Konya, Turkey July 5, 2023 It seems like the city of a thousand mosques, so many are they, around every corner, of all ages. Known to the Greeks as Iconium, most know Konya as the home of the poet Rumi. His final resting place is the mausoleum and it is this turquoise tomb that many … More In the City of Dervishes
Sanliurfa, Turkey June 30, 2023 A few miles from Sanliurfa, among the intensively cultivated farmlands is a hill called Gobekli Tepe in local parlance which translates to bellied hill. It is here that an astonishing discovery was made almost sixty years ago, upended the then-held views on ancient megalithic structures. Excavations that followed unveiled a … More Mysterious Gobekli Tepe
Mardin, Turkey June 28, 2023 Perched on a hillock close to the border of Iraq is the town of Mardin. With craggy hilltops, one of them crowned with the old castle, it is picturesque. The old town was once completely made of honey-colored sandstone with all buildings staggering up and down the hill. The ten … More Perched Atop a Hill
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