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NOTE: You will enjoy to read article of Tulay Filiz. She’s first guest author of Azgezmis. The stars were so close, I thought I could just reach out and touch them… The Orion Nebula which is my favorite constellation, seemed to move so fast I could follow devamını oku...

Harput ,which looks down to Elazig is just 7 km. away from the city. While the Elazig was governed from Harput at 19th Century, people had started to move from there to Elazig for some reasons. Foremost of those reasons was the extension of the railways up to devamını oku...

It is a nice district of Edirne. 285 km to Istanbul and 170 km to Edirne. Beside it is 21 km to Ipsala which is border discrict with Greece. If you want to go there from Istanbul you should turn to Kesan and than to Enez side, after 60 km you reach to Enez. It devamını oku...

Harran at a distance 40-45 km to Sanliurfa, if you would like to take good photos you should be there in the morning early. It takes half hour to go there from Urfa. At the beginning of a flat plain a wall appeared behind the walls there were ruined houses and devamını oku...

First of all I would like to begin by writing Gaziantep is very authentic. Our first place was famous Tahmis Café. As a word, meaning of the Tahmis is sold place of roasted and ground coffee. This coffeehouse one of the shops has been built in the Ottoman period devamını oku...

There are a few Karagol’s in different locations of  Turkey. Karagol, which I try to write about it, is in Sakarya’s, Tarakli district distance to district is 21 km. This is created as an artificial pond in Karagol Plateau although it is in a beautiful devamını oku...

This plateau has all the beauty of nature in it and about 180-190 km to Istanbul. To come here from Istanbul you should use TEM or E-5 highway if you use TEM you should turn to Kaynasli side and continue to Bolu direction. When you start climbing to Bolu mountain devamını oku...

Aytepe is like a paradise it is very green you will see different shades of the green there, it is close to Istanbul. This place is only 130 km to Istanbul and 26 km to Izmit. If you go from Istanbul you should turn to Kandira, Izmit sign, then to Yalova side and devamını oku...

Ida Mountain spread a wide area and this area has most abundant oxygen in the forests of Turkey. If you would like to be in the middle of this nature place you can set up tents and sleeping with bird sounds and wake up with bird sounds. Let me warn you when you devamını oku...

Syria was colony of France until 1946 after this year country become free and today it is Syria Republic. Today many people in the country still speak French. It is very easy to go there by car from Turkey. You can pass from Hatay, Cilvegozu border gate. If you devamını oku...

This place 140 km to Konya but it is one of the district of Konya. It wants to become a city. After I sow many beautiful thinks there I think it deserve this. There is a men who gave his hurt to presentate Eregli Mr. Memduh Ekici. He organize photograghers meeting devamını oku...

First of all I want to thank to our friends whom lives in Maraş they made a convoy with us in Maraş. When you go to the Anatolian cities you become happy to see there is unchanged people and happy to see human emotions of people is not lost. During our visit devamını oku...

Approximately 250 km from Istanbul, to go Igneada you should go to TEM Demirköy side. Places you will pass are Saray, Vize, Poyrali, Demirkoy and the last stop is Igneada. On the way of Igneada you will see a sign as Magnetic Field Forest, a little further there devamını oku...

This village is under water of Birecik Barrage. There are two different ways to go Savasan if you come from Gaziantep first you have to go to Yavuzeli district and than Rumkale. You can go to Savasan from Rumkale with small boats. Rent a boat to Savasan is 15 devamını oku...

Before going to this city always thought a place like Prague. I guess I went Budapest with much expectation, first I saw the city from the hill and I said that if you see the Prague you don’t have to see here. In fact, I was wrong, Budapest has a different beauty. devamını oku...

It takes 45 minutes to go from Mardin to Midyat. As a rumor Matiate word which is mix of Persian, Arabic, Syriac and the meaning is “mirror”, “cave city” which is written also on the Assyrian tablets, this word changed and come to today as Midyat. devamını oku...

With other name Calticak Lake, to go the lake you should go to Adapazari direction, then return to Karasu direction and drive approximately 15-20 km from here, first you will come to Poyrazlar lake. You can go inside of Poyrazlar park area and at the end you can devamını oku...

Tire is 80 km distance to Izmir, is still the old traditions live town. Before going there I was expecting typical Aegean settlement, but it has different ambience than I thought. This was nice surprise to me, I enjoyed being in Tire. First thing if you are hungry devamını oku...

In ancient times the Alacati name called as Agrilia , is located in the center of Ionia region. Ion cities lived golden ages in 7th century. In this period, Ion association were 12 cities they were very good especially at science, philosophy, sculpture and architecture devamını oku...

Agva was gate of many civilizations as Hittites, Phrygian, Roman and Ottoman civilizations, this is a Latin word Agva means established between the ”two-stream village”. Agva takes place in the border of Sile, in 1992 it had own municipality. About devamını oku...

This lake on the way of Adapazari,Karasu. When you turned to Karasu side you should drive 25-26 km more and turn to from Golkent sign. After continuo 4-5 km you will reach to Ak Lake. Ak Lake or with the other name Big Ak Lake is big lake but not well known by devamını oku...

This lake on the way of Adapazari, Karasu. You can get there by taken Karasu part from the highway, after 20 km you will see the signs. Here is the area for picnic in the summer time. But in the winter time or spring time it is more quiet and Continue reading devamını oku...

Datca district of Mugla and you can reached by land and by ferry. You can go to via flight from Istanbul to Bodrum from Bodrum you can take a ferry which works 2 times (09:00 and 17:00) a day and it takes 2 hours to Datca. Ferry departure can change according devamını oku...

Ten years ago, after 17 August earthquake one September evening, I decided to fly San Francisco to leave there for a while. I was planning a little long-term trip and it happened as I was planned. During my 6 months in San Francisco, I sow many places, in California devamını oku...

We had decided to go Amasra for October 29 holiday(which is celebration of been Turkey as republic).  At that time there was no crisis and people could go on holiday therefore every place was full.  We thought that we can come back home if we can’t find a devamını oku...

Today our last stop is Efteni Lake. You can ask where is this lake. If I speak to my name I was unaware that such a beauty is there,before I start taken photo. Efteni Lake within the borders of Duzce province in the Aydinpinar village. You should continue from devamını oku...

It takes 3 hours to go to Kiyikoy through Kirklareli, Saray. Approximately 185 km to Istanbul. However, there are some places to stop on the way of Kiyikoy. First comes Vize, you will see there a tiny but ancient theater is surrounded by wire netting around not devamını oku...

Seemed we will go to somewhere again. However, where we were going to see it was wondered places for us. But the home market did not match the account of weather conditions due to rain, even we returned home after 2 days before then planed time. At the beginning devamını oku...

November 2007, heavy snowy day. Normal people stay at home and they don’t want to take risks driving a car at snowy day. But our friend Sami who can’t stay somewhere more then 5 minutes prepared the minibus and we were persuaded him to go to Adapazarı-Taraklı devamını oku...

This time, the compass direction was showing us to go Canakkale, Gokceada. Year 2008, June the beginning of the month. A Friday night we haven taken a departure to Kabatepe we been there 4 hours earlier then Ferry schedule.  We were traveling with a friend who devamını oku...

We were unable to go out since so long time because of rain. We learned that rain will end at the weekend we choose Ayvalik to be out of the city. It took 6 hours to go Ayvalik from Istanbul. First Yalova and Balikesir and then Ayvalik. Before we go there I researched devamını oku...

In my sight, the city has an interesting feature. Other cities around this city has terrorism, but here life is normal as it should be, and you would feel safe your self here. The people who live here don’t let terrorism come in here. I hope terror ends in devamını oku...

We put in to glass Sinem in the morning at 04:30 am (navigation computer) and wanted to take us from Konya to Meke Lake. Sinem had a bit fallibility, this time and took us another lake which is 2-3 km near to Meke. We found our way with old style type, by asking devamını oku...

In 1997 I organized a 9 days travel to Italy. First night I get of from the plane lately. I walked on the empty streets in the night with my language and I heard a lot about burglary in Italy before I come. I wanted to find a hotel it wasn’t important how it devamını oku...

We went to Bratislava from Wien. It is so easy to go there from Wien. First of all you have to find a metro map. Then you have to come Sudbanhof and take a train after one hour you get of at another country’s border. The only think you should do is pay 14 € devamını oku...

Year 1998, I arranged my accommodation via internet before I arrive to Singapore. I was going to accommodate in a hostel which back packers stay. Hostel was a bit far to city center but I could walk every night trough the forest between city center to hostel. devamını oku...

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