Tag Archives: Turkey

Mining the Diaries 48: Turkey 2002

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Brian

The Round House, Omer’s Houses, Dalyan, 4th July A trip to Koycegiz, which is about 30km upstream from here at the end of Koycegiz Lake, Turkey’s deepest lake and reputedly visited by over 150 species of birds.  It’s an ordinary … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 34: Turkey

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Brian

Lord Kinross Room, Pera Palace, Istanbul, 26th April 1997 Early breakfast and a taxi to the Grand Bazaar.  It should have been a short ride across the Karakoy (Galata) Bridge and then a few streets through the centre, but the … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 29: Turkey

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Dorici, Kusadasi, 26th October 1995 Caged chickens, protesting sheep, dripping fish, drifts of sunflower seeds and rice, great slabs of white cheese, and bulging sacks of tobacco were sold by people with weathered mahogany faces in the cacophony of … Continue reading →

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