Daring to #travel where few Europeans do: South-Eastern #turkey #gaziantep
South-Eastern Anatolia: GAZIANTEP Typical Turkish tea glass in front of me, a small plate of kadayıf to my left, my friend to my right and the spacious pastry shop brimming with people and energetic chatter all around us... Oriental music in the background. That's the first image my memory conjures up when I say the word Gaziantep . Then I remember I was not only in Southeast Anatolia, but in the ancient Dülük… possibly where Antiochia ad Taurum was also located. I believe in Antep one truly understands the meaning of "synesthesia" - different perceptions combined to form an homogeneous and fascinating whole I deliberately sunk in: from the Selçuk fortress (11th-12th century) to the mosaics of the ancient Zeugma, from the former kervansaray to the covered market all colors and aromas. The core of this place has a life of its own… narrow streets, chaotic traffic, the mosques, the Armenian church, the synagogue, artisans selling all kinds of things - ho...