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East Turkey

  • Doğan Su, Patnos, Ağrı

    The Day We Became Celebrities In A Little Corner Of East Turkey - An Afternoon In A School

  • Lake Van Views

    Lake Van & Akdamar Island: When All Is Not Quite What You Envisaged

  • Lake Shore, Tatvan

    Tatvan - The Seaside Town On The Shores Of Lake Van

  • Three intricately-carved Ahlat tombstones, going up in height.

    Visiting The Seljuk Tombstones Of Ahlat - Haunting Beauty In Eastern Turkey

  • Van Lake From Ulu Camii, Adilcevaz

    Road Trip Along The North Shore of Van Gölü - First Stop, Adilcevaz

  • Akdamar, Van Lake

    Patnos To Tatvan Road Trip - A Journey Along The Shore Of Van Gölü

  • Kars, East Turkey

    East Turkey Road Trip Part 6 - To Kars And (Almost) Back Again

  • Ani Ruins, Kars

    Exploring Ani Ruins, East Turkey

  • Tuzluca salt mines rock face with dried salt hanging along the surface

    East Turkey Road Trip Part 4 - The Tuzluca Salt Mines Episode

  • Snow capped Ararat Mountain towers over the rooftops

    East Turkey Road Trip Part 3 - Unexpected Adventure In Iğdır

  • Ishak Paşa Sarayı viewed from the hillside behind. Mount Ararat is cloud-covered in the distance.

    Ishak Paşa Palace, East Turkey

  • Muradiye Waterfalls, Van

    Muradiye Waterfalls, East Turkey

  • East Turkey Road Trip

    An East Turkey Road Trip - Are You Ready?

  • East Turkey Driving Tips

    East Turkey Adventures On The Road - 10 Driving Tips For A Road Trip

  • Iskender kebab - thin slices of meat in a tomato sauce. A sliced of green pepper is on top and a dollop of yoghurt on the side.

    Famously Eating Our Way Through Patnos, Ağrı

  • Doğu Express train travelling through a mountainous region

    Ankara To Erzurum On The Doğu Express - The Train Journey In Photos

  • Yeşil Erciş Grilled Trout

    Turkish Food Focus - Devouring Simply Cooked Trout At Yeşil Erciş Alabalık

  • Pearl mullet fish flying above the rapids to swim upstream

    Watching Nature In Action - Spawning Season For Lake Van's Inci Kefal

  • A large meatball sits on a bed of rice. A long green pepper and a roll of lavash bread are either side of the meatball. A small side salad is in the background.

    Doğubeyazıt Köftesi - A Meatball Like No Other

  • a vast landscape of red poppies. A lone tree is to the right of the shot.

    Spring Just Sprung In Eastern Turkey - And We're Loving It!

  • Kars Gruyere Cheese Slices

    The Kindness of People in Turkey

A bay with islets in the distance and a few yachts anchored. A small beach and forest fill the coastline.

About Turkey's For Life

Hi! We're Julia & Barry and we fell for Turkey in a big way when we first visited Fethiye in 1998.

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