Van Man
Turkey is a magical land with something for everyone. If sprawling on a sun-baked beach with a cold drink in one hand and a Kindle in the other has lost […]
Category Archives: Turkey
Blood Rites in Telmessos
My new Sketchers, though deliciously comfortable with their memory foam insoles and advanced air flow system, were no match for the jagged rocks that led up to the tomb of […]
Tlos
The ruins of Tlos in Turkey’s Muḡla province are tremendously impressive. I followed the road signs for the village of Kemer from the Fethiye-Kaṣ highway and took a turnoff at […]
Gods, Men and Goats – Duzgun Baba
It looked as if a large meteorite had crashed into a herd of goats, whose disintegrating bodies had spattered it with blood and whose only recognisable remains were hundreds of […]
Ankara: A city of contrasts
Turkey’s capital is as different from Istanbul as you could imagine. Istanbul is like a decrepit dowager aunt, clad in a dress that might have been in fashion a few […]
The past comes to life in Ephesus
Ephesus is one of the great ruined cities of the world, a truly breathtaking pile of marble that makes you wonder at the artistic aspirations, as well as the organisational […]
Evangelicals and pagan goddesses in Selcuk
With Selcuk (pronounced Seljuk) and Ephesus both within a twenty-minute drive of my hotel – the excellent Tusan Beach Resort in Kusadasi – this summer I was pretty much spoilt […]
