I wonder where they are today? I reckon that it would be realistic for them to clean up Turkey in a little over a week despite 18 days in the itinerary?
http://www.bigyearwp.com/index.php/itinerary/
Van - Grey-necked Bunting, Mongolian Finch, Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Nemrut Dagi - Pale Rock Sparrow, Asian Crimson-winged Finch, Kurdistan Wheatear, Cinereous Bunting
Birecik - See-see Partridge, Iraq Babbler
Demarkazik & area - Snowfinch, Caspian Snowcock, Radde's Accentor, Bimaculated Lark
Uzancaburc & area - Kruper's Nuthatch, Olive-tree Warbler
Oymapinar Baraji - Brown Fish Owl
Cyprus - Cyprus Wheatear, Cyprus Scops Owl, Eleanora's Falcon
Generally - Red-footed Falcon, Hobby, Black-headed Bunting, Great Reed Warbler
Not sure about Yelkouan Shearwater & Dalmatian Pelican? Are they targets for them in Turkey?
(I'd left two transatlantic vagrants off my numbers for the WP lists in post 1347 when I checked.)
All the best