“Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
There are numerous ‘bridges’ throughout the world; some are made by man, others by nature; some cross spaces, others link cultures. Turkey is one of these bridges; it unites West and East, bringing from each to the other the possibility of knowledge and integration.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://helenycampoy.com/2018/01/21/young-old-country/

Snow and Mosques

A Tale in Red results from spending a further nine months actually ‘living’ in Turkey – from January to September 2011. Most of those nine months were spent on the road, visiting cities, monuments and archaeological sites, but, most importantly, meeting everyday people. Through 27 thousand kilometres, I immersed myself in the Turkish culture, adapting my behaviour to their traditions. I involved myself in close contact with different people – teachers, doctors, farmers, public servants, authorities, artists – and what I listened to from them was a mix of pride and shame, belief and disbelief.