’s often turbulent past. Indeed there are parts of the…
Here I am in Afyon, a conservative town as I know both from reputation and from previous visits. Accordingly, I head straight out…
Population: 2,100 Market: Tuesday If you don’t have a car and want to explore the Phrygian Valley north of Afyon, it’s worth knowing…
“Gassy Lake” Population: 2.500 Due north of Afyon, Gazlıgöl is a small spa…
What do you imagine when you think of Turkey? Maybe it’s the mosques and the palaces but maybe it’s the lovely old wooden…
Dumlupınar is the site of the last and most decisive battle of the Turkish War of Independence that took place between 26 and…
Last night I had the weirdest sensation. I was walking back from the İkbal Lokantası in Afyon town centre to the Şehitoğlu Konaği…
A watery sunbeam scythes a line across the flanks of a mountain. The setting sun casts a golden glow on the backs of…
Ottoman town at the foot of a rock …
Of all the regions of Turkey, Western Anatolia probably suffers most from an identity crisis. The area inland from the coasts, due south…