Main street view

Dalyan - our village!

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May 24th 2011
Yesterday, as we joined Joanne, Tom and 3 of their friends on a boat, travelled down the Dalyan river through the reeds, past the fish gate, watched a tour operator feed a giant Caretta-Caretta (Loggerhead) turtle blue swimmer crabs and then went over the bar and out to sea, I thought I should share with you some of our experiences in living in a village in Turkey. We went along the length of Tur ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean » Dalaman

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more