Chevron stone floor in the abandoned city of Kayakoy, TurkeyOur summer trip to Turkey was a photographer's paradise. Day after day of incredible (hot) weather and thousands of years worth of history piled up on top of cool, chic modern fare left us incredibly happy and tired at the end of every day. Following are some of the miscellaneous highlights of the trip that didn't get captured in our two previous posts, Traditional Gulets: The Best Boat Vacation in Turkey Ever, Ephesus Terrace Houses: The Fanciest Homes in Turkey, and the soon to be republished post on The Nisanyan Hotel. Enjoy!
Istanbul
The Blue Mosque
Hagia Sophia
Spice Market
Baklava (Piled up)
On Shore at Kekova during The Boat Trip
Greek amphitheater enlarged by Romans for games
Wall Tombs
Kayakoy during The Boat Trip
"In 1923 the Greeks living in Kayakoy, Turkey departed after a population exchange between the Greek and Turkish governments was mandated, leaving it an abandoned village. Some two million families, Greek Christians and Turkish Moslems alike, were uprooted from the homes and the country they had lived in, many for generations.
Today some 500 original homes remain in Kayakoy, all now in ruins." via About.com
At the tourist canteen at Karakoy
Nisanyan Hotel
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Wow, what great shots. Makes me want to go!
I'll join in on the fun!
Turkey!
Such a wonderful place.
Oh my. I love Turkey and you captured its beauty, mystery and history SO well. Weren't you blown away by the huge amounts of saffron in the markets? It's so expensive here in the U.S. Many thanks.
I missed your earlier vacation posts--very glad to have found them.
Funny, just recently I watched a Frontline documentary on the beginnings of Christianity, so some of the spots you visited have been on my mind in that context. I'd love to follow in your footsteps and take the same vacation! (The documentary, which is excellent, is on the PBS website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/watch/)
How is it that you were able to post so many beautiful photographs of Turkey without a single cat or kitten in any of them? Next time, stay in Istanbul.
PS Blue Mosque and Aya Sofia are totally overrated. I hope you also saw Rustem Pasha and Chora, they are what I recommend instead.
love your photos. they capture the moments and great keepsakes. do you use instagram?
My friend's photo book on Turkey, up for people's choice award on blurb:
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2324402?fb_comment_id=fbc_5006561924389_646090_5006569569389#about-book
and
http://photographybooknow.blurb.com/peoples-choice/category/travel
Wonderful! You did wonderful job capturing the mood/culture/historic value. Very moving.
Thanks!
Flying there on Saturday, can't wait! Great shots by the way.
Lovely photos but so sad to see the abandoned homes. Especially the picture with the photo on the wall is very moving.
sooo jealous...
Thanks for visiting and enjoying my country! I think you saw parts of Turkey I haven't even seen yet.
What program did you use to manipulate the photos - gorgeous!
Beautiful photojournalist work! Your daughter is precious !
Chevrons, so last millenium.... (Joke; it's a joke!)
A few people have asked, so I will too.. The black bordered photos- are they iphone or lomography??? They are brilliant!
Just to clarify - the departure of the Greek Orthodox Christians from Kayakoy was not a voluntary exodus. It was a forced population exchange. Not exactly an abandonment; closer to an expulsion.
These pics brought back a lot of memories for me, I lived there for a year, beautiful place.
Great pics! Am I the only one who noticed the smashed cigarette butt on the floor in the first picture?
Wow! I was just there (in April)! Turkey is so amazing! I totally recommend it too!!! Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures.
Oh I don't think the Blue Mosque and Aya Sophia are overrated at all. Just sitting in the courtyard of the Blue Mosque, it's really moving and interesting, to see who comes and goes, to look at the MASSIVE wooden doors and marble slabs, the whole environment is quite incredible.
Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Surf, for the documentary link!
Thanks so much for the beautiful pictures. Places I'll probably never see in person, but I feel like I was right there!
a favorite place, visited several times when younger. your photos are beautiful. thanks for sharing them
Love the photos -- very different from the cliché vacation photos.
There's a typo up there. It should be "Karakoy Lokantasi" not "Karakoy Locantsi." It's like writing restaurant as resturunt or so.
I love the pictures! Im living in Turkey and I check AT almost everyday... Im so happy that Turkey finally starts to get another - new - picture in the eyes of most. I was also happy to see the post about the İznik porcelain.
While I agree turkey is beautiful, I'd love to see photos other than from instagram, which isn't really photography for me.
Those were some seriously gorgeous photos! I was born in Istanbul over 30 years ago and at the time my father was an avid and incredible photographer. We have some seriously gorgeous photos of Istanbul and of all Turkey as we traveled a lot. I am sending my father this link and wish I could somehow send you all of his photos, but alas they are Polaroid and we need to convert to photos or digital. Thanks for sharing your fabulous photos and giving me a trip down memory lane!
Awesome photos, did you use the lomography??? Would really like to know how you achieved the effect!