The Rather Extensive Souq

This ancient bazaar contains market traders various goods such as carpets, sweets, jewellery, spices, meats, etc, etc. It had been on and off ancient trading routes and still continues to thrive on local trading.

Aleppo to Adana: Crossing into Turkey

May 27th 2010
As Ava and her Mum were heading in the opposite direction to us (they were going Turkey to Jordan), we all went to the bus stop together. We said a warm good-bye and then they caught the bus south to Damascus and we headed north to Aleppo. Getting off the bus at Aleppo station we were faced with the usual barrage of taxi drivers with an endless reel of questions “Where you go?”, “You have ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean » Adana

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

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