A 2-day Symposium on the 1909 Adana Incidents was held at the Turkish Historical Society (THS) offices in Ankara. Following the opening speeches by Prof. Dr Ali Birinci, the President of THS, and Kemal Cicek, the head of the Armenian Research Desk at THS, Kemal Cicek made the first presentation,...
When the opportunity came to travel to Uzbekistan to look at the Energy market, I took it without hesitation. I thought I could also go to Kazakistan and Turkmenistan before heading back to Turkey. Since getting a business visa would take time with many formalities, I contacted Elma Tour in...
While attending the Talas and Tarsus American Highschools in the fifties, we used to travel from Safranbolu to Karabuk by car and then on to Kayseri and Tarsus by train, which was the main means of transportation across Turkey during those years. We would change trains in Irmak and continue...