As our hot, stuffy plane approached Bodrum, the seaside resort city on Turkey’s southwest coast, I closed my eyes and imagined a cool plunge into the crystalline turquoise waters of the Aegean.
It was late July, and I was going home for vacation, despite warnings about the record heat.
Southern Turkey is always hot in the summer, but the thought of sea breezes and swimming made it seem a desirable destination — especially after spending the last month in a heat wave in Geneva where air-conditioning is all but banned.
My 1-year-old immediately started crying and other passengers gasped as they rushed to the bus that would take us to the terminal.
“There was nowhere to escape, we were under attack and had no choice but to go back to the A.C. in our villas,” he said.
Persons:
Bodrum, ”, Cem Tosunoglu, “
Organizations:
Bodrum
Locations:
Turkey’s, Southern Turkey, Geneva, Istanbul