The fishermen plying their trade on Lake Eğirdir, near Isparta in Turkey's south, used to being home a fine catch of perch and crayfish, but declining stocks have forced them to turn to tourism to make ends meet. Eğirdir is the...
The arrest of a military sergeant with suspected links to the 2005 bombing of a bookstore in the city of Şemdinli has brought the notorious incident under the spotlight once again. According to a statement released by the Isparta Police Department yesterday, Sgt. Tanju Çavuş was sent to Isparta's...
A fisherman has been forced to work as a grocery clerk after authorities imposed a three-year ban on fishing in Lake Eğirdir in the southwestern province of Isparta due to pollution and unregulated ... fishing. The 54-year-old Mustafa Uludağ, a professional fisherman of...
Turkey is a land of mountains. Even the nation's most ardent urbanites cannot have failed to notice this. Glance up from a glass of tea in Antalya's Karaalioğlu Park and there, across the bay, stretches the serrated spine of the Bey Mountains. ... Turkey is a land of...