Hello all!
today we make our last pictures from Turkey available. This is remarkable since last year we visited the region in the east of Turkey that recently was so hardly hit by an earthquake. Too sad that so many people of that region got injured or even killed, so sad!!!
We were very impressed of that part of Turkey that – from our perspective – was the ‘real Turkey’. The closer we came to the borders to Syria, Irak, Georgia and Iran the greater the mix of people became: Kurdish, Turkish, Georgian, Armenian people did flow together, all proud of their culture and roots, nobody interested in political motivated conflicts, all only interested in their own pleasant life and the life of family & friends. What is communicated as ‘big problems between cultural backgrounds of people’ in the media does surely exist but no doubt that conflicts are not easy to find, not so widely spread and surely not that vital.
East of Turkey, very enjoyable and again dominated of great hospitality of all people that we met, all instantly ready to give and to share whatever they had…
Best wishes from
Heike & Carsten
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![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">View from the "Führerhaus"</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-1.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Gaziantep, market</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-3.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">spices, so nice and mouth-watering</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-4.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">hhhhmmm, Koefte</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-2.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">hhhmmm, Kebab, they are everywhere in Turkey</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-6.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Ayran, fresh from the tap</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-5.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Sanliurfa, city walls</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-7.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Rizvaniye Mosque, beautiful and relaxing gardens</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-8.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Whenever we can, we eat streetfood at the local markets</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-9.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...can be a kind of wild sometimes ;-)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-10.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">cemetery at night in Sanliurfa</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-11.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">unbeliefable, the 'Irak' is not far away...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-13.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">sometimes long distances to go...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-14.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">so nice! even when we stand harmless in front of a red light, people come and give us things, here: sweets</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-15.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Turkey-East-40%-Pic-26</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-26.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">arrived in Mardin</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-16.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">little alleys</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-17.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">view out of the kitchen, down to the valley</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-18.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">a new challenge "broken glas" (what a pitty!)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-19.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">we walk through Mardin, beautiful little village</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-20.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">need some meat?</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-21.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">one of the best views you can imagine (over Mardin)!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-22.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Turkey-East-40%-Pic-23</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-23.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">some kind of colorful alley in Mardin, cats everywhere</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-24.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...the cats...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-25.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Turkey-East-40%-Pic-30</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-30.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Diyarbakir, downtown, great place for tea and breakfast</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-27.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Turkish breakfast means 'putting a thousand things on the table'</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-28.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Relaxing in a park</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-29.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">a famous bridge, at Silvan</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-31.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Van (Gölü) Lake</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-32.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Van (Gölü) Lake</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-34.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Ahtamar Adası ve Kutsal Haç Katedrali, at a little island on Van lake</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-35.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">laundry day, wild!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-33.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">romantic spot for Wischnewski, in Van City</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-36.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...no need to comment this scene ;-)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-38.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">not only the breakfast is a feast of small things... lunch also</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-39.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">a bread to die for, so good!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-37.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Van Lake</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-40.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">one of our best spots...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-41.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">new friends, on 4 feets</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-42.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">and some on 2 feets (Natascha & Bennie)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-43.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">breakfast</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-47.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">perfect scenery</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-44.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">with sunset...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-45.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">or mountains as background</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-46.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">drone view</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-48.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">driving</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-49.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">busy roads...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-51.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...pretty high the Van Lake is</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-50.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">the famous "Mountain Ararat" where Noahs Arch landed...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-52.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">we loved that view!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-53.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">nice spot at the Ishak Pasha Palace</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-54.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">the environment reminded me on some Star Wars scenery at Tatooine ;-)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-55.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Ishak Pasha Palace</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-56.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">view over the landscape</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-58.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">some more...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-59.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">the palace</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-62.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Wedding preparations, with big efforts</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-61.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">inside the 'Ishak Pasha Palace'</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-60.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">tea break at a local market</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-63.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">we just drove up a little way into the Ararat mountain, to find a spot to stay overnight</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-64.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...and we met such a nice family who lived there, shepherding hundrets of cows</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-65.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">... ;-)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-66.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">one more great sunset</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-67.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">the old armenian capital 'Ani"</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-68.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">impressive scenery</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-69.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">a bit like the 'Fish River Canyon' in Namibia...</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-70.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Turkey-East-40%-Pic-71</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-71.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">our alarm clock today</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-77.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">sooo tired he was :-0</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-73.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...we always find a place to eat ;-)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-72.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">that was not the dog!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-74.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">those breads are just fantastic!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-57.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">tea time!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-75.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">this is how Turkish tea is made professionally</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-76.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">little lunch in 'Kars'</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-78.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...no way to get a TÜV inspection outside of Germany, hard to understand, but true</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-79.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">...so we tried to get an inspection in a local garage... so we got another tea ;-)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-80.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">little village 'Clidir'</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-81.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">Carsten did a little walk around the village, surprised by a thunderstorm, a local invided him.... for a tea (what else)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-82.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">20 kilometers of trucks waiting at the border from Turkey to Gerorgia, unbelievable (thank god that we could pass that stay without waiting)</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-83.jpg)
![<span class="uc_style_uc_tiles_grid_image_elementor_uc_items_attribute_title" style="color:#ffffff;">our first landscape in Georgia, beautiful!</span>](https://www.wischnewski-unlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Turkey-East-40-Pic-84.jpg)
Super wieder Mal so tolle Bilder und Beschreibungen von euch zu sehen. Danke dafür, es ist auch für mich eine kleine Reise, die ein riesen “Wow” mit sich bringt 🤩