Pat Yale
@patyale.bsky.social
İstanbul via London, Cambridge, Bristol & Göreme. Author: Following Miss Bell: Travels Around Turkey in the Footsteps of Gertrude Bell & assorted guidebooks. Cat lover. Painted trafo fan.
Attached info on latest requirements for getting a Turkish residency permit will be distressing for some. Amount of monthly income required has risen again. Reflects soaring cost of living in Türkiye but fear not everyone will be able to comply.
December 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Attached info on latest requirements for getting a Turkish residency permit will be distressing for some. Amount of monthly income required has risen again. Reflects soaring cost of living in Türkiye but fear not everyone will be able to comply.
Happy Christmas to all those celebrating from an Istanbul so sunny it hardly even feels like winter!
December 25, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Happy Christmas to all those celebrating from an Istanbul so sunny it hardly even feels like winter!
Cheery festive sight greeting pax emerging from #Samandıra Metro today.
December 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Cheery festive sight greeting pax emerging from #Samandıra Metro today.
Been over today to #Samandıra, #istanbul, to see remains of late C6th Damatrys Palace, Byzantine structure that used to sit in outskirts of city so that emperors approaching & leaving city wld have somewhere to rest. Currently being excavated/restored. Within 10 mins’ walk of Samandıra Metro stop.
December 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Been over today to #Samandıra, #istanbul, to see remains of late C6th Damatrys Palace, Byzantine structure that used to sit in outskirts of city so that emperors approaching & leaving city wld have somewhere to rest. Currently being excavated/restored. Within 10 mins’ walk of Samandıra Metro stop.
In the misty morning light. #Istanbul #SüleymaniyeCami
December 23, 2024 at 6:52 AM
In the misty morning light. #Istanbul #SüleymaniyeCami
While in Izmir went to see newly restored church of St John in #Alsancak & noticed this memorial to a Brit from #Doncaster who came to sad end while working as driver on Ottoman railway.
December 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
While in Izmir went to see newly restored church of St John in #Alsancak & noticed this memorial to a Brit from #Doncaster who came to sad end while working as driver on Ottoman railway.
Thoroughly enjoyed recent visit to #Albania so been back to my bookshelves to read these - Robert Carver’s 1998 travelogue The Accursed Mountains: Journeys in Albania, and Lea Ypi’s 2021 memoir Free: Coming of Age at the End of History which describes a childhood during which a quarrel over Coke can
December 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed recent visit to #Albania so been back to my bookshelves to read these - Robert Carver’s 1998 travelogue The Accursed Mountains: Journeys in Albania, and Lea Ypi’s 2021 memoir Free: Coming of Age at the End of History which describes a childhood during which a quarrel over Coke can
Had read that #Izmir’s Şadırvanlı Cami’s şadırvan in bazaar had been destroyed but pleased to find it still standing, even if frescoed dome looked a bit battered.
December 20, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Had read that #Izmir’s Şadırvanlı Cami’s şadırvan in bazaar had been destroyed but pleased to find it still standing, even if frescoed dome looked a bit battered.
In #Alsancak the huge C19th Tekel factory nr the station now houses a cultural centre with art gallery, library, cafes and a splendid archaeological collection including friezes from #Belevi mausoleum and spectacular terracotta sarcophagi from #Clazomenae dating back to C7th BC.
December 19, 2024 at 9:26 PM
In #Alsancak the huge C19th Tekel factory nr the station now houses a cultural centre with art gallery, library, cafes and a splendid archaeological collection including friezes from #Belevi mausoleum and spectacular terracotta sarcophagi from #Clazomenae dating back to C7th BC.
Two big changes to #İzmir landscape since last visit. First was demolition of huge Belediye blding that used to stand on plot to right of clock tower. Second was new wall along Kordon to guard against sea surges. Planting on outside makes it less alarming than I’d feared.
December 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Two big changes to #İzmir landscape since last visit. First was demolition of huge Belediye blding that used to stand on plot to right of clock tower. Second was new wall along Kordon to guard against sea surges. Planting on outside makes it less alarming than I’d feared.
Halfway down Izmir’s Anafartalar Caddesi it crosses Eşrefpaşa Caddesi, heart of old Jewish part of town. One v basic hotel here is actually last (I believe) galleried cortejo, a communal Jewish living space. In grounds of Agora supposed home of Sabbatai Sevi has been restored. Late John Freely told
December 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Halfway down Izmir’s Anafartalar Caddesi it crosses Eşrefpaşa Caddesi, heart of old Jewish part of town. One v basic hotel here is actually last (I believe) galleried cortejo, a communal Jewish living space. In grounds of Agora supposed home of Sabbatai Sevi has been restored. Late John Freely told
Other examples crop up around Kemeraltı bazaar area.
December 15, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Other examples crop up around Kemeraltı bazaar area.
My affection for #İzmir’s Anafartalar Caddesi stems partly from traces of much grander past that line it. Not just Roman Agora but also things like Dönertaş Sebil (1814), named for revolving column at corner & designed in style unique to Izmir.
December 15, 2024 at 11:10 PM
My affection for #İzmir’s Anafartalar Caddesi stems partly from traces of much grander past that line it. Not just Roman Agora but also things like Dönertaş Sebil (1814), named for revolving column at corner & designed in style unique to Izmir.
Have v soft spot for #Izmir’s Anafartalar Caddesi, a rare piece of 1990s’ Turkey surviving into 2020s. TBH had expected to find it gentrified into a 2nd Alsancak. Instead remains like Brick Lane in London before that gentrified - a place on the margins, poor, neglected but vibrant regardless.
December 11, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Have v soft spot for #Izmir’s Anafartalar Caddesi, a rare piece of 1990s’ Turkey surviving into 2020s. TBH had expected to find it gentrified into a 2nd Alsancak. Instead remains like Brick Lane in London before that gentrified - a place on the margins, poor, neglected but vibrant regardless.
This was where I started out on my pursuit of Gertrude Bell in Turkey. She never came here but it was already in existence by time she visited and so seemed a good place to base myself while exploring Izmir. In Anafartalar Caddesi not far from ruined Agora.
December 11, 2024 at 9:05 PM
This was where I started out on my pursuit of Gertrude Bell in Turkey. She never came here but it was already in existence by time she visited and so seemed a good place to base myself while exploring Izmir. In Anafartalar Caddesi not far from ruined Agora.
Tonight in the Fuar/Kültürpark in #İzmir they were busy getting ready for Yılbaşı/Christmas. Lots of plastic wrappers & empty cardboard boxes. Resident cats were beside themselves!
December 5, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Tonight in the Fuar/Kültürpark in #İzmir they were busy getting ready for Yılbaşı/Christmas. Lots of plastic wrappers & empty cardboard boxes. Resident cats were beside themselves!
Just taken a turn through #İzmir’s Fuar/Kültürpark which is looking in better shape than on last visit. Stopped to admire Kaskatlı Havuzu (pool), the shape of which follows ground plan of lost Greek church - left image shows “narthex” end, right shows “apse”.
December 4, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Just taken a turn through #İzmir’s Fuar/Kültürpark which is looking in better shape than on last visit. Stopped to admire Kaskatlı Havuzu (pool), the shape of which follows ground plan of lost Greek church - left image shows “narthex” end, right shows “apse”.