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It is said to be the last Armenian village in Turkey. Approximately 70 people still living here. Once there were 7 villages in this area.
When the tensions in 1912 in the then Ottoman Empire rose, people fled from here, one village has remained. We spent a few days here to find out what happened.
„Vakıflı“ weiterlesenGrowing up in the Schengen area, I remembered border crossings in Europe from my early childhood as something very easygoing and as a child actually quiet exciting. Well the more you grow up, the more you see.
Nowadays I really don´t like to cross borders. It is also something different going through a border checkpoint on a airport or crossing by land.
Crossing by land means you will cross the same way like smugglers. Crossing in a old and big caravan makes yourself even more suspicions. Therefore we had a lot of police in our car, checking for drugs, weapons and humans. Just depending which direction you go.
„Border crossing Turkey – Iraqi Kurdistan“ weiterlesenMaybe you sat once together with other travellers, talking about travel stories and destinations. Then you might heard the expression „The Stans“.
Mostly they are talking about Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Afghanistan and Pakistan are also part of the Stan-collection, but because of many reasons they are not so frequently travelled.
„Stanexpress“ weiterlesen