The Silk Road: Connections
“After nearly a decade of visiting 100 towns and villages across Central Asia, I found a culture and way of life that's endured for centuries. Family and pride in children sit at its core, yet the divide between men and women runs just as deep and persists to this day.”
—Lynn Gilbert
Antalya, Turkey
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Palymir, Sahara
Palymir, Sahara
Derepazari, Turkey
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Urgut, Uzbekistan
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Antalya, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Khiva, Uzbekistan
Antep, Turkey
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Mirzaoba, Bursa, Turkey
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Antep, Turkey
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Sulukule, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey
Damascus, Syria
Istanbul, Turkey
Urfa, Turkey
Bursa, Turkey
Bursa, Turkey
The Silk Road Series Locations
From Turkey to India
Villages & Cities Along the Route
Turkey
- Aacati (Alaçati)
- Akhisar
- Amasya
- Ankara
- Antep (Gaziantep)
- Antalya
- Artvin (Arvin)
- Baheceli
- Bergama
- Beypazar
- Birge (Birgi)
- Bodrum
- Borcka
- Bursa
- Camili
- Camlihemsin
- Cappadocia (Kapadokya)
- Çesme (Cesme)
- Cumalikizik
- Delice
- Denizli
- Derepazari
- Edirne
- Ephesus (Efes)
- Eskisehir
- Gebze
- Goynuk
- Hasankeyf
- Haydarpasa
- Hereke
- Ire (Tire)
- Istanbul
- izmir
- Karabük
- Kastamonu
- Kemaliye
- Kemalpasa
- Konaklar
- Konya
- Kula
- Kugadas1
- Magnesia
- Maltepe
- Manisa
- Mardin
- Maras
- Mersin
- Midyat
- Mirzaoba
- Mudurnu
- Ordu
- Pamukkale
- Persembe
- Rize
- Safranbolu
- Selçuk
- Sinop
- Sinosos
- Sirakonaklar
- Sivas (Siva)
- Taralak
- Trabzon
- Trilye
- Tuz Gölü
- Ünye (Uniye)
- Urfa
- Ürgüp (Urgup)
Syria
- Aleppo
- Damascus
- Palmyra
Jordan
- Dead Sea
- Petra
- Wadi Rum
Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat
- Bayramaly
- Dashoguz
- Mary
Uzbekistan
- Bukhara
- Fergana
- Khiva
- Samarkand
- Tashkent
- Urgut (Urgot)
The Silk Road: A Personal Journey
The Silk Road stretches 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean, carrying silk, spices, and ways of living that shaped every town along the way. Its monuments, now World Heritage sites, preserve that history for the world.
What drew me into this culture was far more modest. I fell in love with Turkey's traditional houses, the humble homes that are a significant part of the country's cultural heritage. Rapidly disappearing, tucked away in towns and villages that outsiders will never see, their simple facades give nothing away. Step inside, and what is revealed is beauty, order, and a fierce pride in hearth and home.
Along the Silk Road Exhibition
At the Godwin-Ternbach Museum