Today is the anniversary of the death of founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He passed away in Dolmabahçe Palace at 9:05 am on this day in 1938. Anıtkabir – The Mausoleum Of Atatürk Atatürk’s mausoleum, Anıtkabir, is in Ankara, and while we were in the city for a short time, we were …
This weekend is people weekend as far as this blog is concerned. Usually, we concentrate on places we’ve seen, foods we’ve eaten, Fethiye, and all the other little extras that come together to make up our life in Turkey. It’s all about us, us, us, but for today, we shall digress. There’s someone who needs …
Fatih Sultan Mehmet is number 3 in our series about the identity of the busts sitting on their marble plinth overlooking Fethiye harbour, otherwise known to us as the Fethiye heads. Previously, we’ve researched Mehmet Akif Ersoy (writer of today’s Turkish National Anthem and instrumental in the beginnings of the Turkish Republic) and we’ve also written about Osman …
Last week, we finally kick-started our new series about the ‘Fethiye heads’ with a bit of information about Mehmet Akif Ersoy. Penning the national anthem of the new Republic of Turkey in the early 1920s naturally gave him his prominent position in modern Turkish history. He was there right at the beginning of Turkey as …
A while back, we said we would be starting a new series on this blog about the famous ‘Fethiye heads.’ I took a photograph of each one and was going to start researching information about each person, finding out why they are important to Turkish and Ottoman history and then there were going to be …
Along Fethiye harbour there are numerous bars, restaurants, street gyms and parks. There’s also a monument known to many as the Fethiye heads or more simply, the heads. It’s not that we don’t take notice of the Fethiye heads. We do. They’re a perfect meeting place, ‘We’ll meet you at the heads at 12.’ They’re …
In fond memory of Durmuş amca who passed away in March 2022. RIP. ‘EL-WAJ-EE, EL-WAJ-EE.’ Stick around in any of the Fethiye bars and cafes for only a short amount of time and eventually, you will hear a male voice shouting something resembling that sound. This guy is a Fethiye institution; trundling up and down …
We get lots of questions about how to pronounce Fethiye. The name Fethiye causes lots of amusement for our Turkish friends who listen to Brits, and probably other nationalities too, trying to pronounce it. First of all, Fethiye is actually named after the pilot in the photo above. He is Tayyareci Fethi Bey and he …