Our Turkish adventure begins in the historical town of Konya, home town of the Whirling Dervish orders. A bastion of Islamic faith and Seljuk culture, it is a city where ancient history meets modernity, filled with ancient mosques and myriad markets, perfumed with Eastern spices, where Muslim pilgrims mingle with secular citizens in tranquil tea gardens. Our journey continues along the coastline of the Aegean Sea where we trek along the Lycian Way, before heading down to Adana, Turkey’s fourth largest city and home to the Sabanc Mosque, the largest mosque between Istanbul and Saudi Arabia. Journeying off-the-beaten-track, we visit the historic southeastern region of Anatolia and the city of Diyarbakr, the epicentre of Kurdish culture.