We have been in Gazianteb at the beginning of this year. It is one of the major towns in eastern turkey near the syrian border. We were quite surprised by the impression of this city since we expected a very traditional behaviour. But we found a quite modern city with nice cafes and beautiful town houses. The scene in the painting was taken on a rainy day on a walk to the citadell of Anteb which is on the right side of the street. The painting was done on Hahnemühle 600 gr rough paper in the size of 56x38cm.