Cats For Sale | Turkey Through The Eyes Of An Ottoman Traveler

Unfortunately extensive urban sprawl means that one can't really admire the castle from a distance in the way that was possible in the 17th century. As for the houses built of Ankara brick and roofed with clay that Evliya describes, ... how the banks of the Tigris were, at that time, the setting for a seven-month-long party scene complete with musicians and lights floating down the river at night, much as during the annual Loi Krathong Festival of Lights in Thailand. ...