Turkey
It's hardly possible to talk about Byzantine churches in Istanbul. After the conquest of Constantinople 571 years ago, Ottomans converted almost all Christian Orthodox religious temples into ...
I went to Istanbul after nearly 5 years. It was the most obvious destination that I could choose after a hiatus in my travel. I spent 5 weeks in Turkey in 2019, Istanbul was my first stop at ...
In this post, I want to reflect on my travel around Turkey last year. I was there for 5 weeks and I visited 8 different cities - Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir, Kusadasi, Aydin, Antalya, Konya and ...
Is Turkish food healthy? Perhaps, the right question to ask should be whether the food that I had in Turkey was healthy and whether I made healthy choices. Truthfully, the same as everywhere ...
While Ankara is not as rich in history and historical monuments like Istanbul, there are several sites that you can visit there. Undoubtedly, one of them is the monumental Ataturk Mausoleum, ...
Anitkabir or the Ataturk Mausoleum, dedicated to the Father of the Nation - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - is probably the most important place in Ankara. Within the mausoleum complex, apart from ...
In my previous posts, I wrote about the Seljuk heritage in Konya and also about the fascinating Mevlana Museum. But, there is also Ottoman Konya to consider, in addition to its history ...
There exist special places in the world, but it could be that we don't know anything about them. In my case, Mevlana Museum was one of them. When I included Konya in my travel itinerary, I ...
Earlier this year, when I was making plans for my travel in Turkey, I included Konya because I knew that it was an important Ottoman city. But, I certainly didn't know that there would be ...