Tourists attract kids, and particularly if they are rare (I was off season in a part of town where tourists, who don't often travel this far anyhow, generally don't come. No monuments, no shops, just people in simple houses).
i would like to thankyou for sharing your photos i have tried hard to find photos on the web as im going to pasinler on friday to stay with my boyfriends family i didnt know what to expect, but thanks to u i now know as some of his family live in erzurum.thankyou once again photos are amazing