One of the few things those of us living in Turkey seem to agree on these days is the colour of our cars. More than 90% are either white, black or grey and 63% are white, even though in our dry, dusty climate this is clearly not the most logical choice – so unwilling are we to be seen to step outside...
Turkey at the crossroads
Guest contributor
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Just after the anniversary of the failed coup against Turkey's hard-line premier Erdogan, architect Umay Çeviker, who has written for us several times before, brings us up to date on the threats to the wine scene in Turkey.
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