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Adana, Turkey
Adana is a city that is rich in Turkish culture, but short on tourists. Maybe it was because I was visiting during the off-season, but I got the feeling that even during the summer months, you'll find mostly locals bustling about. It was a nice change from cosmopolitan Istanbul.
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| Downtown Adana on a Friday afternoon. To get downtown from the base, we took a dolmus (center of above picture), which is a shared taxi that follows specific routes. | |
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The newly constructed Sabanci Mosque, overlooking the Seyhan River, suffered no damage in the 1998 Adana 5.9 earthquake.
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All women must cover their heads and limbs while inside this mosque, unlike the more tourist-filled mosques in Istanbul where they let tourists slide. I was given a long-sleeved shirt to cover up my blasphemously naked arms.
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| Travel companion Melinda, her husband Chuck, and my other travel companion Lydia and I lunching at a chicken doner kebap shop downtown. Jason had to work that day. |
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| The Adana Archeological Museum. Ancient Roman ruins line the perimeter of the museum. | |
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| The Alley is a strip of stores and restaurants in Incirlik, about 15 miles from Adana. Incirlik is the home of the Turkish Air Base where Jason is stationed. No photos of the base are allowed. | |
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