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  Tuesday 2004-05-18 - Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Medieval atmosphere

This morning, Carla and I first roam through the curving alleys of the old town of Urfa with its medieval houses. It’s a veritable labyrinth, no right angle, no straight street, beautiful bow-windows and some houses actually built right over the streets, and — not suprisingly — a lot of interesting doors for my photographic collection.

We end up near the river (an open sewer) where Kurdish people have a market of second-hand clothes. It’s quite obvious the Kurdish people are among the poorest in Turkey, even though we’re here in Kurdish territory.

On we go along the vegetable market and through the bazaar until we end up near the carp pond where we meet Thom.

posted: Friday 2004-05-21 18:18 UTC architecture, cities, minorities, photography