A stork, a fisherman and their unlikely bond enchant Turkey
Thirteen years ago, a poor fisherman in a small Turkish village was retrieving his net from a lake when he heard a noise behind him and turned to find a majestic being standing on the bow of his rowboat.Glittering white feathers covered its head, neck and chest, giving way to black feathers on its wings. He stood on thin orange legs that almost matched the color of his long, pointed beak.The fisherman, Adem Yilmaz, recognized it as one of the white storks that had spent the summer in the village for a long time, but he had never seen one so close up, much less hosted on his boat.Wondering if he was hungry, he tossed him a fish, which the bird devoured. He threw another. And another.Thus began an unlikely tale of man and bird that has captivated Turkey over the years - and a clever socia...