Overnight trip to Bilecik, birthplace of the Ottomans

I’m taking an overnight bus to Bilecik to interview the mufti there. Bilecik is one of the smallest provinces in Turkey, but the mufti has been the mufti of Istanbul, Ankara, and Diyarbakir, and a vice president at the Diyanet, so I’m looking forward to learning about his experiences. (I probably won’t bring up why he’s in Bilecik rather than Diyanet headquarters, though I uncovered why after googling him).

Bilecik isn’t that far from Istanbul, but by traveling overnight I can be at the mufti’s office by 9 AM, do the interview, and then make it to Bursa for the sermon meeting in the afternoon because the cities are only 60 miles apart. I’ll should be home by tomorrow night.

Off to don my suit.