Discovering Dalyan - The Boat Trips: Making a Living on the Water
Turgay Kaya is a local man, born in Köyceğiz and living in Dalyan since the age of two. One of the most sociable people in Dalyan, he has...
Discovering Dalyan - Mud Baths and The Sultaniye Spa
If you were promised that a day at a spa could make you look ten years younger, you would think you were in a dream. Well, that is...
Discovering Dalyan - The Top 10 Things to Do
When you think of a summer’s holiday in Turkey, Dalyan is rarely the place that most people would consider. With resorts like Antalya and...
Discovering Dalyan - Children's Day in Turkey
A delightful and innovative festival takes place across Turkey in March every year. Turkey is the only country in the world that...
Camel Wrestling of Turkey
Two thousand four hundred years ago, Türkmen of the Yörük ethnic group would travel the silk road and the mountains of Anatolia, carrying...
Discovering Dalyan - Research Week
For those of you who are new readers to my blog and don’t yet know about the Dalyan Exposé, I would like to take this opportunity to...
Discovering Dalyan - A View From A Minaret
While in Dalyan, I met with the Imam at the local Mosque which sits as the centre point of the town of Dalyan. He was kind enough to...
I am Paris, I am Ankara, I am the World
Something has been bothering me greatly over the past few months and this morning I read a news article by the Independent which spoke to...
Pluto's Gate, Hierapolis, Turkey - Welcome to Hell!
The Underworld; a place of torment and punishment laid out under the surface of the earth; a fiery grave for the dead, swimming with...
Discovering Dalyan - I'm in the Midst of a Love Affair... with Turkey
My name is Rachael and I am a traveller. There is an innate need inside me to explore, discover and understand the world. It has always...
