Following Footsteps by Remzi Gökdağ

Traveling Places Where History Never Fades

Some journeys move you forward. This one takes you back. Step into history’s footprints. Walk the streets where legends once stood. Feel the echoes of the past. Through the eyes of visionaries, through the moments that shaped the world. History, culture, and destiny collide. Guided by journalist and author Remzi Gökdağ this is more than a journey. It’s a passage through time.

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An invitation to explore and remember the unforgettable traces of the past

“My journey began as a journalist, but after publishing my books, people came to know me as a writer. With the rise of the internet, I started blogging, yet at heart, I’ve always been a traveler. Exploring new places and cultures has been a constant in my life, broadening my horizons in countless ways. The knowledge and experiences I’ve gained from these journeys have deeply influenced my writing, shaping the stories I tell.” Remzi Gökdağ

Travel beyond time…

Following Footsteps is a captivating exploration of legendary figures in twenty destinations that blend history, culture, and discovery. It will take you on a journey into the past of cities, uncovering the memories and forgotten tales of legendary individuals who have left their mark. Alternating between reality and dreams, this book offers an immersive experience where places tell about people, and people tell about places. Guided by legendary names, each chapter highlights a different city and a figure identified with it, weaving together historical narratives that are intriguing, curious, and exciting.

A Journey Through 20 Cities

Following Footsteps is an invitation to explore twenty unforgettable places through the lives of those who defined them. Remzi Gökdağ blends history, culture, and storytelling to bring them to life, capturing the echoes of the past in the streets of today. From bustling capitals to quiet corners of the world, each chapter is a doorway into another time, another life, another legend. Through his books, Gökdağ combines historical narratives with personal reflections, weaving together fact and imagination to bring the past to life. Following Footsteps is a testament to his boundless curiosity and deep appreciation for the traces left by legendary figures in urban landscapes. Whether through bustling streets or hidden alleyways, his writing invites readers to see cities through new eyes—blending history, culture, and adventure into an unforgettable reading experience.

“No matter where you go, once this city has claimed a part of you, it never really lets go.”

Following Footsteps

Journeys Through Legendary Places

Cities are more than just geographical locations on a map. They have their own personalities, shaped by the people who have lived there. They are living, breathing entities shaped by triumphs and struggles. Some were home to great artists, writers, and scientists who changed the world. Walking through these streets, you can sense their presence.

In Amsterdam, you can follow in the footsteps of Rembrandt, the master who painted light and shadow like no one else. You can almost see him there, brush in hand, capturing the soul of his city. In Pamplona, the spirit of Hemingway lingers in the air, in the rush of the bull run, in the smoky bars where he wrote about life, love, and adventure. Wander through Bern, and you might picture Einstein walking these same streets, deep in thought, dreaming up ideas that would change the universe.

Each city has its own rhythm, its own mysteries. In Prague, on a misty evening, you can almost hear the whispers of alchemists who once searched for the secret to immortality. Or the twisting alleys of Genoa, where sailors and explorers once set off into the unknown.

Some cities carry their history in grand monuments. Others hide it in the details. Berlin wears its past and future at once, always shifting, always reinventing itself. Palermo is a city of conquerors and cultures, where forgotten palaces crumble beside bustling markets, and the air is thick with stories of power and survival.

Across the ocean, Los Angeles is a city of dreams and contradictions, where Hollywood glamour meets a noir-like mystery beneath the streetlights. San Francisco, with its rolling fog and hidden histories, carries echoes of the Gold Rush, Beat poetry, and counterculture revolutions. And in the stillness of Los Alamos, you can almost hear the echoes of the atomic age—where secrecy and science changed the world forever.

These cities don’t just exist; they breathe, they whisper, they remember, they call to us. They remind us that history is alive, waiting to be rediscovered. Walking through them isn’t just sightseeing—it’s stepping into a story where the past and present blur, myths awaken, and the ordinary dissolves into the extraordinary. Every step brings you closer to the people who left their mark, to the legends that refuse to fade.

So step forward. The journey begins.

Following Footsteps

20 Cities, 20 Legends

A Journey Through Time and Place

Genoa – Marco Polo
Amsterdam – Rembrandt
Los Angeles – Charles Bukowski
Berlin – Marlene Dietrich
Pamplona – Ernest Hemingway
Paris – Robert Doisneau
Prague – Milan Kundera
Zurich – Lenin
San Francisco – Jack Kerouac
Palermo – Lampedusa
Luzern – Mark Twain
Taos – Kit Carson
Los Alamos – Oppenheimer
Porto – J.K. Rowling
Monterey – Jimi Hendrix
Bilbao – Frank Gehry
Bern – Albert Einstein
Death Valley – Walter Scott
Mainfeld – Johanna Spyri
Arizona – Geronimo