Turkey

So where the heck is Smyrna? I’d heard a little about the awful days of 1922, but despite having made a few …

Tourism – good thing or bad? I’ve written about Develi before –a town in central Turkey, where I was based, along with …

‘Fox-holes’ perhaps? Did snipers crouch in these to fire down on an enemy below? What were these little rings of rocks strategically …

When Emperor Constantine woke up on May 28, 1453, it would have been to the depressing thought that it was likely his last …

I’ve seen two cities that look like they were comprehensively destroyed. I don’t mean just ruins,  but places where someone seems to …

On March 21, 2011  I was sent to do a job in the far south-east of Turkey.  Me and Erol, my indispensable …