{"id":1126,"date":"2005-11-27T07:41:47","date_gmt":"2005-11-27T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2016-07-29T07:45:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T12:45:19","slug":"turkey-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=1126","title":{"rendered":"Turkey  still&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am still sorting my trip photos. I am having trouble selecting and eliminating, but to give myself a boost I am going to put a few here that might not make it on the travel side.<br \/>\nI get asked a lot of questions about the Turkish people. Since 96% of them are muslims thay are often linked with more conservative or extremist Arab countries. But since Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) in the early 1900, the country has become a republic and is now a modern and laic state. Nothing extreme here, save for the beauty of the country. The people I had a chance to talk with were all very friendly and eager for the world to know more about them. I always felt safe and comfortable even when I set out on my own and only met with charming helpful people. I must say that I have a weak spot for mediterranean physique and Turkish men are fine examples. Here are a few i dared photograph.<\/p>\n<p>A young dancer who performed with a folkloric group, and our baloon driver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tdancer.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1127\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tdancer.jpg\" alt=\"Tdancer\" width=\"268\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tdriver.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1128\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tdriver.jpg\" alt=\"Tdriver\" width=\"280\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A sculptor who was covered in white stone dust and a group of men who were having their picture taken but could not agree on a pose&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tpotter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1129\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tpotter.jpg\" alt=\"Tpotter\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Toldmen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1130\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Toldmen.jpg\" alt=\"Toldmen\" width=\"299\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am still sorting my trip photos. I am having trouble selecting and eliminating, but to give myself a boost I am going to put a few here that might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}