Category Archives: Turkey

Bicycling touring Dersim İli, part two: Merkez and Mazgirt

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Bryan Keith

From the Upper Munzur Valley around Ovacık it was a ride on the main road following the river downhill to Dersim (the city). As a main road, I expected a fair bit of traffic, especially since it was the weekend. … Continue reading →

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Bicycling touring Dersim İli: Çemişgezek, Hozat, Ovacık

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Bryan Keith

The posts about this bicycle tour from Antalya to (spoiler) Bitlis were written shortly after the section described.  Until now.  It’s been almost two months since Hacer, Ferda, and I entered Dersim Province, dropping into a pretty canyon, crossing the Rabat Çayı … Continue reading →

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Divriği to Kemaliye, by bicycle

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Bryan Keith

I had planned a good route from Divriği to Dersim before I knew that Ferda and Hacer were joining me for this section. This “good route” meant lots of dirt roads and lots of climbing. I worried it might be … Continue reading →

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The sites of Divriği in a week

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Bryan Keith

Divriği’s pretty out of the way, but tourists do make it out here to visit the Ulu Camii and Darüşşifası.  Never heard of them, have you?  Well, no one else has either.  The only reason anyone knows about this building … Continue reading →

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Tufanbeyli to Divriği via Darende: apricots, mosques, and Anatolian hospitality

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Bryan Keith

Wow, this section was really fun.  The scenery wasn’t great, it was fairly windy and too hot, but the people were wonderful, the apricots were plentiful and tasty, there were things to see, and the mosques, well, the mosques were … Continue reading →

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