Written by Liam Hetherington on November 22, 2009
- Ramadan (or Ramazan as it is known in Turkish) is one of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar. During this month adherents are to abstain from food, drink, smoking and having sexual relations...
Written by MALUSE on September 2, 2009
- We didn‘t go with an organised tour, we went to a travel agency and booked a flight with Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari) and a hotel from a brochure. Let‘s look at what is left...
Written by MALUSE on September 2, 2009
- The Grand Bazaar doesn’t have its name for nothing, it covers about 32 ha. It’s in the quarter Beyazit, the centre of Stambul, the oldest part of the city between the university and the Nuruosmaniye...
Written by MALUSE on September 2, 2009
- Side (pronounced See-da, stress on the first syllable) is a small seaside resort of about 10,000 inhabitants on the south coast of Turkey, the so-called Turkish Riviera, 75 km east of Antalya where...
Written by MALUSE on September 2, 2009
- The idea of going to a Hamam, a Turkish Bath, has always intrigued me. When I saw that the Hotel Barut Arum in Side on the South coast of Turkey, where my husband and I...
Written by fizzytom on August 30, 2009
- The Turkish town of Canakkale (pronounced Shana -kalay), situated some 350 Kilometres from Istanbul is a bustling place that caters essentially to the needs of those tourists visiting the Gallipoli Battlefields just across the Dardanelles,...
Written by Mutt on June 9, 2009
- Turkey’s first president Mustafa Kemel Atatürk left and indelible mark on the country that he founded with an all-pervasive cult of personality (akin to the of Comrade Lenin in the Soviet Union, Chairman Mao in...
Written by fizzytom on April 21, 2009
- Just a short ferry ride from Istanbul, the Princes Islands are a brilliant place to kick back and escape the relentless noise and bustle of the city. Other than emergency vehicles, motorised vehicles are not...
Written by LorenGul on March 27, 2008
- After the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 by Mehmet the Conquerer, this ancient center of culture became the heart of Ottoman Empire. This young Ottoman sultan had a palace built on the Seraglio point which...
Written by actonsteve on April 15, 2007
- If a city speaks of defeat, destruction, deprivation, melancholy and poverty, the Bosphorus sings of life, pleasure, and happiness. Istanbul draws its strength from the Bosphorus. But in earlier times no one gave it much...
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