The Caravan Moves On
by Irfan Orga
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Orga journeys to the center of Turkey to stay with the Yuruk nomads in the High Taurus Mountains, learning their lore and legends in a world untouched by politics or the march of events.Tags
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Orga describes a journey back from his adopted home of London to his country of birth, Turkey. From a brief family link up in Izmir, he heads south west, to meet an old friend near Konya, and later, to spend time on Mt Kara Dag with the nomadic Yoruk people. Fairly interesting read.
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- Original publication date
- 1958
- Important places
- Kara Dag, Turkey; Mersin, Turkey; Meram, Turkey
- Epigraph
- Dogs bark but the caravan moves on - old Turkish proverb
- Dedication
- For Margarete and Ates with love - I.O. 1958
For Isabelle and Guillaume with love - A.O. 2002 - First words
- The Aegean Sea sparkled and from the shore, windows winked in the sun.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)His leonine head - the wispy grey hairs blowing in the wind and his glasses slipping down his nose - was the last things I saw as the silver plane soared into an autumn sky, carrying me to Bursa and the first stage of my long journey home.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Travel, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 956.4 — History & geography History of Asia Middle East Asia: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan Konieh, Adana, Cyprus
- LCC
- DS49.3 .O7 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Middle East. Southwestern Asia. Ancient Orient.
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- English
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