Gaziantep

... Tour) consisted of 18 days visiting Istanbul, Van, Kars, Erzurum, Trabzon, Ankara, Uchisar in Cappadocia, Antakya (Ancient Antioch), Gaziantep and Mount Nemrut, Adana and Tarsus. Our two favorite stops were in Cappadocia and Mount Nemrut, which we equate ...

A Diary of Interrupted Days. This is my new life backpacking around the world - without a plan, travelling on one way tickets..... Oy Vey, Back on the road, back to the blog. 39 Countries since I started blogging. I can't believe it myself and I am ...

... I grabbed a kebab and a lahmacun (traditional Turkish pizza), both of which my friends told me is "famous" in Gaziantep. I remain skeptical. After an exhausting morning and afternoon, I gave up on the historical places. The museum was ...

... dress (although still quite Muslim) and also the interaction between men and women (i.e. they were actually interacting). Although Gaziantep wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing town (a lot of large concrete apartments and boxy buildings), it did have ...

... no hot water, just had so often been the casein Urfa. But I was wrong. I had gone from the poorest Kurdish families to the Gaziantep elite. Their house was huge and filled with incredible things. As we arrived I met his sister and her husband. She was an ...

... are too late. The town has grown too rapidly and most historical houses have already been replaced by concrete ones. The Gaziantep Museum is the best that I have ever visited in Turkey. The finds that have been transported from the ancient city ...