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    A Life Shared With Animals

    16 June 2022 / Comments Off on A Life Shared With Animals

    We all share our lives with animals. They're everywhere, from beloved pets to domesticated stock and true wild animals. Here's an album of some we've met in Turkey over the years.

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    Observations On Life Between Husband And Wife

    21 December 2021

    Tissue Issue – A Look At Loos

    11 January 2022

    The Best Foods Begin With The Letter ‘C’

    12 April 2022
  • Travelling in Turkey

    Three Mountain Passes

    26 August 2021 / Comments Off on Three Mountain Passes

    If you’re heading up to the mountains, here’s a trio of routes you might like to try. Each winding country road takes you over a remote high pass, with glimpses of traditional country life and, at the summit, wonderfully expansive views.

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    Mike Vickers

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    Charming Çıralı – And A Tribute To The D400

    27 July 2021

    Back On Board The Turistik Dogu Ekspresi

    27 July 2021

    Elmali – A Town Of Mountains And Apples

    27 July 2021
  • Turkish Food

    Turkish Cuisine. It’s Memorably Tastys

    21 August 2021 / Comments Off on Turkish Cuisine. It’s Memorably Tastys

    The food is amazing, the dishes colourfully sumptuous, the taste exquisite. Turkish cuisine is amongst the finest in the world and is one of the main reasons we decided to come and live here.

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    Mike Vickers
  • Quirky Turkey,  Tales From Turkey

    Collective Nouns

    19 August 2021 / Comments Off on Collective Nouns

    They’re all here - a piglet of peppers, a slurring of gin and a pandemic of toilet rolls, all thrown together for a bit of fun.

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    Uniquely Turkish Transportation

    19 August 2021

    If It Moves…

    24 August 2021

    Linguistic Idiosyncrasies – Signs, Labels and Menus That Don’t Necessarily Help

    28 October 2021
  • Tales From Turkey,  The Seasons

    Remember The Winter?

    27 July 2021 / Comments Off on Remember The Winter?

    Frankly, there’s not much of a downside to winter around here, but while you’re enduring the full-on strength of high summer, I’ve offered a few viewing options of winter-themed films to take your mind off the relentless heat.

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    Mike Vickers

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    Collective Nouns

    19 August 2021

    Antalya Kaleiçi

    29 July 2021

    Elmali – A Town Of Mountains And Apples

    27 July 2021
  • Tales From Turkey,  Travelling in Turkey

    Elmali – A Town Of Mountains And Apples

    27 July 2021 / Comments Off on Elmali – A Town Of Mountains And Apples

    This lovely upland town is surrounded by mountains and is famed for its apples, grown in thousands of orchards across the valley. It’s one of our favourite places to visit, especially in summer - the altitude makes it so much cooler than Fethiye.

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    Mike Vickers

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    Springtime In Fethiye

    27 July 2021

    The Symphonic Aqueduct At Delikkemer

    28 July 2021

    All Aboard the Turistik Dogu Ekspresi To Kars

    27 July 2021

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