This weeks image was captured during our year long jaunt across the continent of Asia back in 1995/1996. The town of Doğubeyazıt was a strange sort of place. Not your stereo typical town that you’d find close to any major border, but a puzzling place all the same.
Liza and I seemed to befriend what we feel were the local maffia. These guys would have people running favours for us all over town, as well as taking us on guided tours of the local sights. No mention of payment was ever made. I was waiting for the crunch to pay before we left town, but it never eventuated.
The Ishak Palace is a short drive from the centre of town, and due to the ongoing fighting in eastern Turkey at the time, there were absolutely no tourists in the region. We had the whole place to our selves (and our maffia friends).
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Ishak Pasha Palace of Doğubeyazıt Was Captured Here
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The views of Mount Ararat from Dogubeyazit are remarkable. We were fortunate to have more than enough time to admire the cones of Big and Little Ararat as we walked a mile into Iran to look for grub.
Hey Nyle, We certainly had great views as well. I do remember our cheap little hotel room, with a pristine vista of the mountain, filling the full frame of our window. It’s an impressive sight, that still very few get to witness.
Nice picture of this off the beaten path place.
I visited this in 2008, but would you believe it, it was closed as it was being renovated. There is a castle or fortress and mosque on the hill side to the right of where you stood for this shot. Beautiful views too!
I always remember Dogubeyazit because of the giant cabbages sold there in the market!!
Please say you saw them too or people will think I’m bonkers!
Hey Jonathan, Sorry about the palace being closed on you mate. Lets hope they get it renovated to UNSECO standards, as it was a little all over the shop when I visited all those years ago. I never saw your giant cabbages either mate, sorry (LOL)….Thanks for stopping by…..
Michael DeSemlyen and I spent a couple od days in late January of 1961 inside the border compound outside Dogubeyazit waiting for a ride into Iran that never materialized. Finally we induced a taxi driver to take us a short distance to Maku inside Iran for a packet of Yugoslav cigarettes which we passed of as being American. The farmander or military governor in Maku gave us a letter that facilitated transportation across Iran to Pakistan.
Hey Nyle, That’s why I love your story mate. Your era of travel just adds that nostalgic edge to a destination. I also remember my taxi journey to Maku. As Liza was traveling with me, and it was forbidden to have unmarried men and women sitting next to each other.
Liza and I sat in the back seats with our packs, while 4 other men sat in the front 2 seat (yes 2 in the drivers seat). All we could do is smile, and go along with the whole situation. Quite funny actually.
Never heard of this place but putting it on the list as it looks awesome
Hey Natalie, Yes it was well worth the effort. A place that doesn’t see allot of Western visitors. My kind of destination, check it out.
Wow.. no kidding. Looks pretty deserted to me. Where did you guys spend the night?
Hey Ciki, the palace was just a few KM’s out of Dogubeyazit, small town on the Iran/Turkey border. We stayed there and made a short drive out to the palace With our new found freinds).