To many of my peers, Turkey is often the butt of a joke, no doubt thanks in part to it being a popular destination for Brits searching for discount cosmetic surgery. However, when I told them that I wasn’t heading to Turkey for a fresh head of hair or new set of teeth, they were somewhat surprised to hear of the wealth of quality golf courses located on the country’s southern Mediterranean coast.
You wouldn’t blame them either. Turkey isn’t particularly famed for its golf, with the country only having 20 courses to its name – stunningly sparse for a nation of nearly 85 million people. Over half of those courses are located in and around the purpose-built Belek region, which has embraced its tag as the home of golf in Turkey, with the likes of Colin Montgomerie and Sir Nick Faldo designing some of the courses in the area. All 11 of Belek’s
