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Post Category → Turkey

In Transit: Istanbul to Lagos

posted in In Transit, Nigeria, Turkey on July 30, 2018 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Istanbul Ataturk Airport is starting to show its age. It’s getting dirtier. The restrooms dank. Maybe it’s just the summer heat accentuating the less desirable things. Or, less attention is being paid here and more to the Istanbul New Airport, which when it opens in late October will be the largest airport in the world…. Continue reading →

Turkey’s Hakkari Province, From the Air

posted in In Transit, Turkey on May 3, 2017 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Here are a few shots for the In Transit series of what I believe are the still snow-covered peaks of the Cilo-Sat Mountains in the eastern part of Turkey’s Hakkari Province, near the country’s borders with Iraq and Iran.

Moving in. Watch your head. And look out for the birds.

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I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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