Turkey with Simon Reeve

2017•1h 0m•5.0/10

Documentary

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Travel writer Simon Reeve embarks upon two long-distance journeys across Turkey, exploring this dramatic and beautiful country that now finds itself at the centre of world events.

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Ended

First Aired

March 26, 2017

Last Aired

April 2, 2017

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BBC Two

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Gallipoli to the Syrian Border

Air date: 2017-03-26

Simon sets off on the first leg of his journey visiting Istanbul, a luxury hotel on the famous Turquoise Coast and a refugee camp near the Syrian border.

Taurus Mountains to Istanbul

Air date: 2017-04-02

Simon visits the indigenous Yuriks in the eastern Taurus Mountains who are nomads and keep goats. Then he visits the Kurds in the SE who suffer oppression from the current regime but they number 1 in 5 of the general population. We see the secret police who were rude to the camera crew and 100 s of reporters are under arrest in Turkey. He then travels north to the border with Armenia by train which is rarely visited by foreigners. It is a rich area for biodiversity.