Turkey

TURKEY

The Blue Mosque, completed in 1616, remains the symbol of Istanbul, a legacy from the Ottoman Empire.

Cappadocia presents a unique landscape, which includes forests of these Fairy Chimneys.

Ephesus is the most magnificent Roman site in Turkey. This is the restored facade of the Library of Celsus.

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Highlights of Turkey

These charms are found and sold everywhere in Turkey.
Their function is to repel "The Evil Eye", which I translate into a Turkish good luck charm. Vehicles have them, as do buildings. They are a necessity.

Turkey Table of Contents

TO SANCTA SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE,
THE GREATEST CHURCH IN CHRISTENDOM

TO PAMUKULA & THE MISSING WATERS

TO THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN IZMIR

TO KEMAL ATATURK,
TURKEY'S NATIONAL HERO

TO 1453: FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE/
CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL

TO THE TOPKAPI PALACE, ISTANBUL

TO ROMAN EMPIRE SITES IN TURKEY

TO EPHESUS, ROMAN CAPITAL OF TURKEY

TO CAPPADOCIA, UNIQUE LAND OF CAVES

TO FAIRY CHIMNEYS OF CAPPADOCIA

TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND BURSA

TO ISTANBUL'S BLUE MOSQUE

TO TURKISH CARPETS

TO WOMEN FARMWORKERS