Category Archives: Turkey

The pools at Tastaratacağı

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Bryan Keith

which may be called Çimelik: In Yılmaz Sevgül’s Antalya trad climbing book

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Karadağ Tepesi (Kargı, Bucak) with Semra and Bülent

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Bryan Keith

When heading north on the main highway from Antalya to Isparta (to go to Kapıkaya or Dedegöl, for example), there are lots of stunning cliffs, mountains, and ridges visible on the right (east) side of the road. I’ve been on … Continue reading →

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Darım Dağı (aka Göktünek Tepesi) with Semra and Bülent

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Bryan Keith

Whenever I go up to Termessos, I look north and admire the steep south face of Darım Dağı. It’s first visible from the kind of steep switchbacks so if you’re feeling lazy and want a rest, you can use the … Continue reading →

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The end again, in Bitlis

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Bryan Keith

Three and and a half months from Antalya to Bitlis.  This was my longest bicycle tour in Turkey (my Erzurum to Bayburt tour was a couple weeks longer, but I spent a month of that in Georgia).  By the end … Continue reading →

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Karakoçan to Norşên via Lice and Kulp: swimming holes and soldiers

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Bryan Keith

A lot happened this week. When I read through my notes, at times it seemed like it was all heat and flat tires. Certainly there were too much of both, but we also had jandarma excitement, continued language diversity, some … Continue reading →

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