Turkey - Urfa - Streets & Souk

A curious baker–who dropped his work and followed us down the street for a few minutes–posing A bronze worker Ditto Ditto Spice shop One of Urfa’s many birds Lonely Friends The souk. Notice the bright purple headgear on the lady. This is an Urfa fad followed by men and women, a most unusual thing for Muslim ladies and men to be wearing the same headgear! Our elder Arab The Turkish shopkeeper tried repeatedly and seemingly in vain to convey to my dear brother that this scarf was meant for ladies, not men. My dear brother persisted in being shown how it was worn because he wanted for his mom/sisters to be able to wear it properly. He tried to convey this to the shopkeeper to no avail, who remained amused at this silly American wearing ladies’ headgear. Am I seeing double? Bakery This is an example of the other kind of pose A... [read full story]