Category: Turkey
IT IS against the law of Islam for anyone to paint a portrait. On the Day of Judgment, the prophet Mohammed is reported to have said, painters will be …
WOLF MUSEUM Everyone knows Hugo Wolf as an Austrian composer, but Windischgraz, where he was born in 1860, is now Slovenj Gradec, just on the Slovenian side of the …
TARTINI MUSEUM Giuseppe Tartini, the greatest violinist-composer and violin pedagogue of the mid-18th century and pioneer student of acoustics, spent all his working life in Italy. His home was …
ON THE BOSPHORUS No stay in Istanbul can be considered complete without an excursion by boat along the magical and legendary Bosphorus, the fabled and renowned winding strait that …
The residence of the Ottoman sultans for more than four hundred years, the complex of structures that is Topkapi Palace, is an invariable item on the agenda of anyone …
Izmir is the ttod-largest city in Turkey and its second-largest port. It is spread out around the shores of an extensive bay that is busy with shipping and sheltered …
In the Marmara southeast of Istanbul is an archipelago of nine small islands. They are famous for their beautiful pine woods, beaches and horse-drawn carriages (motor vechicles are prohibited …
No one coming to Aegean Turkey will want to miss a visit to Ephesus, one of the most important cities of ancient times. The city was adorned with splendid …
Shopping in Istanbul is one of the highlights of a visit to this city, where wandering through the colorful bazaars is as enjoyable as browsing around smart boutiques and …
SIGHTS Ahi Elevan Mosque; Alaaddin Mosque (12th c.); Aslanhane Mosque (Ankara’s biggest mosque); Ataturk’s Mausoleum (the best-known building in the city); Haci Bayra Mosque (15th c.); Hisar – an …
ANKARA Ankara, Turkey’s capital, is set in the strategic heartland of Central Anatolia, its site deliberately chosen by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey. …
HISTORY Though the city is thorougly modem in appearance, its origins date back to a Hittite settlement in the 2nd millennium BC. In the 8th century BC the Phrygians …
The only city in the world to be located on two continents, Europe and Asia, Istanbul spreads out on two sides of the Bosphorus, a narrow channel in which …
Between 1976 and 1988, a total of 150 international congresses were held in Turkey. In recent years Istanbul has become a preferred site for organizations wishing to hold congresses …