For the five day bayram (holiday) that we had at the start of May, I decided to take the famous GAP Tour–a traditional tour that many Türks take at some point in their lives to get to see and know parts of Southeast Anatolia. GAP stands for Güney-Doğu Anadolu Proje, or Southeast Anatolia Project. You can read a bit about its history on this website from the Ministry of Industry and Technology. I participated on…
Back in October for our long Republic Day weekend I had the pleasure of traveling with my good friends, Valantis and Sinem, and their two sons, Kayra and Nicholas. We headed three hours east from İzmir to the province of Uşak with the primary target of seeing Ulubey Canyon. You may be surprised to learn that Ulubey is the second longest canyon in the world at 45 kilometers; the longest one is of course the…
Hello Friends, and welcome back for the continued tour around my Göztepe neighborhood. I’ll dig right in to talk about animals–both our pets and the street animals for which Turkey is well known. I remember while I was going through contract negotiations with ACI that I had to verify I could bring Ziggy with me when I moved. The Head of School at the time said of course I could, but also that there were…