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Traditional Food from the Southeast of Turkey : Grilled Lambs Spleen and...
I do not normally focus on food while traveling. I have a love / hate relationship with it and mostly eat more out of necessity rather than desire. At other times, I have heavily criticized Turkish...
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19 Favourite Photos From the Southeast of Turkey
In 2012, I started to regret my decision to focus on one country for my travel writing. The buzz of learning about new aspects of Turkey had started to wear off. New experiences were harder to find...
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Gaziantep Castle : Remembering the Veterans
I have always had a love of castles but it is nothing to do with fairytale princesses. They just remind me of my childhood. I grew up in the UK city of Nottingham and spent many weekends at the castle...
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Life in the Coffee Houses of Gaziantep
I love caffeine. I adore it. I think it is a wonderful substance and often drink more than six cups of Nescafe in a day. I can also top that off with a can of Redbull and on odd occasions, have to lie...
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Every Gaziantep Woman is a Chef from Birth : A Culinary Museum
The Gaziantep Culinary Museum is set in an old house down a cobbled side street. I entered a small courtyard and looked around at the two storey building. First impressions were not to expect too much...
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The Gaziantep Mevlevi Museum
We walked up and down the street three times, and after realising we were lost, asked a passer-by where the Gaziantep Mevlevi Lodge Foundation Museum was. Located in the Sahinbey area of the city, it...
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The Coppersmith Bazaar of Gaziantep
While the West of Turkey makes every effort to keep up to date with international trends and practices, the same cannot be said of the south east. Now this is not necessary a bad thing because in the...
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Gaziantep War Museum and the Siege of Antep
“The city of museums” is a fitting description for the South Eastern, bustling hub of Gaziantep. There are endless amounts of informative exhibitions and galleries on every topic from glass blowing to...
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Disappointment at the Tarihi Yenihan Cave Cafe
No one is sure of the construction year for the Tarihi Yenihan but 1557 is suspected because of a sign on the stone arch leading in. Built in typical Ottoman fashion of a two-storey building centred on...
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The Shoe Maker from Gaziantep
Tucked away within the walls of a stone courtyard was a small and dusty workshop. I squinted my eyes as I peered through the age old stained windows, unsure whether the shop was open. An old man opened...
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