Sazlıbosna: elderly man in the teahouse
Sazlıbosna: stork and sparrows
Sazlıbosna: stork painting on a wall
Sazlıbosna: stork painting on a wall
Sazlıbosna: Sultans Trail signs
between Sazlıbosna and Sazlıdere reservoir: poppies
between Sazlıbosna and Sazlıdere reservoir: violet flower
between Sazlıbosna and Sazlıdere reservoir: making our way through vegetation
Sazlıdere reservoir: a common tern (Sterna hirundo) – Sazlıdere baraj gölü: Bayağı sumru (Sterna hirundo)
Sazlıdere reservoir: yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) and their juveniles – Sazlıdere baraj gölü: Gümüş martılar (Larus michahellis) ve yavruları
Sazlıdere reservoir: a forest of pylons
Filiboz Ottoman quarry: modern ruined structure
Filiboz Ottoman quarry: a little egret (Egretta garzetta) – Filiboz Osmanlı taş ocağı: Küçük ak balıkçıl (Egretta garzetta)
Filiboz Ottoman quarry: view
Filiboz Ottoman quarry: view
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: climbing up a bank
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: a red and black spider (photo by Alp Tuzer)
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: part of the modern quarry
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: yellow flowers
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: grass in seed
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: grass in seed
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: part of the modern quarry
between Filiboz Ottoman quarry and poppy meadow: poppies
Filiboz ancient site: a treasure-hunter's pit
Filiboz ancient site: a treasure-hunter's pit
Filiboz ancient site: poppies
Filiboz ancient site: treasure-hunter's pits
Filiboz ancient site: poppies
Filiboz ancient site: clover
Kocabayır hill: wild peas
Kocabayır hill: a grasshopper (photo by Alp Tuzer)
Kocabayır hill: a pink flower
Kocabayır hill: a light brown mushroom
Kocabayır hill: pink flowers and a stone
Kocabayır hill: yellow flowers
Kocabayır hill: a tortoise
Kocabayır hill: view SE towards Kayaşehir
Kocabayır viewpoint: trig point and litter
Kocabayır viewpoint: view SE towards Kayaşehir
Kocabayır viewpoint: us
Kocabayır hill: pink dog roses (I think)
Kocabayır hill: yellow flowers
Kocabayır hill: motley ground
Kocabayır hill: walking towards Haçımaşlı woodland
Kocabayır hill: cream and pink flower stalk of dropwort/fern-leaf dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) – Kocabayır tepesi: Çayır melikesinin (Filipendula vulgaris) krem ve pembe renkli çiçek sapı
Haçımaşlı woodland: path
Haçımaşlı woodland: white dog roses and violet flowers
Haçımaşlı woodland: making our way through long grass
Haçımaşlı woodland: a brown and orange butterfly
Haçımaşlı woodland descent: trees
Haçımaşlı woodland descent: reaching tree
Şamlar gorge: pool
Şamlar gorge: waterfall
Şamlar Ottoman dam: old wall and rock
Şamlar gorge: Sazlıdere reservoir
Şamlar gorge: pink flowers
Şamlar Ottoman dam: from the north side
Şamlar Ottoman dam: scummy water
Şamlar Ottoman dam: we rest
Şamlar Ottoman dam: the face
Şamlar Ottoman dam: heading towards Şamlar
Şamlar Ottoman dam: from the south
Şamlar Ottoman dam: the old channel
Şamlar gorge: looking towards the west side
Şamlar gorge: the west side with gorse in flower
Şamlar gorge: the west side
Şamlar gorge: a brown snake
Şamlar gorge: a fisherboy
Şamlar gorge: white poppy
Şamlar gorge: white poppy
Şamlar gorge: heading towards the village
Şamlar Ottoman village: tombstones rescued from the old graveyard
Şamlar Ottoman village: Mustafa Kemel
Şamlar village ruins: building stones that are submerged when the water level in the reservoir is higher
Şamlar village ruins: litter
Şamlar village ruins: building foundation that's submerged when the water level in the reservoir is higher
Şamlar village ruins: old plane trees that are submerged when the water level in the reservoir is higher, with a new flyover behind
Sazlıdere reservoir: picnickers and fishers
Sazlıdere reservoi: a stork in flight
Sazlıdere reservoi: rusting yasak sign
Sazlıdere dam: detail
Sazlıdere construction site: the new flyover
Sazlıdere dam: walking down the edge
Sazlıdere dam: walking down the edge
Sazlıdere construction site: İSKİ pipes
Sazlıdere construction site: İSKİ pipes
Sazlıdere construction site: looking south towards Şahintepe
Sazlıdere construction site: heading towards Kayabaşı heath
Sazlıdere construction site: plan (green) of the new motorway destroying yet another green pocket
Sazlıdere construction site: flyover in construction
Kayabaşı heath: electricity cables over heath
Kayabaşı heath: path
Kayabaşı heath: new Azadlı
Kayabaşı heath: the flyover in construction
Kayabaşı heath: loomking north past gorse in flower
Azadlı Ottoman bridge: from the east bank
Azadlı river walk: cows
Azadlı river walk: algae on the stagnant Sazlıdere
Azadlı river walk: modern building
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: official notice
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: the new fence
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: the gap in the new fence
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: the entrance that was once used as a church
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: blurry figures
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: natural (?) wall
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: looking towards the former church from deeper inside the cave
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: the former church
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: roof
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: hikers become cavers
Sazlıdere river walk: walking
Sazlıdere river walk: reflected houses and pylons
Sazlıdere river walk: closely-packed cows
Sazlıdere river walk: reflected dead tree
Sazlıdere river walk: a puppy
Odabaşı Ottoman bridge: seen from the north
Altınşehir: Ottoman remnant
Altınşehir: sheep for the slaughter
Küçükçekmece NE marsh: single-track railway
Küçükçekmece NE marsh: marshy path
Küçükçekmece NE marsh: passing freight train
Yarımburgaz: buildings
Yarımburgaz city farms: view west
Yarımburgaz: fencing
Yarımburgaz city farms: evening openair bar with all colourless cars (bring your own booze)
Yarımburgaz: shoppers
