Posts by Jack Scott

We’re all mongrels really

“I studied the steady stream of strollers; all ages and all types gently ambled by. As I watched, I wondered if there was such a thing as a typical Turkish type, akin to an English rose, Celtic redhead or blond Swede. What hit me was the rich diversity of Turks, a veritable United Nations of a people, from ginger to dusky, European to oriental.” Jack Scott muses on the racial mélange of modern Turkey – and the rest of the world.

We’re all Asians really

From his vantage point in Turkey, Jack Scott ponders the perennial question of where Asia ends and Europe begins!

People fishing off Galata Bridge in Bodrum, Turkey

Two Historic Nations

“Imagine two historic nations finally emerging from the long shadow of empire destroyed by world war and trying to forge a new role.” Jack Scott explains that there are more similarities between Britain and Turkey than many realise.