Turkey

A huge traffic surge to this website was experienced on November 15 when total unique user count reached 7,732. The vast majority of them were coming from Turkey.  Update: Learn how I got 10,000 Page views in a day This was already third traffic spike to my blog, previous record was set back in January (2015) with 3,584 users. While the first serious traffic spike my blog experienced almost two years ago, when total daily traffic surged just above 1,000 daily users. For the couple of last…

<p>I have travelled by train in Turkey just once back in 2011 from Ankara to Izmir. That route went some 15-17 hours... It's damned boring thing. Well I'm glad I took that ride of course, but I'm more glad to learn that Turkey is investing much in it's train infrastructure. And I'm sure I will use Istanbul - Konya high speed line in future.</p><p>Recently (on December 17, 2014) a new high speed line Istanbul - Konya has been launched and here is the…

<p>More than year a ago I published article&nbsp;<a href="http://www.reinisfischer.com/turkey-could-join-eurasian-union">Turkey could join Eurasian Union</a>&nbsp;were I tried to compare economy of Turkey by using GDP and GDP per capita for time period 2000-2012.</p><p>I found that Turkey might reach $1 trillion of GDP by the end of 2016, so did I found that Economy of Turkey has increased for about 3 times (2000-2012)</p><p>I did used…

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport  is located some 32 km southeast of the city center, airport serves as the hub for AnadoluJet and Pegasus Airlines. The facility is named after Sabiha Gökçen, the adoptive daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the first female fighter pilot in the world. Although Istanbul Airport, located 63 km (39 mi) west of the European side of Istanbul, is larger, Sabiha Gökçen is still one of the largest airports in the country. I have been traveling via…

<h2 class="item"><span id="hp_hotel_name" class="fn">Mona Hotel</span></h2><p><span class="fn"><img src="http://www.reinisfischer.com/sites/default/files/Mona%20Hotel.jpg&quot; alt="Mona Hotel Ankara" title="Mona Hotel Ankara" width="840" height="460"></span></p><p><strong><span class="fn">Located on&nbsp;Kavaklidere…

Trabzon, located in the Black Sea region of Turkey, is a popular tourist destination known for its rich history, stunning landscapes, and diverse culture. Whether you're visiting for business or pleasure, Trabzon has a variety of hotels to suit your needs. In this article, we will take a closer look at some of the top hotels in Trabzon. Please note that some of the links in this article may be affiliate links to Booking.com. This means that we may earn a commission if you decide to make a…

Recently Georgia signed Association Agreement with EU, which includes Free Trade Agreement with the EU as well. Georgian Politicians were so happy, that they rushed to announce some great plans - and so the MP of Georgia announced, that Georgia is eager to have full EU membership in the next 5-10 years.  So far so good.  On the other hand, the newly elected president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has already announced, that he is not willing to see any enlargement in European…

Today and yesterday I was reading some articles, claiming that record number of foreigners have visited Georgia in 2013. According to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia - 5 365 356 foreigners crossed Georgian border in 2013.Why I dont like this data?Well in 2013, I have crossed Georgian border for some 6 times I guess. 3 times leaving and 3 times entering. So one me accounts for at least 3 times, right? It depends how to count.Ok, lets dig deeper:Georgian side have canceled VISA regime for…

That said makes me think, that Turkey has no serious plans to join Eurasian Union. IMHO Turkey is teasing European Union. And why shouldn't? Turkey has long, long history on it's attempts to join European Union, but there always are some obstacles from EU side. And that makes Turkey angry. From one side - EU is feeling fears, if Turkey will join EU, then mass migration of Turkish job seekers will over flood EU, on other hand it sounds kinda ridiculous. Germany, the main country against Turkey…