Kurdistan is beautiful

I was the guest of a Turkish family for a few days. The mother of the family sometimes likes to watch Roj TV, the Kurdish channel that broadcasts from Denmark and has for ages been a pain in the ass for Turkish citizens and the government, which labels it as a PKK propaganda channel. The mother watches …

The time for lemons

Next to the truck a boy is polishing lemons with a cloth. Then he puts them in a plastic bag. For his mother I suppose. A bit further on an elderly man bites into a lemon. Whether his face grimaces or not, I can’t see very well from a distance, but actually I don’t think so. These few lemons …

A landscape in use

I went walking in Cappadocia. I lived in the region for seven months, but never saw it like I did these last few days. That’s because Evelien - or Elif as the locals call her - showed me the way. She’s Dutch, lives in the small village of Ortahisar and organises walking tours. During the walks, the perspective …