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With the TR into the TR - Triumph TR4 on a big ride for the second time

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Created on April 20, 2018

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Jürgen Renardy

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Jürgen Renardy

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Jürgen Renardy

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Selimiye Mosque, Edirne - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Fairy chimneys of Göreme - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Through the center of Istanbul - With the TR4 to Turkey

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The unspoiled fishing village of Kiyiköy - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Dede-Konak-Pension in Antalya - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Half board with Yusuf and his wife - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Pension Pelikan in Kapikiri - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Petrol station stop in Yalikavak - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Torn main spring leaf - With the TR4 to Turkey

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A sensation in the workshop - Taking the TR4 to Turkey

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Emperor Barbarosso's memorial stone - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Crossing the Taurus - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Renardy's favorite city Amasya - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Car ferry from Kilitbahir to Canakkale - With the TR4 to Turkey

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The route - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Gallipoli, an area steeped in history during the First World War - With the TR4 to Turkey

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The amphitheater of Miletus on the occasion of the first trip in 1984 - With the TR4 to Turkey

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The amphitheater of Miletus today - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Car ferry Canakkale on its first trip in 1984 - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Bistrot in Edirne - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Diabetestuning, confectionery store in Izmir....leeecker - With the TR4 to Turkey

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The fantastic three on the "Asansör" in Izmir - With the TR4 to Turkey

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30 years ago Tunnel shortly after Nis/Serbia - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Hotel staff in Amasya - With the TR4 to Turkey

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in the port of Tasucu - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Kangal shepherd dog with Alemannia baseball cap - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Lunch on the E5, near Bolu, halfway between Ankara and Istanbul - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Rest area between Fethye and Kalkan - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Parking in Sirkeci/Istanbul - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Today tunnel shortly after Nis/Serbia - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Tourist stop shortly before Ürgüp - With the TR4 to Turkey

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TR in the pension garden in Cirali - With the TR4 to Turkey

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TR in front of the South Aegean coastal panorama - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Souvenir stand in Derinkuyu/Cappadocia - With the TR4 to Turkey

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in front of the "budget" hotel in Eregli, with police protection - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Customs officer at the Turkish customs office in Kapikule - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Diploma or doctorate graduates from Amasya before the TR - With the TR4 to Turkey

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Summary

Jürgen Renardy and his Turkish-born cigarette dealer Murat went on an adventure tour to Turkey with Renardy's TR in May 2014. Smooth border crossings, acceptable to very good road conditions with very little traffic in the countryside and lots of views made the trip an unforgettable experience. In this report, Jürgen Renardy tells in detail about the "Tour of the Decade" to Turkey.

This article contains the following chapters

Preparations
Start of the journey in the merry month of May
The first police check in Bulgaria
Kapikule - the second largest customs in the world
With the shortest connection from Europe to Asia
Change of co-driver in Izmir
Mandatory visit to the hairdresser
First and only strike of the TR starter
Without Renate to Northern Cyprus
"Güzel araba"
Favorite city Amasya
"Eifel, except extra sea"
Special rally stage on a third-degree country road with 1000 bends
500 km from Amasra to the metropolis of Istanbul
Out of the traffic cauldron again
Farewell to Turkey
800 km to Belgrade
Reasonably dry through Austria

Estimated reading time: 23min

Preview (beginning of the article)

We have owned and driven the Triumph TR4 with chassis number CT23333L for around 40 years now. When we bought it, it was a relatively miserable specimen, but exactly 30 years ago we - my partner at the time, now my wife, and I - ventured out on an extravagant adventure trip with the convertible across Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Anatolia as far as Damascus / Syria. No problems with the 10000 km. In Turkey, we were only pitied again and again: "Such an old car, so small, only two seats and not even money for a real roof. Are you poor people?" And now, or rather for almost ten years, the desire to go on a similar tour again with the TR, which has matured, been restored and also slightly strengthened over the decades, has been fermenting. The best date was 2014, exactly 30 years after the first board tour and in the 50th year of the vehicle. But! Two thirds of a year ago, I asked Renate "Are you coming?" I received the answer two months later. "No, but..."

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