Tourism, Travel and Culture
Makedonya Tower (Makedonya Kulesi), also known in English as the Macedonian Tower in Edirne, is one of the most important surviving parts of Edirne’s ancient fortifications. Standing among the remains of the old city walls, the tower offers something particularly valuable: a physical connection between present-day Edirne and Hadrianopolis, the […]
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Today, Keşan, south of Edirne, is one of Thrace’s important transport centres. It is a place many people pass through when travelling from Istanbul towards Edirne, Greece or the Saros Gulf. But Keşan’s story is much older than its present-day name. One of the names associated with this area in […]
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Edirne, in northwestern Turkey, around 200 km west of Istanbul and close to the Greek and Bulgarian borders, is not a city that needs to reinvent itself. It already has an extraordinary concentration of history and heritage, a distinctive Balkan character, rivers and green spaces, a strong food culture and […]
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When we talk about a café in Edirne with something a little different to offer, NOOK CAFE is certainly one of the first places that comes to mind. We wanted to introduce this rather special café and pastry shop briefly. The café is in a very central location. Although it […]
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There are plenty of things a tourist can postpone. One thing is rather harder to postpone. Nature calls. If you are exploring Edirne and need a public toilet, here are the locations we have been able to identify, particularly around the historic centre and the city’s main visitor areas. Public […]
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There are plenty of things a tourist can do without. They can skip a museum, miss an attraction, postpone shopping or change their lunch plans. But there is one thing that is rather harder to postpone: Nature calls. It is an ordinary fact of travelling, but it raises a surprisingly […]
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Turkish people are generally curious about foreigners. When they get the chance, they often enjoy getting to know them, talking about where they come from, what brought them to Turkey, what they think of the country and what life is like back home. Most differences in behaviour are accepted for […]
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Every country changes its laws, regulations and administrative procedures. For foreigners living in, working in, buying property in or planning a future in Turkey, however, the difficulty is sometimes not the change itself. It is keeping up with the change. A new rule may arrive with little notice. Information may […]
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One of the easiest ways to misunderstand Turkey is to assume that everyone follows the same rules about privacy, politeness, personal space and social behaviour. A Turkish person may say something surprisingly direct. Someone may offer advice you did not ask for. An older person may correct you. A stranger […]
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If you come to Turkey as a foreign visitor, some of the things that surprise you may not be the spectacular ones. You probably expect mosques, bazaars, Turkish coffee, kebabs and tea. What you may not expect are the small things that happen every day. A stranger may offer you […]
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Turkish is undoubtedly one of the most interesting languages to discover. To Western ears, it may sound unfamiliar at first, but that is also part of its attraction. Sometimes a single Turkish word can reveal an entire way of expressing human relationships. Hatır is one of those words. It is […]
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If you spend any time in Turkey, you will probably notice it sooner or later: tea is everywhere. But before asking why Turkish people drink so much of it, there is something important to know about Turkey. Turkey is a tea-producing country. Tea is grown commercially in the Eastern Black […]
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