Which route do I choose going through turkey??

Hey guys, soon heading through turkey in the next few weeks.

I have a route planned out that I pretty much stole off of this blog: https://cycloscope.net/cycling-turkey/

I mainly use the inner south route as shown on the blog. I was just wondering if any of you know much about it? I was just recently letting komoot do it’s thing and it gave me something similar, with much less elevation and distance (23,000m vs 30,000m of climbing! A big difference).

Here are some photos where the two routes divert the most, red being the wiggly route from the blog… blue being komoot.

Thanks!!