23 April “Children's Day” and early macunu mesir festival “International Festival paste mesa”

    Remind you that today 23 April is a national holiday in Turkey, the establishment of the Turkish Parliament commemorates (1920) and it is a day dedicated to children, because Atatürk (father of the Turkish Republic) … Continue reading

Valle de Ihlara

One of the tours we did during the days we were in Cappadocia was to visit the Valley of Ilhara, and way back to Göreme stop to visit one of the most famous underground cities, “Kaymakli location”. The tour's … Continue reading

Turkish pop music

  Until we got here we had never heard any Turkish music. The truth is that it was during the first days after our landing in Izmir when we heard this music for the first time, in different places as … Continue reading

Turkish Coffee “Turkish coffee”

  If you visit Turkey and order a Turkish coffee, in if you ocurra removerlo!! It was what I did the first time and I was awful and I started to drink up all the dregs, because what characterizes this … Continue reading

The Alem, “the symbol of the crescent crown mosques”

If you have seen any mosque will have noticed that in all, on top of its large domes and minarets appears a symbol that crown , its name in Turkish”Alem”. A throughout the world … Continue reading