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Bursa: a protected treasure

By Victoria Khroundina | May 15, 2013


A Silk Road city a hundred miles south of Istanbul, Bursa has salvaged enough of its fabled beauty to make it well worth exploring. The birthplace of the Ottoman Empire, it is the best place to get an Iskender kebap, even the inspiration for Turkish puppetry (the shadow play characters...
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Posted in History, Travel

Cultural exertions: the Cultural Routes Society takes another step forward

By Roger Williams | February 12, 2013


A one-click website has been set up for the Culture Routes Society to bring together the 16 waymarked long-distance walks in Turkey. Trailmakers, tour operators, accommodation providers and other necessary information are available for an adventure through some of the country’s most beautiful and historic countryside. Each trail is supported...
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Posted in Books, News, Travel

A letter from the road

By Michael Hornsby | January 30, 2013


Cornucopia was delighted to recieve a letter from subscriber Janet Surman about her recent trip to visit the painted village mosques of Denizli, which feature in the beautiful photographs by Ali Konalı and Tarkan Kutlu on the cover of issue 48. Sadly some of the mosques seem to be in...
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Posted in History, Islamic Art, Travel

Mellified living: exploring Kars through honey

By Claire Bangser | December 12, 2012


In a guest post on the Cornucopia blog, Claire Bangser from the Balyolu team explores the sweeter side of Kars, a border town in far-eastern Turkey, famously portrayed as cold and bleak in Orhan Pamuk's novel 'Snow'.    In a village in northeastern Turkey, a bee-keeper died this spring at...
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Posted in Culinary Arts, Travel

Bursa PhotoFest

By Monique Jaques | September 20, 2012


Coming from Istanbul, one has to take a ferry, a bus, and then the metro to reach the many exhibitions and talks at Bursa PhotoFest (September 15–21). It seems only fitting to travel to this less-than-glitzy former Ottoman capital to see a showcase of documentary photography, often overlooked in the...
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Posted in News, Photography, Travel

What Josephine Saw

By Michael Hornsby | June 27, 2012


Whether they stay in Sultanahmet or Beyoğlu, visitors to Istanbul this summer have the chance to see the late Josephine Powell’s remarkable photographs of Anatolian nomadic and rural life at a nearby venue. The exhibition at the Research Centre for Anatolian Civilisations on Istiklal Caddesi, which featured on the cover of...
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Posted in Books, Film, History, Museums, Photography, Travel

An afternoon at the vineyard

By Christopher Ryan | June 18, 2012


Founded in 2003 by Alp Toruner, Büyülübağ Winery, on the island of Avşa in the Sea of Marmara, is one of a new breed of quality Turkish wine producers, making modern wines by traditional methods and using local grapes as well as more familiar varieties. Walking from Avşa ferryport, the way across...
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Posted in Culinary Arts, Travel
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