
Amasya

town square
statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,
(1881-1938)
founder of modern Turkey

houses on the river, below the old royal burial tombs
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the Houses

on the river Iris

typical interior, of house, now a museum

water wheel on the river
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the Tombs

royal tombs carved into citadel hill

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view of the city from the tombs

the mosque

melons for sale

in waiting

on the move

selling the brooms he made
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photo taken shortly after an earthquake in Erzincan (1992)
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