As you can probably tell, I've developed quite an affection for the country of contradictions that is Turkey. It's an exciting place of contrasts and colour. Turkey has adopted new technology- and that technology often works side by side with the older ways: Wi-Fi is available almost everywhere, even as you walk the streets of a ruined city built in the time BC; switch on a TV in your modern hotel room and find CNN or BBC World news service- and step outside to find the Evil Eye embedded discreetly somewhere near the main door; and enjoy the superb Turkish olive oil, processed in a spotless factory, with sparklingly clean stainless steel equipment, only to learn that the olives were picked the hard way, by hand by someone who earns less than £5 ($7.50) a day.
Here's a few more examples I managed to photograph.
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