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05-23-2011, 01:20 AM
Anyone have any experience in the Kurdish areas of Turkey? I'm thinking of visiting Israel then hopping up to Turkey and touring through it, and the south-east of Turkey, where I would first enter the country, is Kurdish.
What I know of Kurdish culture is that women are generally not part of social/public life and that alcohol is pretty much not a part of regular life. But I'm still interested, any info would be appreciated.
Of course, I'll be travelling on to regular old Turkish Turkey, but that's more known territory.
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05-27-2011, 01:49 PM
I do not know about the Kurdish area of Turkey but yesterday I returned from a 11 day trip to Erbil, Iraq. The Kurds are different, they have a large Ortho-Christian community that does drink. I didn't see many Kurdish ladies out at night but there were quite a few english teachers from varies countries in region.
Given the chance I think the Kurdish women will let loose unfortunately I was there in a different capacity and couldn't indulge.
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05-28-2011, 02:46 AM
Dude let's hear about Hawler, eh? Write up a thread on what it's like, I've really been interested in the Kurds for a while
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05-28-2011, 10:50 PM
I've thrown around the idea of swooping the Turkish/Iraqi border, but the ROI may be too low so the idea is off the table. That leaves Amman for chasing Iraqi broads. Baghdad International is busy on weekends and the girls are going somewhere. I know for sure not Kuwait.
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05-29-2011, 06:21 AM
There's a large Iraqi community in San Diego.
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05-30-2011, 03:07 AM
Quote: (05-29-2011 06:21 AM)cool Wrote:
There's a large Iraqi community in San Diego.
God I love em' so much
Somebody get it in writing, quick!
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06-02-2011, 07:20 AM
hey sorry for the late response. i've been traveling through these Iraq sh!t hole towns. Erbil is a sh!t hole, it has potential though. They are trying to find a lot of investors to help make Erbil a major tourist destination. It's better than some of the African countries i've been but worst than others.
Maybe in 5 years this place will be better especially since a lot of foreign consulates offices will be here. There are a several restaurants throughout but cannot really recommend a great one. I've had better food in Baghdad.
Here are a few pics to give you glimpse