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1. Food · Oltu

   Eat cağ kebab, try it in Oltu

   Try cağ, Eastern Anatolia's horizontal döner kebab, in a traditional setting in Oltu or central Erzurum — and photograph it.

2. History · Oltu

   Have a prayer-bead made at an Oltu-stone workshop

   Have the master make your own prayer beads or ring from the jet stone found only in this region — and photograph it.

3. History · Yakutiye

   See the Twin-Minaret Madrasa

   The Twin Minaret Madrasa hosted more than lessons: after repairs under Murad IV, it served for a time as a cannon workshop. Compare the two sides of the portal: the eagle and leaves of the western tree-of-life panel are absent from its eastern counterpart. Photograph the difference from a permitted spot and record the building's changing roles.

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4. Culture & art

   Time it with a festival: javelin (cirit), camel wrestling or bull wrestling

   Erzurum-Bayburt cirit, Selçuk-Kuşadası camel wrestling, Artvin bull wrestling: go to one of Anatolia's living sporting traditions — and photograph it.

5. Nature · Palandöken

   Ski at Palandöken

   A weekend at Palandöken, which has Turkey's longest (12 km) and steepest slopes — and photograph it.

6. Culture & art

   Ski Kandilli

   Ski at Kandilli Ski Center (nordic) — and photograph it.

7. Culture & art

   Ski Konakli

   Ski at Konakli Ski Center — and photograph it.