In central Turkey, rivers and waterways are especially valued because of how arid the countryside is. Mostly the water is clean and the banks of the rivers accessible. This scene isn't atypical in this part of Turkey.
Likewise, it is not unusual to find a nice outdoor restaurant along the banks of a river/stream like this one. Here is a shot of the outdoor patio of one such restaurant (actually not to far from where the above picture was shot). Even when it is hot, these covered outdoor patio areas are quite comfortable.
The specialty of this particular place was guvec, a local meat dish
cooked in a pottery jar. They make the pottery jars on site (see
picture). The dish is cooked in sealed pottery jar in a wood fired
oven. When done, the jar is brought to the table with with some
ceremony a hammer is applied to the top of the jar, popping of the
neck/lid and the steaming stew is poured onto a plate. It is all quite
dramatic. I didn't have this particular dish, but the reports were that
it was delicious.
One of the things that was also quite interesting was to notice the contrasting dress patterns, with the very traditional and very western often being seen side by side. It wasn't unusual, likewise, to see mixes of the two styles. For example a young woman in blue jeans wearing a full head covering of the traditional style.
This photo was taken on a "Holy Day", a day when one might expect to see most people dressed in a traditional manner.
Thanks for stopping by today. I'll be back with more pictures soon.
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