The Tash Han (Stone Han) is from 1631, an old caravansarai. In 2011 I found it was much more functional than on earlier visits, now having lots of terraces and a decent number of shops catering to, mostly, tourism. I show some of those too. The castle looms impressively in the background on some pictures.

On the picture: The workplace of a ‘yazmacı’ (= artisan who makes wood-printed cloth), with the wooden printing blocks he uses to produce the table-covers and headscarfs that are hanging in order to dry.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen