Tag: Izmir

Our adventure began at Pendik Station, a connecting station on the far Asian side of Istanbul. Pendik was actually the first high-speed Rail station in Istanbul, opened in 2014 as part of the Ankara-Istanbul “Hızlı Tren” project. Since then, the network has expanded and now extends all...

When I had visited Turkey in 2011, it was as a 21st birthday gift from my parents in lieu of a party (at my request; I was never fond of large social gatherings anyway). It was to be my first solo trip without my family but I invited a couple of my best friends to join me at the behest of my father ...