Join me for a hike up the hill to see the old Ankara fortress and castle and surrounding area. The view is amazing. Sit back on the coach and enjoy. This is 35 minutes long and in HD.
My thoughts are that those stones that you saw replaced that was because they were blown out the only way if Stone is broken up is through artillery fire of some high-powered machinery killing machine of sorts they replaced it and therefore the mentality of the people is to make things thick strong because they know possibly eventually there could be another War and they are prepping for their homes to save them as much as they can it's in the DNA
My thoughts are that those stones that you saw replaced that was because they were blown out the only way if Stone is broken up is through artillery fire of some high-powered machinery killing machine of sorts they replaced it and therefore the mentality of the people is to make things thick strong because they know possibly eventually there could be another War and they are prepping for their homes to save them as much as they can it's in the DNA
Sounds like your Turkish is much better now too