Financial Times

...John Munch took one bite and was hooked. He bought some land, built a villa and now spends his holidays on the friendly Lycian coast...

...He did us the immense favour of introducing us to Damla Yaltirik, a young Kalkan-based architect in her early 30s, who produced several alluring variants of a three-storey Ottaman-style structure. Large eaves would shield occupants from the heat of direct summer sunlight. The lay-out incorporated hezaren, latticed wooden screens used traditionally to assure privacy for the woman of a household, but now a further decorative shield against the heat. (Kalkan hovers around the 100F-degree mark in the high summer of July and August.) Vaulted ceilings in the main entrance hall and on the landing outside the main bedroom echoed the design of traditional mosques...

...Perhaps most striking of all, Damla came up with the idea of a first-floor outdoor pergola with a wooden, "beehive" design roof overlooking the Mediterranean, ideal for meals and positioned to provide a conduit for gentle sea breezes...

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