Diyarbakır, Turkey Travel Journals & Blogs

Wunderwutzis
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- Nov 3, 2022
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 669 m
- Turkey Diyarbakır Sur 37.915527, 40.22569237°54’56” N 40°13’32” E
Day 166
Diyarbakir
November 3, 2022 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Diyarbakir was our last stop in Turkey. And we really loved it. We met incredible kind kurdish people. There are a lot of beautiful small restaurants with live music in the evening. We met so many great musicians and artists. Sadly life for them isn’t easy. It’s not allowed to play kurdish music or to paint non-nationalistic art…

After 2.5 months Turkey we where so glad to find a vegetarian and vegan restaurant! (way tooo many Kebabs) Oh and a coffee place which actually sells coffee! (Chai is fine but we really missed coffee)

So after all we stayed for more than one week to prepare ourselves for the next adventure - since we didn’t get our Iran visa….Read more
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Traveler Seidenstrasse
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- Jul 5, 2023, 8:00pm
- 🌙 31 °C
- Altitude: 905 m
- Turkey Diyarbakır Ağadibek Batman Dere 38.349772, 39.67667938°20’59” N 39°40’36” E
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Gunay Kurtalan Express nach Diyabarkir
July 5, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ 🌙 31 °C
Um halb acht fährt der Zug ein, unser Waggon ist der letzte. Wir haben das Abteil mit den Plätzen 3 und 4: Ein ganzes, wenn auch kleines, Abteil für uns! Luxus!
Während wir uns einrichten, fährt der Zug langsam los - und wird nicht viel schneller. Wir beginnen zu verstehen, warum wir erst morgen früh um 10 in Diyabarkir ankommen. Egal, wir haben ja Zeit. Abendessen im "Bordrestaurant" während wir in den Sonnenuntergang und die Nacht zuckeln. Sehr entspannt. Später klappen wir unsere Betten herunter und ich lasse mich in den Schlaf schaukeln.
Am nächsten Morgen fahren wir durch karge Hügellandschaften und an mehreren Seen entlang, ab und zu hält der Zug an kleinen Kleinstbahnhöfen. Deutlich besser ausgeschlafen als gestern gehen wir zum Frühstück!Read more
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ZIL nach Hause holen
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- Oct 22, 2023, 8:43pm
- 🌙 17 °C
- Altitude: 945 m
- Turkey Diyarbakır Karaburçak 37.9015, 39.793937°54’5” N 39°47’38” E
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Übernachtung
October 22, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Dieses mal haben wir uns für ein Fleckchen abseits der Landstraße entschieden. Am frühen Morgen wurden wir von Kühen geweckt. Sascha füllte noch schnell Öl nach und entdeckte ein großes Leck an einer Leitung. Nun ging es an die Reparatur.Read more
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Go East
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- Oct 12, 2020
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 712 m
- Turkey Diyarbakır Kayapınar 37.935, 40.18537°56’6” N 40°11’6” E
Day 136
Checkpoint adventures
October 12, 2020 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Today, we had to cross 5 military checkpoints on our way. At the first one, they looked serious and checked our passports. At the second one, they just waved and asked us where we were going, at the third, where we were from. And at the forth, they invited us for cold Fanta and buiscuits. They were even happy to take a photo with us (where they put on their mask 😉). At the fifth checkpoint, all of them stopped all other activities and came for a chat. But when they only had Turkish, Russian and Arabic to offer which didn't match with German, English, French nor Spanish, we all laughed and they wished us a good day.
We also left the mountaineous area and came into a rather flat and dry region. It was really hot again. What a difference to those freezing temperatures just a day ago! At one of the gas stations, we were invited to tea and buiscuits again. However, we were happy when we arrived in Diyarbakır where we relax in the shade in a park to wait for Atakan. Atakan is a German teacher at a private school and member of the Diyarbakır bicycle club. Firat, our host from Güzelyani at the coast, had organized this contact. And we experienced Turkish hospitality at it's best: First, he took us to his apartment to have a shower and do laundry. Then we went back to the bicycle club, where we could stay. The manager of the club had already ordered food for delivery for us. Then, one by one, more members of the club joined our round. They knew from their WhatsApp group that we were in town and wanted to get to know us. We had tea and fruits and many nice talks. Some spoke a little bit of English and Atakan was busy translating.Read more
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skip's retirement travel Turkey 2
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- Oct 29, 2020, 5:17pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 668 m
- Turkey Diyarbakır Sur 37.91167, 40.2366737°54’42” N 40°14’12” E
Day 4
Diyarbakir Grand Mosque
October 29, 2020 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
An unusual 2 mosque complex in one facility, one Sunni, one Shafi and a madrassa for each. The interior pics are all of the Shafi mosque as prayer time began. So we didn't visit the Sunni mosque. I'm told that the building is designed after the Grand Mosque of Damascus.
Like much of Turkey, cultures come together. In this case, it is mostly Kurdish and Syrian as this is not too far from the Syrian border. The double mosque reflects that the Kurds are generally Sunni, while the syrians are generally Shafi.Read more
Traveler Hi Skip. Anne here from the Borneo Sarawak trip, January 2020. I can't believe you are travelling. I live in Victoria, Australia and we have been in hard lockdown since March with restrictions just eased this week but interstate and international travel banned for us. I am craving some travel and very jealous of you. Stay healthy, bye Anne
10/31/20Reply
skip's retirement travel good to hear from you. I had gotten to and past that point and simply decided I needed to find someplace to go. turkey is open. so here I am
10/31/20Reply
skip's retirement travel best to you both
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