A new meeting point for outdoor lovers has opened its doors in Göreme, Cappadocia. Housed in the office building of Middle Earth Travel it is a good spot to meet like-minded people who love to explore the valleys of Cappadocia on foot or by bike. Atıl: “I am a real coffee addict and I search…
In June 2021, Nick Hobbs and a small team (Oytun, Tasha, Fatemah) from Hiking Istanbul explored a route crossing the area between Şile and Yağcılar (north-south) in order to find a route which could complete this segment of the Via Eurasia. This supplements a route from Anadolu Kavağı to Şile, and together these routes will…
As MitOst we joined our hands with several Tandem Turkey and Tandem Western Balkans alumni organisation and artists to collaborate on a 1-year project Performative Journey on the Via Eurasia Cultural Route. When we have been implementing the Tandem programme open for cultural managers and their organisation for collaborations between Turkey and Europe, it…
Academic Study Phrygian Way: There is little to no Academic studies on cultural routes in Turkey. As tourism literature is my field of study, I’ve tried to map the demographics and feedback of those who walked the Phrygian Way in my master thesis that I completed in 2019. I want to share the findings of…
After a very wet weekend cycling along the stormy coast to Antalya, I joined the Culture Routes Society team to volunteer and help out with some exciting fieldwork in the Muğla region. As the weather cleared, Onat and I drove from the office in Antalya to the first site near the village of Dodurga. After…
Maintenance and update works of the Via Eurasia continue on the St. Paul Trail section. An alternative route was added to the Barla – Dikmen Farm section durinh the field surveys we conducted within the borders of Eğirdir in the first week of November 2020. Balkırı – Akpınar route, which was in a bad condition…
The weather is hot; oh so hot! And so humid. Everything is as so new to me, especially this weather that welcomed me as soon as I got off the plane. And, like every new thing, it is very exciting, too. After surviving the heat of the first night in the crowded centre of Antalya,…
CRS has been one of the three Antalya based organisations, which have applied to the ‘VAHA-Oasis: Building Common Ground for Spaces of Public Discussion & Dialogue’ programme with a project named ‘VOYN!’, which means ‘Hey!’ in local dialect of Antalya. A series of seminars and talks will be held and a cultural mapping of Antalya…
During the fieldwork we carried out on the new section of the Lycian Way between Sarısu and Gedelme stage, we spotted quite interesting monument and building remains. On this route, there are two Lycian sarcophagi, one of which is relatively in a better condition, an old wall and a building, which we think is a…
The viewpoint (summit on the right) from the west On a hot and humid summer day in July, we left the Culture Routes Society office in the centre of Antalya and headed towards the mountains around the city. We first arrived at Hisarçandır, a village located high up on the Lycian Way; where there is…