{"id":564888,"date":"2023-01-06T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T22:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=564888"},"modified":"2023-01-06T17:41:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T22:41:51","slug":"much-more-than-mosques-minarets-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=564888","title":{"rendered":"much more than mosques, minarets &amp; Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00e7ten Selamlar!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s Turkish for &#8216;Warm Greetings&#8217;, as today we are going back in time to the warmth of summer in the middle of last July. That&#8217;s when I arrived in Istanbul and began a two-week driving tour of Turkey. It&#8217;s such an incredibly interesting, beautiful and diverse country with the most hospitable of people. Here&#8217;s a link to photos from the first few days of Turkish travels:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/balloonbill.smugmug.com\/Other\/Turkish-Travels-1\/\">https:\/\/balloonbill.smugmug.com\/Other\/Turkish-Travels-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sun, water and warm weather: enjoy all the delights!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1007.2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-564889\" src=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1007.2-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1007.2-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1007.2-800x377.jpg 800w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1007.2-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1007.2.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-564890\" src=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1721-300x114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1721-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1721-800x305.jpg 800w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1721-150x57.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1721.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1722.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-564891\" src=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1722-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1722-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1722-800x306.jpg 800w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1722-150x57.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1722.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1725.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-564892\" src=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1725-300x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1725-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1725-800x314.jpg 800w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1725-150x59.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1725.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00e7ten Selamlar! That&#8217;s Turkish for &#8216;Warm Greetings&#8217;, as today we are going back in time to the warmth of summer in the middle of last July. That&#8217;s when I arrived in Istanbul and began a two-week driving tour of Turkey. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=564888\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=564888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=564888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=564888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=564888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}