We’re heading to the Turkish National Free Flight Model Airplane Championship. The event is held near Gölbek Village in the Çöl Plain, just outside Ankara. It’s a little past six, right at sunrise… Over the plain near Haymana, the sky still feels asleep. The first thing breaking the silence is a small fire glowing like a pomegranate in the distance. Those arriving for the competition are heading toward it— for in the middle of the steppe, finding your way isn’t easy, and whoever spots the fire finds their direction.
As the cars enter the plain, they step into a different world altogether.