We Found an Actual Turkey in Turkey
May 3, 2011 at 9:29 am Tina Hay 2 comments
We spent the night last night in the town of Behramkale, Turkey, just down the hill from the ruins of ancient Assos. As our bus made its way out of town this morning, we stopped to take photos of the unbelievably well-constructed walls of the ancient city—masonry work that was done in the fourth century B.C. and is still intact today.
And as we went to get back on the bus, we encountered something that our tour director, Gökhan, says you hardly ever see in Turkey: an actual live turkey, wandering around on the road and gobbling. One of the Penn State travelers, Frank Siftar ’62, was determined to get the turkey to come closer so he could get a photo, so he started doing an outstanding imitation of a turkey gobble. And every time Frank gobbled, the turkey gobbled back and came a little closer. As you can see, Frank got his wish.
Next stop on our trip is a visit to the ancient ruins of Pergamum.
Tina Hay, editor
Entry filed under: Alumni Association. Tags: Assos, Pergamum, Turkey.
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1. Daphne | June 23, 2011 at 3:00 pm
And did Gokhan tell you that the Turkish word for turkey is “hindi,” which means Indian?
2. Tina Hay | June 27, 2011 at 1:56 pm
He did say the word is “hindi,” but I didn’t realize it means “Indian.” That’s a fun fact — thanks!