Good country, exhausting tourist industry

Turkey is a genuinely beautiful and interesting place. Hagia Sophia is worth every superlative thrown at it. The lahmacun is legitimately excellent. extraordinary historical sites gave the trip real depth.

What I struggled with: the tourist infrastructure around the headline sites in Antalya is relentlessly commercial and currency fluctuations is a genuine friction point. You can feel the gap between authentic Turkey and the packaged version sold to tourists. The authentic version wins, but you have to work to find it.