Tag: culture
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Meet the Eye
Something new has arrived. Meet the Eye: Main Kritik — a proper website covering culture in and around Frankfurt. Divided into Außenwelt (live events) and Innenwelt (records, books, films), it’s a place where I write about what moves, surprises, and stays with me.
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Hasankeyf: A City On The Edge Of Disappearing
Hasankeyf is a beautiful place with a long history that dates back to the dawn of civilization. Sadly, this place might vanish soon, due to the construction of a dam.
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Handcrafted Carpets and Rugs from Turkey
Having visited the east and west of Turkey a couple of times, I noticed that you find the economic boom mainly in the west. Travelling through the eastern regions, you can see the hardship of their lives on some people‘s faces. When I visited Selcuk in Western Turkey two years ago, I had a long
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Visiting Diyarbakır
Of all places I visited in Turkey, Diyarbakır felt entirely different. When I first visited Southeastern Anatolia two years ago, I didn‘t manage to visit Diyarbakır, but met some travellers on the Dolmuş who told me how they were robbed by street kids. But nonetheless, the city is always advertised as one of the places
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A Short Trip to Iran
I took the trip to Iran in June 2012 and wrote this piece afterwards. It was meant to be published somewhere else – but as it was not working out, I will publish it here now: When I planed a trip to Northeastern Turkey I decided I would like to go to Armenia as well.
