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Ottoman Castle Remnants

Crossroads of both peoples and tectonic plates, the Anatolian region is rich with stories of cultures accommodating themselves to a violent geologic landscape. Near the modern city of Van in eastern Turkey, remnants of an Ottoman castle cover the ruins of fortresses as old as the ninth century B.C.

Photograph by Reza