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1. Food · Seyhan

   Eat real Adana kebab in Adana

   Try the original Adana kebab with its proper mince and tail-fat ratio at one of the main establishments — and photograph it.

2. Food · Seyhan

   Try şalgam and bici bici in Adana

   Classic tastes: red turnip juice and the summer dessert bici bici — and photograph it.

3. History · Seyhan

   Find the ‘baby’ above Bebekli Church

   The statue above Bebekli Church depicts Mary. Its resemblance to a baby gave the church its local name. In Tepebağ, look up, find the detail behind the name and photograph it from outside.

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4. History · Seyhan

   Stand before a mosque renamed by a market

   Once called the Old Mosque, this building became Yağ Camii, the Oil Mosque, after the oil market outside its entrance. Stand before its gateway in Alidede, imagine the former market and photograph the portal.

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5. History · Kozan

   Explore the city of a writer on medicinal plants

   Anavarza's story reaches beyond its walls: Dioscorides, author of Materia Medica, is associated with this city. Think of his work on plants and their medicinal uses as you explore the accessible ruins at Dilekkaya. Photograph a stone detail.

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6. History · Karaisalı

   See the bridge where James Bond fell

   Bond's rooftop train fight in Skyfall ends at Varda Bridge. That film location is in Hacıkırı, Karaisalı. Photograph its arches from a safe public viewpoint, staying off the railway. Can you recall the shot?

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7. Nature · Aladağ

   Notice Akören’s dry-stone terraces

   Look for stone farming terraces around Akören’s church remains. The field report describes walls built without mortar that also shelter other species. Photograph a terrace during your visit and note a detail without disturbing the stones. The map marks the approximate ruins location; check access locally.

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8. Nature

   Birdwatch at Akyatan Lagoon

   A lagoon on one of the great migration corridors, so what you see depends entirely on the week: flamingo and wintering duck in the cold months, and green turtles nesting on the sand bar in summer. Go at first light before the wind gets up. Photograph the water, birds or not.

9. City discovery

   Adana kebab

   Try adana kebab — and photograph it.