The Silk Road — Season 1, Episode 2: Turkey: Bosphorus

Episode synopsis

At the edge of the European continent, our guide enters Turkish territory through the city of Edirne. He discovers Ottoman architectural wonders and the traditional local variant of wrestling, in which men are doused in olive oil before bouts. After a stop in Istanbul, the ultimate symbol of the Silk Road, Alfred discovers the city that was once the Ottoman capital, Bursa, and gains an insight into Anatolian culture.

About The Silk Road

Alfred de Montesquiou, a war correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and a journalist for Paris Match – for which he has covered most of the Arab Spring revolutions – will be our knowledge broker along the Silk Road, the mythical network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo. Journey through time, encountering specialists, historians, or just everyday people with a passion who will help you grasp the past and present identities of those countries. From Bursa in Turkey to Xi’an in China, Alfred guides and accompanies you in this fresh and original way to discover History.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Italy: Venice
• E3Turkey: Anatolia, The Caravans of Asia Minor
• E4Iran: Tabriz, Capital of Merchants
• E5Iran: Assassins, Emperors and Ma
• E6Iran: Kashan and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd
• E7Uzbekistan: Bukhara
• E8Uzbekistan: Samarkand
• E9Uzbekistan: Tachkent
• E10Kyrgystan
• E11China: Kashgar
• E12China: Gobi
• E13China: Dunhuang