Sazlıbosna: the central tea house and its friendly manager
Sazlıbosna: statuesque stork
Sazlıbosna: stork and sparrows
Sazlıbosna: stork and sparrows
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: today's hikers
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: TOKI destroys what it should not be able to destroy
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: TOKI destroys what it should not be able to destroy
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: TOKI destroys what it should not be able to destroy
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: stork
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: pink flower
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: pink flowers by the water
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: white black-spotted butterfly
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: pink thistles
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: pylon view
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: looking south next to the reservoir
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: pylon view
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: stork
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: walking along the reservoir's edge
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: shepherd
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: pylon view
heading SW from Sazlıbosna: TOKI destroys what it should not be able to destroy
Filiboz Ottoman küfeki limestone quarry: jagged wall
Filiboz Ottoman küfeki limestone quarry: resting turtles
Filiboz Ottoman küfeki limestone quarry: silvery trees
Filiboz Ottoman küfeki limestone quarry: TOKI looms above
Filiboz Ottoman küfeki limestone quarry: 2001 a Space Odyssey
Filiboz Ottoman küfeki limestone quarry: view over the reservoir looking south
Filiboz: the other side (still TOKİ free)
Filiboz: purple striped flowers
Filiboz: wild grain
Filiboz Ottoman küfeki limestone quarry: view
Filiboz poppy meadow: we were too late for many poppies but there were plenty of other flowers
Filiboz poppy meadow: coming up a bank
Filiboz poppy meadow: we were too late for many poppies but there were plenty of other flowers
Filiboz poppy meadow: some poppies
Filiboz ancient site: treasure hunters' pit
Filiboz ancient site: crossing a meadow
Filiboz ancient site: yellow flowers (not naturalistic)
Kocabayır hill: pink thistles
Kocabayır hill: a wonderful dragon lily
Kocabayır hill: a wonderful dragon lily
Kocabayır hill: unstoppable Ömer
Kocabayır hill: treasure hunters' pit
Kocabayır peak: view south
Kocabayır peak: view east (I think)
Kocabayır peak: view west
heading north from Kocabayır peak: some of our hikers
Kocabayır hill: pink flower with many florets
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: pile of smouldering vegetation
Kocabayır hill: pile of smouldering vegetation
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: TOKI destroying that which should never be destroyed
Kocabayır hill: pink flowers
Kocabayır hill: white flowering shrubs
Kocabayır hill: white flowering shrubs
Haçımaşlı woodland descent: flickering woodland
Şamlar Ottoman dam: view from the west
Şamlar Ottoman dam: view from the west
Şamlar reservoir: water snake
Şamlar reservoir: water snake
Şamlar Ottoman dam: eyeing the rocks
Şamlar Ottoman dam: rocks
Şamlar Ottoman dam: rocks
Şamlar Ottoman dam: scrambling over the rocks
Şamlar Ottoman dam: scrambling over the rocks
Şamlar Ottoman dam: view from the north
Şamlar Ottoman dam: 3 swimming hikers
Şamlar Ottoman dam: view from the south
Şamlar Ottoman dam: stone pillar
Şamlar Ottoman dam: lunch in the shade
Şamlar Ottoman dam: aqueduct remnant
Şamlar Ottoman dam: our hiking group today
Şamlar Ottoman dam: heading south along the eastern shore
Şamlar gorge: the western side
Şamlar gorge: the western side
Şamlar gorge: small tortoise
Şamlar village: seen from the north
Şamlar village: seen from the north
Şamlar village: Tasha
Şamlar village: a confusion of signs
heading south from Şamlar: silhouetted fishers
heading south from Şamlar: water grass (false colour)
heading south from Şamlar: water grass
heading south from Şamlar: picnickers on the north-eastern side of the reservoir
Sazlıdere dam: motorway construction (just what Istanbul needs...)
Sazlıdere dam: motorway construction (just what Istanbul needs...)
Sazlıdere dam: motorway construction (just what Istanbul needs...)
Sazlıdere dam: steep descent
Sazlıdere dam: steep descent
Sazlıdere dam: motorway construction (just what Istanbul needs...)
Sazlıdere dam: motorway construction (just what Istanbul needs...)
Sazlıdere dam: motorway construction (just what Istanbul needs...)
Sazlıdere stagnant river: artificial gorge
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: throbbing building
Sazlıdere stagnant river: some of today's hikers
Azadlı Ottoman bridge: arches
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: cows
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: gorse in flower
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: large old tree
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: water weed
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: road crossing
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: algae
Yarımburgaz gorge: view west
Yarımburgaz cave: new pit
Yarımburgaz cave: inner view
Yarımburgaz cave: inner view
Yarımburgaz cave: recent diggings (I think)
Yarımburgaz cave: roof
Yarımburgaz cave: Orthodox church remnants
leaving Yarımburgaz cave: the way down
leaving Yarımburgaz cave: some of our hikers
leaving Yarımburgaz cave: 3 hooded crows
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: frothing water
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: frothing water
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: reflected tree
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: penned sheep
Altınşehir settlement: suspicious mechanics
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: reflected bobbins
Sazlıdere stagnant river walk: reflected bobbins
Altınşehir settlement: short-chained dog in a garage
Odabaşı Ottoman bridge: view from the south
Altınşehir: sheep to be slaughtered at Kurban
Altınşehir: sheep to be slaughtered at Kurban
Altınşehir: sheep to be slaughtered at Kurban
Altınşehir: sheep to be slaughtered at Kurban
Altınşehir: sheep to be slaughtered at Kurban
Altınşehir: sheep to be slaughtered at Kurban
Altınşehir: sheep to be slaughtered at Kurban
Altınşehir: friendly guard
Küçükçekmece NE marsh: heading south
Küçükçekmece NE marsh: heading south
Yarımburgaz city farms: heading south
Yarımburgaz city farms: chestnut stallion
Yarımburgaz city farms: short-chained guard dog
Yarımburgaz: man collecting empty beer bottles from an unofficial drinking spot
Yarımburgaz: large white building
Yarımburgaz: bus stop
