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Beyzade Konak Sanliurfa

Sarayonu caddesi Sanliurfa, Sanliurfa, Turkey

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Syria border crossing back to the central market

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... to bring back.  It was frozen so solid that even after walking around for almost another hour before getting back to the hotel, it was still frozen.  We had an impromptu ice cream party in Ovunc's room.  Tomorrow we will visit the Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates River, the world's 5th largest dam and climb Mt. Nemrut to see the massive carved heads built by the Armenian King Antiochus I in honor of ...

From Urfa to Harran to Syria and Back Again

A travel blog entry by prairiedropseed

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... us to find out where we were from and how long we had been in Turkey.  We also talked with an official looking person on the street who started talking to us in English and we found out he went to graduate school in Nebraska and after researching all the US football teams, he chose the Green Bay Packers as his favorite team.   We continued on to Harran, but stopped again to talk to people who were hand-picking cotton in the field. Kurdish families are hired to pick cotton at ...

The Black and the Dry in Turkey

A travel blog entry by shaunandkaren

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... up very well, we as foreigners were stared at constantly, we were made to feel welcome through their friendly and general chit chat. We were really loving Urfa, the home of the Prophet Abraham.
While in Sanliurfa, we took a short drive to the dry, dusty town of Harran and it was clear that Shaun was having a travelgasm. We entered the town and were treated with the sites of Harran Castle, the ancient mud brick university and the ...

Göbleki Tepe, Sanliurfa, Harran, Gaziantep

A travel blog entry by matini

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... en Anatolie-Sud, près de la frontière Syrienne. Après une nuit camping sauvage tout près de Göbleki Tepe nous séjournons à Gaziantep dans un très beau, grand et propre parque municipal.
Les dernières semaines nous étions plusieurs fois invités à manger, boire et fêter en amitié, mais depuis notre séjour dans le cratère de Nemrut nous avons des petits problèmes d'estomac. Tini va mieux et moi j'espère bientôt à une amélioration.
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Rollercoaster of fun

A travel blog entry by maartenmarieann

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... dus: İstanbul. Wat een stad. We komen nog zeker terug op city-trip al is het maar om onze beloftes aan alle souvenierwınkeltjes na te komen. Wat een spijt we soms hadden dat we bijna niets konden kopen. Een souq in het oude stadsgedeelte, Sultanahmed, dat alle andere overtreft. Om verloren in te lopen. Zelfs aan drang weerstaan om daar al een tapijt te kopen.
Het paleis der paleizen gezien: Topkapi Palace, met haremgedeelte voor een paar honderd mooie meiden. Prachtige ...