I’ll be in Istanbul next week.
I am planning to arrive in Istanbul sometime on Sunday, 17 February, and leave for Urfa sometime around Saturday, 23 February, to bang out the final 1/3 of the walk.
If you are in Istanbul next week and are free to meet up, give me a call at 0537-493-2356, or email me at mattkrause@mattkrause.com.
By the way, that photo of Istanbul’s Kız Kalesi is not mine. I lifted it from WhereIs-Istanbul.com, via Google Images.