Basic Info

First Air: March 26, 2017

Rating: ⭐ 1.0/10 (1 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 2

Last Episode

Name: Taurus Mountains to Istanbul

Season: 1, Episode: 2

Air Date: 2017-04-02

Runtime: 60 min

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.

Videos

Turkey - with Simon Reeve (Opening titles) (YouTube)

Turkey with Simon Reeve

2017 1 seasons 2 episodes ⭐ 1.0/10 1 votes

Overview

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.