-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Southern Turkey Trip Report / 9-13 June 2015 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter kuzeycem
- Start date
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
I just checked it in Google Earth. As the crow flies, from Birecik to Kobani is about 23 miles. From Birecik to the nearest point on the border is about 12 miles.
wolfbirder
Well-known member
Apologies for slight miscalculation, please don't take offence at my point. Its important for people to understand just how close it is though.
Wonderful photos.
Wonderful photos.
wolfbirder
Well-known member
Ironically back then (in that thread) when I was enquiring (2012) the only concern was with PKK activity, which in fairness was largely unfounded.
I don't think anyone back then foresaw the rise of IS and the movement right up to the Turkish border. Many IS fighters came via or through Turkey - potentially putting western birders in contact with them. I think now the Battle of Kobani is finished the movement of fighters will have slowed right down, but it is still a very sensitive area surely.
Lets all hope it returns to its wonderful normal self in the not too distant future. I loved Turkey.
Again, apologies for the politics (which I feel bad about) when we all simply love birds. I look out all the time for bird reports from this area so thank you for posting this.
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
I'm afraid things have just kicked off in Kobani and nearby villages again (see BBC website today), there are suggestions that IS fighters have come back in from the Turkish side of the border, disguising themselves as returning refugees. So caution/avoidance of the border area for westerners is very much still the advice.
Barred Wobbler
Well-known member
Wasn't me.
The only bit of Turkey I've visited so far is the south-west, though this trip report has me getting twitchy. I'd have had 15 lifers there.
EDIT: I see in later comments that it was Jos on his fascinating trip who was the escaper.
Maybe in thirty or forty years time, when I'm looking forward to a telegram from the then current monarch, the area will be peaceable enough to visit. Or there again the borders may have hardened by then and it might be totally off-limits. The world is suddenly a mess.
Last edited:
Paul Chapman
Well-known member
I suppose only real larophiles must now look for Armenian Gull at the fish farm south of Birecik?
All the best
wolfbirder
Well-known member
I think they also fly up and down the river at Birecik Paul, I certainly had one at least in a short river watch as I watched for little swift over the cliffs.
Congrats on the Fish Owl BTW.
Congrats on the Fish Owl BTW.
Similar threads
