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Photo Essay – How Turkish Carpets Are Made
For a number of years, there has been an underlying fear in the culturally orientated people of Turkey. They fear that the age-old tradition of handmade Turkish...
The Sufi Mystic Experience and Rumi
The amazing Sufi poet called Rumi once said that “Love cannot be described. It must be tasted”. He said these words over 700 years ago, yet people still spend...
Sacrificing a Goat for Kurban Bayram
This week had led to a flurry of activity in markets all over Turkey. Cattle farmers are busy as communities gear themselves up for a four day festival that will...
Camel Wrestling – The Ultimate Traditional Turkish Experience
I have seen many sights during my time in Turkey but none of them has ever matched the experience I had last Sunday. Seven of us hired a driver and set off to the...
The Circus Comes To Town
When I heard that The Traveling Avrasya Circus had come to town, I wanted to go for three reasons. The first was to practice my photography skills, the second was...
Turkish Culture – A Guide to Social Traditions
One thing you will soon realize when visiting Turkey is that part of the Turkish culture involves being very sociable. Turkish people love to meet new friends and...
A Turkish Christmas
Christmas in Turkey is impossible right? Most of my friends and family who have never visited Turkey say this. “After all, Turkey is a Muslim country”. It might...
Body Language – Communication For Your Travels.
I believe that speaking the language of a country you are traveling to, is not that important. Nine times out of ten, you can normally find someone who speaks...
Spot The Woman In A Turkish Tea House
There is a Turkish tea house in every town, city and village. It is part of all the establishments that go into making up a community. However it is important...
Turkish Hamam / Bath – How To Enjoy
The Turkish Hamam is also known as the Turkish bath, and while it is not one of my favorite past times, I thought I had better write about it, as no holiday Turkey...
Ramadan In Turkey
Ramadan in Turkey can be daunting to any traveler or tourist who has not been to Turkey during this holy month. They may be apprehensive about how it will affect...
Turkish Carpets and Rugs – The Skill of the Human Hand.
Four years ago I developed a love for Turkish carpets and rugs. We are not talking about your mass produced machine carpets or rugs here. Traditional Turkish carpets...
Turkish Circumcision Party.
I got invited to a Turkish circumcision party yesterday otherwise known as a Sunet party. I kept on having to call it a snip party and make scissors action with...
People of Turkey – SweetCorn Sellers
Everyone loves fast food however in Turkey. If you are in the large cities like Izmir or Istanbul, then it will be the norm to head to Burger King or McDonalds....
