ISTANBUL - The long bayram holidays provide a great opportunity to catch up with the sometimes nearly forgotten jewels that exist in and around Turkey’s cities. Whether one is spending the holidays in Istanbul, Ankara, Adana or Antalya, there are plenty of nearby excursions to take. Here are some suggestion by Hürriyet travel writer Mehmet Yaşin
A meeting yesterday in Diyarbakir, which was sponsored by the Democracy Platform, made up of 28 civil foundations, turned later into a PKK protest. The "Democratic and Peaceful Solutions to the Kurdish Problem" meeting was attended by around 20 thousand people, many of whom shouted slogans in support of imprisoned terrorist head Abdullah Ocalan.