When it feels like the world has been explored from end to end, and tourist routes have become a conveyor belt, it’s time to look East. To the place where the snow-capped peaks of Ararat give way to the sun-scorched plains of Mesopotamia. Eastern Turkey isn’t about "all-inclusive" hotels. It’s about the dust of centuries on your boots, the taste of strong coffee in Assyrian courtyards, and the silence of gods on mountain summits. This is the cradle of civilization, and here i

Explore the living heritage of the Assyrians — from Tur Abdin and Haberli to the Nineveh Plains — where ancient language, faith, and culture still flourish.

Tradition of carpets in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan. Symbols, colors, and importance of this tradition.

If you travel across the Caucasus or Turkey—be it Tbilisi’s old courtyards, the winding backstreets of Yerevan, the balconies of Baku,...

Few mountains in the world hold as much meaning for a nation as Mount Ararat does for Armenians. Rising majestically with its twin peaks,...

The landscapes of the Caucasus and Mesopotamia are not only mountains, rivers, and plains—they are landscapes of memory, carved in stone...

When you travel through the Kurdish mountains, from the stony villages of Mardin to the green valleys of Duhok, you may notice something...