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Bus Beautiful: 1300 KM and Still Rolling 

Bus Beautiful: 1300 KM and Still Rolling 

June 26, 2014
Chris Dennis
Culture, Transit, Turkey

In the last three weeks we’ve logged 1300 kilometers in long haul Turkish buses. While it isn’t as luxurious as Argentina’s, the Turkish bus system…

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The Amazing Örümcek Adam

The Amazing Örümcek Adam

June 23, 2014
Alison Dennis
Culture, Turkey

It is Sunday afternoon and it seems as if every Kurdish and Arab family in a hundred kilometer radius is picnicking and promenading around Urfa’s…

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Gaziantep's Secret Ingredient

Gaziantep’s Secret Ingredient

June 20, 2014
Alison Dennis
Culture, Eat + Drink, Turkey

Your night bus from Ankara arrives in far southeastern Anatolia earlier than you expected. It is mid-morning when you climb out into the light of…

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A postcard of Ataturk near Chora Church

Thanks, Ataturk! Don’t Roll Over!

June 17, 2014
Chris Dennis
Culture, Turkey

For a westerner looking at Ataturk’s chiseled, grey-toned, stoic face—almost always near a red crescent and star—it’s easy to roll him into a dismissive mental…

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Ablution Faucet at Rumi Museum in Konya

Rumi’s Rest, Rumi’s Renaissance: Drinking the Here and Now in the Heart of Sufism

June 15, 2014
Chris Dennis
Culture, Turkey

We came to Konya to be near Rumi. Near in any sense. Just near. Near is good. Might our poetry improve? Our philosophy? Our humanity?…

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How to Whirl Like a Dervish

How to Whirl Like a Dervish

June 14, 2014
Alison Dennis
Culture, How To, Turkey

Welcome to Konya, spiritual home of The Order of the Mevlevi, a Sufi form of Islamic philosophy and mysticism founded after the passing of poet…

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Dungeons and Dragons: Byzantine Cave Art in the Dark Ages

Dungeons and Dragons: Byzantine Cave Art in the Dark Ages

June 13, 2014
Alison Dennis
Culture, Turkey

Arriving in arid Cappadocia, fresh off a forty-five minute boat ride from Greece and a sixteen-hour bus ride from the Turkish Mediterranean, the change in…

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Portals of cave carvings in Cappidocia, Turkey.

Of Cliffs and Caves: Cappadocian Carvings

June 12, 2014
Chris Dennis
Culture, Turkey

Cappadocia is a glorious intertwine of geology and human need. The need? Shelter. The geology? Tuff: compressed volcanic ash. As a rock, it doesn’t live…

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First Impressions of Turkey

First Impressions of Turkey

June 9, 2014
Alison Dennis
Turkey

You sit in the Bodrum bus station making Turkish flashcards and keeping an eye on the luggage as the Greek passenger ferry that brought you here…

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