Those who want to get to know a country must get to know its people. There are only few countries in the world who have so much to do with each other and yet know so little of each other than Germany and Turkey. Dieter Sauter, an ARD correspondent of many years, takes us on a trip through an unfamiliar country of great variety: To a Sheik far in the east, to a shepherd high up in the mountains of Anatolia and to a fashion designer at the Bosporus. His tells us stories, for instance about the life of the owner of a Hamam, a master-builder of water pipes, a female professor, a disc jockey, a female treasure diver, a thief and a female dervish.
- Much more than an ordinary travel-guide
- Stories away from the tourist sites
Dieter Sauter, born in Karlsruhe in 1950, studied in Tuebingen and Constance and started to work as free reporter for Bavarian Television in 1981. From 1992 to 2005, he was the director of the ARD studio in Istanbul, reporting from Turkey and Iran and of offices in Ankara, Diyarbakir and Teheran. He has been living as a free journalist and author in Istanbul since 2006.
