Category Archives: Turkey

An overnight to Tastaratacağı and Çalbalı

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Bryan Keith

The hardest thing about this one-night backpacking trip with Özgür and Burak was remembering the name of the first peak we summited: Tastaratacağı.  Çalbalı’s a little easier, but maybe that’s because I’ve climbed it before. We drove up to Hisarçandır … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s far southeast: Sümbül Dağı, Hakkari

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Bryan Keith

I’ve been putting off writing this blog because my camera went kaput just as we were starting up the mountain so I have no photos of what was the reason to travel to Hakkari: climbing Sümbül Dağı.  Of course, my … Continue reading →

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Bozcaada, Assos, Adatepe, Bergama: a three-day bus tour

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Bryan Keith

I’ve been putting off writing this blog because I felt like it’d end up being pretty negative.  Ferda’s friend, Şebnem, does lots of these weekend bus tours.  She convinced Ferda to come on this tour last spring, and Ferda, in … Continue reading →

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Ihlara to Antalya via the Konya Plains, by bicycle

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Bryan Keith

Another short bicycle tour in Turkey.  It only took 10 days to cycle from Ihlara to Antalya.  The unusual thing about this tour was just how flat it was: ~8000m of climbing in 700km.  That doesn’t sound so flat so … Continue reading →

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Kırşehir, Ihlara Vadisi, and Güzelyurt

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Bryan Keith

The Ihlara Valley is on many people’s short list of places to visit in Turkey.  For good reason.  It’s often considered part of Kapadokya (Cappadocia), but it’s a fair bit west of the main area of Kapadokya.  Ferda and I … Continue reading →

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