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Africa’s silent child -- Togo

SAIM ORHAN — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

LOME -- Togo is a West African nation which has neither an embassy nor a consulate in Turkey. You can enter Togo, which has Atlantic Ocean coastlines and Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso as its neighbors, by purchasing a $20 visa at its border.

[Turkey through a traveler’s eyes] Across Anatolia with British traveler W.J. Childs in 1914 (II)

TERRY RICHARDSON — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Childs chose the Central Anatolian town of Sivas to pay off Achmet, the loyal araba driver who had guided him from the Black Sea port of Samsun.

Scaling the heights of Kozan

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

As you pull into Kozan, one hour's drive northeast of Adana, you will see an extraordinary sight.

[Turkey through a traveler’s eyes] Across Anatolia on foot with British traveler W.J. Childs in 1914

TERRY RICHARDSON — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

“Asia Minor has been traversed from end to end, and sea to sea, by many Europeans in the past; American missionaries, too, not only men, but unattended women, go freely about the country as a matter of course. …

Kicking back in Kilis en route to Syria

PAT YALE — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Most people traveling overland from Turkey to Syria head straight for Antakya to cross the border.

A trade center in West Africa: Benin’s city of Cotonou

SAİM ORHAN — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Porto Novo -- You can reach the large Beninese trade city of Cotonou after a 10-hour flight, with a stopover in Casablanca, from İstanbul. You should know that you can purchase a visa directly at the airport in Cotonou, but you could also arrange yours at the Beninese Honorary Consulate in İstanbul

[Turkey through a traveler’s eyes] Adventures in the Near East with Alexander Kinglake

TERRY RICHARDSON — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

In many ways, Alexander Kinglake, poised in 1834 to cross the border between Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire near Belgrade, was the prototype of the modern backpacker.

Kanlıdivane and the gates of hell

PAT YALE — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Wow! Sometimes even a travel writer stumbles upon a place so extraordinary that no words seem adequate to evoke that first punch-in-the-stomach impression of wonder.

Making a day of it in Mersin

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Ah, Mersin. Now here's a town that still makes life easy for its independent visitors with a bus terminal that's not in the depths of the countryside and a lineup of hotels facing it that offers something for virtually everyone.

The wonders of Iran

SAIM ORHAN — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:00:00 GMT

TEHRAN -- Direct flights connect Iran and Turkey, and quite often -- especially during the summer months -- these flights are full.