Had decided the night before I preferred to visit other places near Ankara than the city itself I hear the proposition made by the tour guide attentively: “What about we visit another place. Ankara is not my favourite city.” This conversation came during breakfast.
“What kind of place?”
“It’s a town, Safranbolu. It’s gorgeous. You will see if we go.”
“It’s far?”
“A little, but not that far.” I agreed.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://helenycampoy.com/2020/05/22/saffran-stone-bird-and-the-black-sea/

A military base, a man who transformed EVERYTHING in gold, a football match

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.