A Traveller's View: The Turkish Black Sea Coast, Eastern and South-eastern Turkey and Bakur and Bashur Kurdistan
Chapter 2: Along the Turkish Black Sea Coast - from Istanbul to Trabzon
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| The small town of Amasra on the Black Sea Coast |
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| The coach bus to Safranbolu, 8 November 2019 |
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| Turkish urban landscapes |
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| The north bridge across the Bosphorus. There are three, with the two further south within the city of Istanbul itself. |
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| Western Istanbul looking south down the Bosphorus. |
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| The Bosphorus city of Gebze, by coach window. |
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| More Turkish urban landscapes. More Turks live in apartments than houses. |
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| Tea stop |
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| Comfortbale coach, with free tea. |
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| The old Ottoman town of Safranbolu, about 150 kms north of Ankara in the western Pontic mountains. |
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| On the way, north out of Safranbolu |
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| The minibus to Amasra |
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| small town depot |
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| off the bus at Amasra, on the Black Sea Coast |
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| Amasra |
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| Roman bridge to the island Roman fortress |
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| Amasra |
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| town detail |
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| Black Sea sunset |
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| choice |
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| it just kept going down |
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| Amasra in mixed light |
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| Window with an evening view |
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| town detail |
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| Second eve in Amasra |
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| Night view from my room |
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| my room in Amasra |
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| town detail |
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| Local graffitti art |
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| leaving Amasra |
From Asmara to Sinop
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| the hills out of Amasra |
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| The bus station at Kastamonu |
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| the inland roads to Sinop |
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| Sinop |
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| the port at night |
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| Otel Denizci "Sea Hotel" |
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| the port in the morning |
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| summer carnival stored |
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| A statue of Diogenes, cynic philosopher of Sinope |
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| Sinope's northern west coast | looking west |
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| Sinop's northern fishing port and sea walls |
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| Up the eastern slopes of the city to the headland |
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| Looking west down to Sinop, the Black Sea right, the southern harbour left |
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| Dolphin and bicyclist |
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| Shepard dell upon the headland |
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| great little room |
From Sinop to Trabzon
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| on the road to Trabzon |
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| Sinop, looking form the south |
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| The Black Sea Coast |
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| roadside mosque |
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| Turkish architecture |
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| roadside mosque |
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| agriculture |
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| The city of Samsun |
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| Samsun "otogar" (Bus station) |
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| roadside mosque |
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| Black Sea fishing vessels |
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| the road to Trabzon |
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| The coastal city of Unye |
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| Fatsa, population 116,000 |
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| The coastal city of Ordu |
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| dinner stop |
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| Giresun |
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| Trabzon's eastern plaza (Meydisi) |
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| Hotel Nur |
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| The view from Hotel Nur |
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| Breakfast at Hotel Nur |
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| not a bad room - a little pricey... |
