Today was the 2nd Karaçulha Camel Wrestling Festival, just up the road from where we live. With just a 10 TL entrance fee and proceeds going towards the local school, we would have been negligent not to go again. Last year, we entered the ‘arena’ (read ‘spare land’) with trepidation and a little excitement at …
Yesterday, traditions usually associated with the Aegean region of Turkey headed south to the Fethiye region (the village of Karaçulha) and those who chose to attend were treated to a mini camel wrestling festival. I say ‘mini’ because I’ve seen photos of the size of the crowds attracted by the Selçuk Festival which can apparently …
Soup; a bit of an institution in Turkey… In Britain, when you come staggering out of whichever pub or club you’ve been in, at the end of the night the tradition is to go for a kebab…well, if you can call it a kebab…if you can call it food! I think The Streets best described …