Turkish Men Are Required to Serve in the Military—but Many Climbers Don’t Want To
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“Now, I am supposed to go to the military,” explains Mert from Geyikbayırı, a village near Antalya in western Turkey and home to a robust local population of climbers. Aesthetically, it couldn’t be further from the army’s bare, dusty barracks. Pine, olive, pomegranate, and orange trees blanket the ...