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Back in 1998, while overnighting in Antakya, Turkey (Antioch!), I got up early before our afternoon bus into Syria —

Gaziantep Baklava: Zeki İnal

Photos by Preamtip Satasuk Turkey’s most iconic dessert, baklava is a necessary part of the Turkey travel experience. The origins

This is Part Two of the story from Urfa: Mustafa and a Neolithic Rant I had emailed Professor Schmidt

For over 2,000 years, the practice of bloodletting was considered a normal medical treatment, often prescribed and performed by doctors.

In all my years of going to Turkey – regularly since the year I lived there in 1997-1998 – I

While there is a lot of mingling of regional cuisines down in southeastern Turkey along the border with Syria, I

Down a “pasaj” we found it: Zuzu Tavuk ve Ciğer Salonu. “Clean and cheap,” our hotel manager told us. Delicious just

I love Turkish breakfast (kahvaltı). I’ve said it before, but breakfast is a personal thing. I’ll eat the fear factor

After nearly 11 hours on a bus from Nevşehir in Cappadocia, we arrived in Şanlıurfa just before midnight. We took

Papirüs Café and the Alley of Tea and Coffee It was another one of those moments. The map said go

I’ve been chipping away at seeing every bit of Turkey I can, ever since I lived here back in 1997-1998.

Sweets of Gaziantep I’m standing in the street around dusk and my fingers are sticky, my pen is sticky, a