By Dr. Amy L. Beam: The popular tourist attraction of Akdamar Island with its famous 10th century Armenian church is not the only island in Lake Van, Turkey. There is a tiny island with a dark, lost history along the northeast coast. Road signs show it is 40 km north of Van and 60 km…
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Category Archives: Tourism
Tourism in Southeast Turkey: Is It Really Safe?
Special Report by Dr. Amy L. Beam: It is safe, legal, beautiful, and remarkable to travel now in southeast Turkey. Outsiders are so rare that visitors are treated like celebrity stars. The democratic, secular Kurds have dominated world news recently in their heroic fight against the Islamic State or ISIS in Iraq and Syria. North…
Turkey: The Cradle of Lies, Atrocities and Enmity
By Rebwar Rashed: The lying machine of Turkey has become an enterprise that is almost impossible to answer. It is enormous, professional and highly experienced. The conspirators theories against the Jews, Kurds, Armenians, Europe and all the “others” are not just polemics, but rather a method of work, a consciously chosen method, aimed primarily to…
Why There Are No Toilets on Mount Ararat
By Dr. Amy L. Beam: A blood-curdling, staccato scream woke me from alpha state at 8:30 in the morning at camp 2. It came echoing down the mountain from where the last group of climbers was descending from their sunrise summit. Most had already returned and were resting in their tents. The sun was now…
UK tour operator promotes travel to Kurdistan
By Karen Dabrowska: Veteran overland tour operator Geoff Hann promoted travel to Kurdistan at this year’s Destinations travel show held in London. When asked whether the development of Iraqi Kurdistan as a tourist destination was realistic, Hann replied: “If they supply what they say they will supply, if the hotels and services are reasonably priced.”…
