tractor ride up to nemrut
mt nemrut
nemrut
ad for New Balance, atop Mt. Nemrut
Antiochus I head
Zeus' head
donkey and man in Karadut
going to Diyarbakir, crossing the Euphrates... sorry for the ugly moustache
crossing the Euphrates
Ulu Camii, one of the oldest mosques in Turkey
colorful chickens in Diyarbakir market
Aram Tigran, Kurdish singer who recently died. Turkey refused his burial in Diyarbakir, citing his Greek citizenship...
old city wall of Diyarbakir
panoramic view of Hassankeyf, the Tigris River running through it. The town may be flooded if Turkey decides to build a dam nearby
cave dwellings of Hassankeyf (some still inhabited)
with Kurdish man in Hassankeyf
Old Roman Bridge (foreground) in Hassankeyf
"Bigee Kurdistan!" (Viva Kurdistan!)
Hassankeyf
Police tanks ready for beating down some minorities
Eruh (Kurdish name, Dihe). Celebrating Kurdish culture and 25th anniversary of the PKK
Kurdish dress, with Kurdish DTP party flag in foreground
youth dressed as PKK rebels
dance!
kissing the PKK flag
PKK flag with cloth of Kurdish colors in foreground
PKK flag and PKK hero, Egid, killed in Eruh on August 15th, 1984, first PKK action.
Viva Kurdistan!
Ocalan's brother
awesome
watermelon break from midday sun in the parking lot
elders
holding up pic of Egid
Daddy and daughter
Kurdish girls with PKK headbands
Eruh
Kurdish deputies to parliament
20,000+ Victory signs at the Eruh festival
he danced with this on his head
Nico looks like he is still in step...
Apo!
morning after... and still some people are dancing
Beytuşşebap
participating in a traditional pre-wedding dance, Beytuşşebap
traditional Kurdish dress
Turkish tank on highway to Hakkari
Kurdish protest in Nusaybin (Turkey-Syria border) against Turkish repression
waiting for the protest, eating bread, drinking tea and playing cards
at the Syria-Iraq border. The mountain in the foreground is Iraq.
