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AAbana 500accommodation 668-70, see also
individual locationsboutique hotels 17homestays 582language 702-3seasonal closures 669
activities 18, 20-2, 28-32, see also individual activities
Adamkayalar 379Adana 382-5, 384Adatepe 168Adilcevaz 610-11Aegean coast (north) 34, 157-202,
158accommodation 157climate 157food 157highlights 158travel seasons 157
Aegean coast (south) 34, 203-51, 204
accommodation 203climate 203food 203highlights 204travel seasons 203
Afrodisias 284-7, 286Afyon 276-9Afyon ruins 271Afyonkarahisar, see AfyonAğri Daği 560-1Ahlat 610air travel
air fares 684-5airlines 683-4airports 683-4to/from Turkey 683-5within Turkey 689-90
Akbank Jazz Festival 22, 86Akçaabat 508
Akçakale 508Akçay 169Akdamar 609Akin, Fatih 654Akkum 202Akpınar 293Aksaray 488-9Aksu, Sezen 652Akyaka 298-9Alacahöyük 424-5Alaçatı 198-201Alanya 367-71, 368Alanya Museum 367Alexander the Great 410, 625-6Alibey Island 173-4Allianoi 179Altınkum 198Altıparmak 520Amasra 497-9, 530Amasya 426-30, 426Anamur 371-4Anatolia (central) 35, 395-448, 396
accommodation 395climate 395food 395highlights 396itineraries 27, 27travel seasons 395
Anatolia (northeastern) 36, 533-61, 534
accommodation 533climate 533food 533highlights 534travel seasons 533
Anatolia (southeastern) 37, 562-618, 564-5
accommodation 562, 582climate 562food 562highlights 564-5safety 616travel seasons 562
Anatolia (western) 34, 252-94, 253accommodation 252climate 252food 252highlights 253travel seasons 252
angora wool 409Ani 552-5, 552, 9animals 662-3
birds 662-3endangered species 663horses 456Kangal dogs 662loggerhead turtles 373Mediterranean monk seals 183
Anıt Kabir 399-401Ankara 397-410, 398, 400, 401,
402accommodation 403-5drinking 406-7entertainment 407-8festivals & events 403food 405-6itineraries 408shopping 408-12sights 397-403tourist information 409travel to/from 409travel within 409-10
Antakya 388-93, 390Antalya 349-57, 349
accommodation 352-4festivals & events 352food 354-5Kaleiçi 350-2, 350, 154sights 350-2tourist information 357travel to/from 357travel within 357
Antep, see GaziantepAntioch 388-93Anzac Cove 133-4Anzac Day 20, 137, see also Gallipoli
(Gelibolu) Peninsula, WWIapricots 589Aqueduct of Valens 65arabesk music 653archeological sites, see ruins &
archeological sites architecture 639-41, see also Otto-
man housesbeehive houses 580-1Byzantine era 639-40classical era 639konuk evi 579mosques 640Ottoman era 412, 640-1Seljuk 640
Ardahan 547Ardanuç 547Armenia, travel to 685
visas 687Armenian churches 491, 542, 553-5,
555-6, 597, 609Armenian people 387, 635, 659-60Arsuz 389art galleries, see museums &
galleriesarts 650-5, see also individual arts
courses 85Artvin 546Aspendos 359-60Aspendos Opera & Ballet Festival
359-60
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-BAssos 165-8Atatürk 637
mausoleum 399-401museums 380, 399-401, 435-6, 511presidency 634-6residences 402, 511War of Independence 276WWI 131
ATMs 675Avanos 467-9Aya Sofya (İstanbul) 45-9, 49, 7, 153Aya Sofya Museum 510Ayancık 500Ayazini 271Ayder 523-4Aydıncık 146Aydınlık Beach 226Aydos Canyon 500Ayvacık 168Ayvalı 478Ayvalık 169-73, 170Azerbaijan, travel to 557
visas 687
BBabakale 165Bağbaşı 541Bahçesaray 617baklava 570, 528ballooning 458Bana 542Bandırma 147-8bargaining 675Barhal 544-5Basilica Cistern 53-4basilicas, see churchesbathrooms 679baths, see hamamsBaths of Lady Hürrem 49Battalgazi 592Bay of Edremit 168-9Bayburt 517Bayramaliler 271bazaars 16
Antakya 389Bakircilar Çarşisi 566-7Bursa 262Grand Bazaar (İstanbul) 60,
66-7İzmir 187Konya 445Malatya 590Mardin 601Muğla 297Şanlıurfa 576Spice Bazaar (İstanbul) 61-4,
154-5Trabzon 511
beaches 16Black Sea coast 499-500, 503, 507eastern Mediterranean coast 363,
367, 374, 389northern Aegean coast 161, 168,
173, 180, 181, 195, 198, 200-1, 202
south Aegean coast 220, 226, 230, 243, 244, 247, 248, 250, 251
Thrace & Marmara 145, 146western Anatolia 289western Mediterranean coast 298,
299, 303, 313, 314, 317, 322, 325-6, 330, 331, 337, 346, 347, 8, 17, 150
Beçin Kalesi 232beehive houses 580-1Behramkale 165-8Bektaş, Hacı 470
tomb 471belly dancing 655Bergama 174-80, 175Beşkilise 556Beşparmak Dağı 230Beypazarı 411Bezirgan 335bicycle travel, see cyclingBiga Peninsula 164-5Binbirkilise 448birds 662-3bird-watching 483Bitez 243-4Bitlis 607Black Sea coast 37, 495-524, 496
accommodation 495climate 495food 495, 518, 526highlights 496history 499itineraries 507travel seasons 495
Blue Mosque 49-50, 155boat trips
Bosphorus 79-82by gület 32, 304, 318-19, 12from Alanya 368from Amasra 497from Antalya 352from Ayvalik 169from Bodrum 239from Bursa 264from Çeşme 195from Dalyan 310-11from Datça 304-5from Eğirdir 289from Fethiye 317, 318-19from Foça 182from Kalkan 331from Kaş 337
from Köyceğiz 308from Marmaris 299from Ölüdeniz 322from Olympos 346Golden Horn 82-4Kaş to Meis 339Princes’ Islands 115-17to Greece 687, 688to Italy 688to Northern Cyprus 688to Russia 688to Ukraine 688to/from İstanbul 78-84, 690, 4
Bodrum 234-43, 236, 153drinking & entertainment 242-3eating 240-2sights 235-9sleeping 239-40travel to/from 233-4travel within 243
Bodrum Peninsula 233-51, 233, 12Boğazkale 420-4, 420books, see also literature
health 697border crossings 685-7
to Armenia 685to Azerbaijan 557, 685to Bulgaria 685to Eastern Europe 685 to Georgia 550, 685-6to Greece 686to Iran 686to Iraq 603, 686to Syria 686-7to Western Europe 686
börek 645-6Bosphorus boat trips 79-82Bozburun 307-8Bozburun Peninsula 303-8
itineraries 306Bozcaada 160-4, 162, 151Bulgaria, travel to 685
visas 689Burdur 288Burgazada 115Burning Rock, see ChimaeraBursa 257-68, 258-9, 260-1
drinking 266-7eating 266-7festivals & events 264shopping 267-70sights 258-64sleeping 264-6tourist information 267travel to/from 267-8travel within 268
bus travel 690-1, 694business hours 670
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-C
Butterfly Valley 325Büyükada 116Byzantine Empire 41-4, 626-7, 628
architecture 639-40
CCaesar, Julius 426Çakraz 499Çamlıhemşin 521-2Çanakkale 140-4, 142Çandarlı 180-1Çandır Kanyon 293canoeing, see kayaking & canoeingcanyoning 31, 327, 337Cappadocia 36, 449-94, 450, 5
accommodation 449climate 449food 449highlights 450itineraries 24, 24safety 451tours 451travel seasons 449
car travel 691-4caravanserai
Ağzıkara Hanı 489Ak Han 284Aksaray area 489Alarahan 371Alay Hanı 489Cinci Hanı 413Han el Ba’rur 581Hasan Paşa Hanı 596Şarapsa Hanı 371Sarıhan 469Sultan Han 494Sultanhanı 448Taş Han 431Tepesidelik Hanı 489
carpets 168, 320, 327, 650, 151castles, see also fortresses & citadels
Afyon 277Alanya Castle 367Beçin Kalesi 232Bursa Citadel 262Çandarlı 180Castles of St Peter 235-8Çeşme 195Corycus Castle 377Hoşap Castle 617Kars Castle 549Kastamonu 419Kızkalesi 377
Kozan 385Mamure Castle 372Marmaris Castle & Museum 299Ortahisar 471Şeytan Kalesi 555Uçhisar Castle 464, 5, 525 Ünye 505Van Castle 611-13Yılankale 385
Çatalhöyük 446Çatalzeytin 500cathedrals, see churchesÇavdarhisar 277cave dwellings 460
restoration 452caves
Asthma Cave 379Ballıca Cave 433Bazda Caves 581Bulak Mencilis Mağarası 418Cave of Typhon 379Cave-Gorge of Hell 379Chasm of Heaven 379Dripstone Cave 367Hazreti İbrahim Halilullah 576Kaklık Mağarası 284Karain Cave 358-9Zeus Mağarası 226Zından Cave 293
Çavuşin 465-6Çavuştepe 617-18çay 648, 527, 529cell phones 677-8cemeteries (war) 133, 134, 135,
136, 150Çengilli 555Çeşme 195-8, 196Çeşme Peninsula 195-202Ceylan, Nuri Bilge 654cherries 128children, travel with 670-1
health 700-1İstanbul 85
Chimaera 347Christian people 660Christian pilgrimage sites 210-11, 376,
388-91, 446-7Chunuk Bair 135-6churches
Akdamar Kilisesi 609Altınsaç Kilisesi 609Ani cathedral 554Armenian churches 491, 542, 553-
5, 555-6, 597, 609Aya Sofya (İstanbul) 45-9, 49,
7, 153Aya Sofya (İznik) 254Ayios Kostantinos-Eleni Kilise 478Ayios Vasilios Kilise 478
Basilica of St John 213Cave Church of St Thecla 376Çavuşin Church 465Chora Church 67-8Church of St Gregory
(Abughamrentz 554-5Church of St Gregory (Gagik I)
555Church of St Gregory (Tigran
Honentz) 553Church of St John 470-1Church of St Nicholas 344Church of St Paul 381Church of St Peter 389-90Church of the Mother of God 541Church of the Redeemer 553, 9Convent of the Virgins (Kusanatz)
554Dörtkilise 546El Nazar Kilise 453Georgian Church (Ürcü Kilisesi)
555Greek Orthodox Church 380Göreme 452-3, 455Ihlara Valley 484-5Karanlık Kilise 453Keldani Kilisesi 597Kendirli KiIisesi 568Kervansaray (Church of the Holy
Apostles) 555Meryem Ana Kilisesi 597Öşkvank cathedral 541rock-cut churches 452-3, 470-1,
478, 480-1, 485, 487 Saklı Kilise 455Soğanlı 480-1St George Church 595St Helen’s Church 447Surpağab Kilisesi 597Surup Krikor Lusavoriç Kilise 491Syrian Orthodox churches 606Tokalı Kilise 453
Cide 499Çıldır Gölü 555Cilicia, Kingdom of 387cinema, see filmÇıralı 345-8citadels, see fortresses & citadelsclassical empires 624-5
architecture 639climate 14, 14, see also individual
regionsAegean coast 157, 203Anatolia 252, 395, 533, 562Black Sea coast 495Cappadocia 449İstanbul 40Mediterranean coast 295, 361Thrace & Marmara 118
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-Fcoffee 649Constantinople 41-4, 630consulates 672cooking 85, 647Çorum 425-6costs 14courses
arts 85cooking 85, 647language 674
credit cards 675cruises, see boat tripsÇukurbağ 482culture 620-1Cumalıkızık 268-9Curetes Way 208-9, 5customs (local) 620, 656customs regulations 671cycling 690
DDalaman 314Dalyan 310-13, 311dams 179, 542, 573, 608, 665-6dance 655dangers & annoyances, see safetyDarende 593Datça 303-5Datça Peninsula 303-8Davraz Daği 293Dede, Mercan 652Demirkazık 482democratisation of Turkey 636-7Demre 344-5Denizli 279Dereiçi 604Dereköy 145Derinkuyu 480-1dervishes (Bektaşı) 470dervishes (Mevlevi) 80, 439-41, 444,
see also Rumi, CelaleddinMevlâna Festival 443Mevlâna Museum 439-41, 529Mevlevi tekke 350whirling dervish displays 80, 443,
469, 11Devrent Valley 467diarrhoea 699Didim 229-30Didyma 229-30Dilek Peninsula 226diphtheria 698disabilities, travellers with 679diving 30
Ayvalık 171Dalyan 312Fethiye 315Kaş 337
Kuşadası 224Marmaris 299-300Olympos 346season 22
Divriği 438Diyarbakır 593-600, 594-5Doğanyurt 500Doğruyol 555dogs, Kangal 662Doğubayazit 557-60, 558dolmuş travel 694Dörtkilise 546drinks 19, 647-9
çay 648, 527, 529coffee 649language 703-4meyhanes 97rakı 128, 648rooftop bars 100tea gardens 99wine 163, 219, 648
driving, see car travel
Eearthquakes 661-2Eastern Europe, travel to 685Eceabat 138-9Edirne 119-26, 120Edremit, Bay of 168-9Efes, see EphesusEğirdir 289-92, 290electricity 670, 673embassies 672emergencies 15
language 705Emre Gölü 271Emre, Yunus 448environmental issues 664-6
air pollution 666construction 665dams 179, 542, 573, 608, 665-6endangered species 663nuclear power plants 664waste management 666water pollution 665
Ephesus 205-10, 639, 206, 5, 18, 150-1
Erciyes Dağı 463, 491Erfelek 503Erzurum 535-9, 536Eski Datça 305Eski Van 612-13Eskişehir 272-4ethnic groups 621etiquette 621
food & eating 647EU accession 665Euromos 232
events, see festivals & eventsevil-eye 192exchange rates 15
Ffairy chimneys 462, 467Faralya 325fasıl music 653felt making 219, 445female travellers 701ferry trips, see boat tripsfestivals & events 20-2
Akbank Jazz Festival 22, 86Ankara 403Antalya 352Anzac Day 20, 137Aspendos Opera & Ballet Festival
359-60Golden Orange Film Festival 22,
352Göreme 456Historic Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling
Festival 21, 122, 10International Giresun Aksu Festival
21, 508International Istanbul Biennial
22, 86International İstanbul Film Festival
20, 86International İstanbul Tulip Festival
20, 86İstanbul 86Kiraz Festivali (Cherry Festival) 128Kurdish 554Manisa 194Mevlâna Festival 443Nevruz 20, 593Safranbolu 413
Fethiye 315-22, 316-17, 6Fez bus 691film 621, 654Foça 181-3food 19, 642-7, 673, see also
drinks, individual locationsAegean coast 157, 203Anatolia 252, 395, 533, 562apricots 589Ayvalık tost 173baklava 570, 528Black Sea coast 495, 518, 526börek 645-6Cappadocia 449celebrations 646-7cherries 128common menu items 643-5cooking courses & tours 85, 647daily meals 642-3etiquette 647fast food 645-6
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food continued fish sandwiches 93Gaziantep 569, 570hazelnuts 507kahvaltı 614kebaps 95, 431, 444, 578, 645,
646, 6köfte 646language 703-4Mediterranean coast 295, 361mezes 643, 530olive oil 169organic produce 147pide 645seasonal produce 645Thrace & Marmara 118Turkish delight 106, 154Van 614vegetarian & vegan 647
football 103-4fortresses & citadels, see also castles
Adilcevaz 610Amasra 497Amasya 427-8Ankara 399Babakale 165Bozcaada 161, 151Diyarbakır 595-6Erzurum 536Gaziantep 566Hasankeyf 607İç Kale 554İzmir 188Kayseri 489Kilitbahir 140, 10Kuşadası 220Kütahya 275Magazbert 556Oltu 542Rumeli Hisarı 80-1Şanlıurfa 576Silifke 375Sinop 501
GGalata Bridge 65galleries, see museums & galleriesGallipoli (Gelibolu) Peninsula 130-8,
132, 10battlefield sites 131-7, 134cemeteries 133, 134, 135, 136,
150conservation 137tours 131
Gallipoli campaign 130-7, 633, see also WWI
Gallipoli War Museum 129Gallipoli National Historic Park 131-7GAP 573, 608gay travellers 673Gaziantep 563-72, 566Gaziemir 487Gelibolu 128-30Gelibolu Peninsula, see Gallipoli
(Gelibolu) Peninsulageography 19, 661-2geological interest
calcite shelves 279fairy chimneys 462, 467travertines 280, 284, 285, 11
Georgia, travel to 550, 685-6visas 689
Georgian Valleys 539-42, 540Gerze 503Gevaş 609Gideros 499Giresun 507-8Göcek 314-15Gökçeada 145-7, 145Gökova, see AkyakaGöksu Delta 376Gökyurt 446-7Gölbaşı 576Golden Orange Film Festival 22, 352Gölköy 250Gordian knot 625Gordion 410-11Görele 508Göreme 452-63, 454
accommodation 456-61churches 452-3, 455drinking 462-3festivals & events 456food 461-3restoration 452shopping 462-3sights 452-5tourist information 463tours 455-6travel to/from 463travel within 463
Göreme Open-Air Museum 452-3Göynüş Valley 271Grand Bazaar 60, 66-7Great Palace of Byzantium 53Greece, travel to 339, 686, 687, 688
visas 689Greek people 173, 218, 660
population exchange 145, 172, 173, 218, 323-4, 412, 634-5
gület cruises 32, 304, 318-19, 12Güllübahçe 226-8
Gülpınar 165Gülşehir 470-1Gümbet 243Gümüşhane 517Gümüşlük 245-6Gündoğan 248Gündüzbey 593Güney, Yılmaz 654Güvercin Ada 220Güzelyurt 486-8
HHacıbektaş 471Halfeti 573hamams
Adana 383Amasya 428Ankara 403Antalya 352Bursa 263-4Çanakkale 141Doğubayazıt 560Edirne 122Fethiye 317Gaziantep 568Göreme 455İstanbul 84, 7Mardin 601Marmaris 299Muğla 297Safranbolu 413Tokat 431-2Trabzon 511Ünye 505
Hamitköy 308hans, see caravanseraiHarran 580-1Hasan Dağı 486Hasankeyf 606-7, 608Hatay, see AntakyaHattuşa 420-4, 421, 531hazelnuts 507health 697-701Helvadere 486Hemşin people 524, 658hepatitis A 698hepatitis B 698Herakleia 230-1Hevek, see YaylalarHeybeliada 116hiking, see walkingHippodrome 51-2Historic Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling
Festival 21, 122, 10historic parks, see national parks &
reserveshistory 18, 622-38
Byzantine Empire 41-4, 626-7, 628classical empires 624-5
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-Kdemocratisation of Turkey 636-7Hittite civilisation 423, 623-4Ottoman Empire 44, 629-32Republic formation 634-6Roman Empire 626Seljuks 627-9WWI 130-7, 633-4
hitching 694Hittite civilisation 423, 623-4
capital 422-3HIV 698Hoho, see Bağbaşıholidays 676Homer 159-60homestays 582Hopa 519-20horse-riding 29, 315, 330, 467, 473horses 456Hoşap 617-18hot springs & spas 313, 437-8, 523,
560hot-air ballooning 458
Iİçel, see Mersinİçmeler Köyü 226Iğdır 557Ihlara Valley 484-6, 485Iliad 159-60, 165immigration 683İncekaya Aqueduct 418İnebolu 500insurance
car & motorcycle 693health 698travel 673
International Giresun Aksu Festival 21, 508
International İstanbul Biennial 22, 86
International İstanbul Film Festival 20, 86
International İstanbul Tulip Festival 20, 86
internet access 673internet resources
accommodation booking 668government travel advice 679health 697planning 15
Iran, travel to 686visas 689
Iraq invasion 637-8Iraq, travel to 603, 686
visas 689İshak Paşa Palace 557-8, 527İşhan 541İskenderun 386-8
Islam, see Muslim beliefsİslamlar 335-46Isparta 287İstanbul 33, 40-117, 42-3,
114-15accommodation 40, 86-91bazaar district 60-5, 93-4, 99,
105-6, 62-3Beşiktaş 75-6, 91Beyoğlu 68-75, 89-91, 94-7, 99-101,
106-7, 72-3children, travel with 85climate 40courses 84-5drinking 98-101emergencies 107entertainment 101-4ferry trips 78-84, 690, 4festivals & events 86food 40, 91-8hamams 84, 7highlights 42-3history 41-4itineraries 52Kadıköy 77-8, 98Kuruçeşme 75-7, 97-8, 76medical services 107-8Ortaköy 76-7, 97-8, 76public transport cards 112safety 104, 107shopping 104-15sights 44-78Sultanahmet 45-60, 87-9, 91-3,
98-9, 104-5, 46-7, 50tourist information 108tours 78-84, 85-6travel seasons 40travel to/from 108-11travel within 111-13, 113Üsküdar 77, 98walking tour 70-1, 70
İstiklal Caddesi 69Italy, travel to 688itineraries 23-7, 23, 25, 26
Alaçatı 199Anatolia 27, 27Ani area 556Ankara 408Artvin area 547Black Sea coast 507Bozburun Peninsula 306Cappadocia 24, 24İstanbul 52Kaçkar Mountains 522Yusufeli 544
İzmir 183-93, 184accommodation 188-9food 189-91
sights 186-8travel to/from 192travel within 192-3
İznik 254-7, 254
JJewish people 659Jewish sights 186Justinian 627
KKabak 325-6, 17 Kabatepe Village 133Kaçkar Mountains 36, 520-4, 520,
528, see also Mt Kaçkaritineraries 522walking 520-1, 522, 545
Kadırga 168Kahramanmaraş 563Kahta 582-3kahvaltı 614Kale, see Demre, KaleköyKaleköy 145, 343-4, 153Kalkan 331-5, 332Kapıkaya 146Kapısuyu 499Kaplan 219-20Karadut 583Karagöl 521Karakuş Tümülüs 585Karaman 447-8Karasu Köyü, 226Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum
388Kars 546-52, 548Kaş 336-42, 336-7Kasaba 420Kastamonu 418-20Kavaklı Burun 226kayaking & canoeing 30, 315-17, 330,
337, 338, 342, 346Kayaköy 323-5Kaymaklı 480-1, 531Kayseri 489-94, 490kebaps 95, 645, 646, 6
fırın 444Tokat 431Urfa 578
Keçivan 556Kekova 342-3Kemal, Mustafa, see AtatürkKemal, Yaşar 651Kilis 572Kilistra, see GökyurtKilitbahir 139-40Kınalıada 115Kiraz Festivali (Cherry Festival) 128
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Kirazli 225kitesurfing, see windsurfing &
kitesurfingKıyıkışlacık 232Kıyıköy 126-7Kız Kulesı 79Kızılkule 367Kızkalesi 377-8köfte 646konuk evi 579Konya 438-46, 440-1Kop Geçidi 517Köprülü Kanyon 360Kossuth House 275Köyceğiz 308-10Kozan 385Küçükkuyu 168Kurdish people 593, 657Kurdistan Workers Party 616, 659
festivals 554Kurtyurdu 271Kurucaşile 499Kuşadası 220-6, 222Kuscu Köyü 500Kütahya 274-6
LLabranda 232Lady Hürrem 631Lake District 287-94Lake Van 609-11, 528-9language 702-8
accommodation 702-3courses 674emergencies 705food & drink 703-4terms of address 656
Laodicea 284Laodikya, see LaodiceaLaz people 519, 658legal matters 674leishmaniasis 699Lekton, see Babakaleleptospirosis 699lesbian travellers 673Letoön 328-9Levantine sights 186Levissi, see KayaköyLibrary of Celsus 209, 150-1literature 620, 651-2, see also bookslokum, see Turkish delightLone Pine 134Lycian civilisation 328
tombs 328, 342, 343, 344, 6, 153
Lycian Way 29, 6Lyrbe 366-7Lystra, see Gökyurt
MMaçka 517Madımak Hotel 437magazines 670malaria 699Malatya 588-92, 589Manisa 193-4maps 674Maraş, see KahramanmaraşMardin 600-4, 600markets, see bazaarsMarmara 33, 118-48, 119
accommodation 118climate 118food 118highlights 119travel seasons 118
Marmaray project 108Marmaris 299-303, 300Mary (Virgin) 627
house 210-11mausoleums 399-401, 535measures 670medical services 698Mediterranean coast (eastern) 35,
361-94, 362accommodation 361climate 361food 361highlights 362travel seasons 361
Mediterranean coast (western) 35, 295-360, 296
accommodation 295climate 295food 295highlights 296travel seasons 295
medreseBürüciye Medresesi 434-5Büyük Ağa Medresesi 429Çifte Medrese 490Çifte Minare Medrese 435Çifte Minareli Medrese 535Gök Medrese 431, 435Pervane Medresesi 501Şifaiye Medresesi 435Sultan İsa (Zinciriye) Medresesi
601Yakutiye Medrese 535-6
Meis Express 339Mersin 379-81Meryemana (Mary’s House) 210-11metro travel 694
Mevlâna Festival 443Mevlâna Museum 439-41, 529Mevlâna, see Rumi, CelaleddinMevlevi, see dervishes (Mevlevi)Meydancık 547meyhanes 97mezes 643, 530Midas Sehri 270midibus travel 694Midyat 605-6Milas 231-4Milet, see MiletusMiletus 228-9, 228mobile phones 677-8monasteries
Bağbaşı 541Bagnair Monastery 556Eski Gümüşler Monastery 483-4Haghia Triada Monastery 116Keşlik Monastery 479Monastery of St Simeon 393Monastery of the Virgin Mary
516-17Morgabriel (Deyrul Umur)
Monastery 606Open Palace 470Selime Monastery 485Sumela Monastery 516-17, 7
Monastery Valley 487money 14, 671, 674-6moneychangers 675-6Morgabriel 606mosaics 45-9
Great Palace Mosaic Museum 50-1, 53
mosques 640Adana 382-3Alaaddin Camii (Konya) 442-3Alaadin Camii (Sinop) 501Amasya 428-9Ankara 402-3architecture 640Aşağı or Büyük Kilise Camii 487Atik Valide Mosque 77Battalgazi mosque complex 275Behram Paşa Camii 596Blue Mosque 49-50, 155Çinili Mosque 77Dönenler Camii 275Emir Sultan Camii 260Eyüp Sultan Mosque & Tomb 83Fatih Camii (İzmir) 187Fatih Mosque 66-7Gülbahar Hatun Camii 511Halilur Rahman Camii 576, 532Hazreti Süleyman Camii 596Hızır Bey Camii 289İmaret Camii 278
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-Nİsa Bey Camii 213Kale Camii 434Kümbet Camii 549Kurşunlu Cami 490Kurtuluş Camii 568Little Aya Sofya 54Mahmud Bey Camii 420Mahperi Hunat Hatun Camii 489Menüçer Camii 554Mevlid-i Halil Camii 576Molla Zeyrek Mosque 65-6Muradiye Camii (Erdine) 123-4Muradiye Camii (Manisa) 194New Mosque 64-5Rüstem Paşa Mosque 61Sahib-i Ata Külliyes 443Şehidiye Camii (Mardin) 601-2Şehzade Mehmet Mosque 61Selimiye Camii 120-1, 156Şemsi Paşa Mosque 77Şeyh Mutahhar Camii 596Süleymaniye Mosque 61Sultan II Bayezid Külliyesi 123Sultan II Murat (Muradiye) Camii
262Taşkınpaşa 479Üç Şerefeli Cami 122Ulu Cami (Bersal) 261-2Ulu Cami (Diyarbakır) 596Ulu Cami (Erzurum) 535Ulu Cami (Şanlıurfa) 576Ulu Cami (Sivas) 420Ulu Cami & Darüşşifa 438Yeşil Camii 258-9Yıldırım Beyazıt Camii 259
motorcycle travel 691-4Mt Ararat 560-1, 530-1Mt Erciyes 463, 491Mt Hasan 486Mt Kaçkar 520, 545, see also Kaçkar
MountainsMt Nemrut, see Nemrut Dağı
(Malatya area), Nemrut Dağı (Tatvan area)
Mt Süphan 611Mualla, Fikret 655Mudanya 269Muğla 297-8museums & galleries
Adana Ethnography Museum 383Alanya Museum 367Amasra Museum 497Amasya Museum 428Antalya Museum 352Archaeological Museum (Afyon)
277Archaeological & Ethnographic
Museums (Konya) 442Archaeology Museum (Adana) 383
Archaeology Museum (Çanakkale) 140
Archaeology Museum (Diyarbakır) 597
Archaeology Museum (Kastamonu) 419
Archaeology Museum (Kütahya) 274Archaeology Museum (İzmir) 187Archaeology & Ethnography
Museum (Samsun) 503Askeri Müze 75Atatürk Congress & Ethnography
Museum 435-6Atatürk Evi 380Aya Sofya Museum 510Burdur Museum 288Bursa City Museum 260-1Castle of St Peter 235-8, 153Chora Church 67-8City Museum (Giresun) 507-8Culture Folk Museum 471Dibek Sofrası 247Diyarbakır House Museums 596-7Edirne Archaeology & Ethnography
Museum 121Emine Göğüş Culinary Museum
567Ephesus Museum 211-13Ethnography Museum (Ankara) 401Ethnography Museum (İzmir) 187Gallipoli War Museum 129Gaziantep City Museum 567Gaziantep Defence & Heroism
Panoramic Museum 566Gaziantep Museum & Zeugma
Kültür ve Müze Merkezi 563-6Göreme Open-Air Museum 452-3Great Palace Mosaic Museum
50-1, 53Güpgüpoğlu Konağı 491Güzel Sanatlar Galerisi 350Hacıbektaş Museum 471Hasan Süzer Ethnography Museum
567Hatay Archaeology Museum 388-9İstanbul Archaeology Museums
59-60İstanbul Modern 69İznik Museum 255Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air
Museum 388Kayaköy Open-Air Museum 323-4Kaymakamlar Müze Evi 412-13Kent Tarıhı Müzesi 413Koyunoğlu Museum 442Mardin Museum 601Mevlâna Museum 439-41, 529Mevlevihane 432Mevlevihane Camii 277-8Mevlevihane Vakıf Müzesi 567
Midas Tumulus & Gordion Museum 410-11
Military Museum (Çanakkale) 140Museum of Anatolian Civilisations
397-9Museum of Health 123Museum of Medical History 490Museum of the War of Independ-
ence & Republic Museum 401-2Museum of Turkish & Islamic
Arts 52-3Museum of Underwater Archaeol-
ogy 235-8Museum of Wooden Artefacts &
Stone Carving 441-2Nevşehir Museum 469Niğde Museum 482-3open-air museums 323-4, 388,
452-3, 466, 572Painting & Sculpture Museum 401Pasha’s Palace & Ethnography
Museum 506Pera Museum 69Piri Reis Museum 129Proje4L/Elgiz Museum of
Contemporary Art 75Rahmi M Koç Industrial Museum
399Rahmi M Koç Müzesi 83Rákóczi Museum 127Rize museum 518Şanlıurfa Museum 577Santralİstanbul 83Suna & İnan Kiraç Kaleiçi Museum
352Tekirdağ Museum 127Tile Museum (Konya) 442Tile Museum (Kütahya) 274Tombstone Museum 442Trabzon Museum 510-11Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum 260Turkish-Islamic Arts & Ethnography
Museum 535UFO Museum 455Ulumay Museum of Ottoman Folk
Costumes & Jewellery 263Yesemek Open-Air Museum 572Zelve Open-Air Museum 466
music 652-3Muslim beliefs 15, 658Muslim people 658-9Mustafapaşa 478-80
NNamık Kemal House 127Narlıkuyu 379national parks & reserves 663-4, see
also parksAla Dağlar National Park 481-2Altındere Vadısı Milli Parkı 516
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national parks & reserves continuedDilek National Park 226Gallipoli National Historic Park
131-7Göreme National Park 457Karagöl Sahara National Park
547Köyceğiz-Dalyan Nature Reserve
308Küre Dağları National Park
420Nemrut Dağı National Park 583-8,
584Olympos Beydağları National
Park 349Pateriça Nature Reserve 173Sualtı Milli Parkı (Gökçeada) 145Termessos National Park 358Yazılı Canyon Nature Park 293
nazar boncuk 192Nemrut Dağı (Malatya area) 583-8,
584, 9tours 586-7walking 585-7
Nemrut Dağı (Tatvan area) 608-9Nevruz 20, 593Nevşehir 469-70newspapers 670Niğde 482-3Northern Cyprus, travel to 688
visas 689nuclear power plants 664
OObelisk of Theodosius 52Öçal, Burhan 652Öcalan, Abdullah 659oil wrestling 122, 10Olba Plateau 376Old Coast Road 507Old Göreme Restoration Fund 452
Old Malatya, see BattalgaziOlgunlar 545olive oil 169Oltu 542Ölüdeniz 322-3, 150Olympos 345-8open-air museums 323-4, 388,
452-3, 466, 572opening hours 670Ordu 506-7Orga, Irfan 651Ortahisar 471-2Ortakent 244-5
Öşkvank 541Ottoman Empire 44, 629-32
architecture 412, 640-1Ottoman houses 412
Afyon 278Antalya 351Beypazarı 411İstanbul 58-9Muğla 297Safranbolu 412-13Tokat 431Yörük Köyü 417-18
Ottoman Quarter, Eskişehir 272Özal, Turgut 636-7Özkonak underground city 469Özpetek, Ferzan 654
Ppalaces
Beylerbeyi Palace 79Dolmabahçe Palace 75-6İshak Paşa Palace 557-8, 527Sarduri-Hinili 617Topkapı Palace 54-8, 56
Palandöken 539Pamucak 220Pamuk, Orhan 651Pamukkale 279-84, 281, 11, 152paragliding 31, 322, 337parks, see also national parks &
reservesAnkara 403Bursa 263Eskişehir 272-3Gaziantep 568Giresun 508İstanbul 59, 7İzmir 187-8Ölüdeniz 322Şanlıurfa 576
Paşa, İbrahim 52-3Paşa, Rüstem 61Paşabağı 467passports 683Patara 329-31, 8payphones 678Penek 542Pergamum 174-80, 176, 177, 149Perge 359, 359peribacalar 462, 467Perşembe 507Phaselis 348-9phonecards 678photography 676Phrygian civilisation 271, 410-11Phrygian Valley 270-2pide 645Pınara 327-8
Pınarbaşı 420Pirlanta Beach 198PKK 616, 659planning, see also individual regions
budgeting 14calendar of events 20-2internet resources 15itineraries 23-7, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27travel seasons 14Turkey’s regions 33-7
plants 663poliomyelitis 699politics 620-1population 620, 656-60, see also
individual peoplespopulation exchange 145, 172, 173,
218, 323-4, 412, 634-5 postal services 676, 677pottery 467Priene 226-8, 227Prince Ferenc (Francis) II Rákóczi 127Princes’ Islands 115-17public holidays 676puppet theatre 264
RRabbit Island 245rabies 699radio 670rafting 31
Fethiye 315Kaçkar Mountains 521Köprülü Kanyon area 360Saklıkent Gorge 327Yusufeli 542, 544
rakı 128, 648Ramadan, see RamazanRamazan 15Reis, Piri 129religion 621, see also Muslim beliefsRepublic formation 634-6Rize 517-19rock-cut churches 452-3, 470-1, 478,
480-1, 485, 487Roman Empire 626rose industry 292Roxelana 631ruins & archeological sites 18
Afrodisias 285-6, 286Afyon 271Aizanoi 277Alacahöyük 425Alexandria Troas 164-5Allianoi 179Anazarbus 386Andriake 344Anemurium 371-2Ani 553, 9
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-TAntalya 351Antiocheia-in-Pisidia 293-4Antiphellos 337Arykanda 345Aslantepe 592Aspendos 359Assos 166Battalgazi 592Behramkale 166Belkıs-Zeugma 572-3Binbirkilise 448Bodrum 238-9Çatalhöyük 446Çevlik 393-4Dara 604Darende 593Deyrul Zafaran 604Didyma 229-30Ephesus 207-10, 206, 5, 18, 150-1Eskişehir 270-1Euromos 232Foça 181-2Gordion 411Great Palace of Byzantium 53Grotto of the Seven Sleepers 211Gülpınar 165Güzelyurt 487Hattuşa 422-3, 531Herakleia 230-1Hierapolis 280-2, 282, 152İzmir 187İznik 254-5Kaleköy 343, 153Kanlıdivane 379Kaunos 310Kekova 342Kızkalesi 377-8Labranda 232Laodicea 284Lasos 232Letoön 328-9Library of Celsus 209, 150-1Lyrbe 366-7Milas 232Miletus 228-9, 228Myra 344Nemrut Dağı 585Olympos 346Patara 329-30Pedasa 243Pergamum 176-8, 176, 177, 149Perge 359, 359Phaselis 348Pınara 327-8Priene 226-7, 227Sagalassos 287-8Sardis 194-5Selçuk 211
Selge 360Side 363, 364Silifke 375Sobesos 479Soğmatar 581-2Şuayb City 581Telmessos 315Temple of Artemis 211Temple of Hadrian 208-9Teos 202Termessos 357-8, 358Tlos 327Troy 159-60, 161, 160Uzuncaburç 377Xanthos 329
Rumi, Celaleddin 80, 439-41tomb 441
Rumkale 573Russia, travel to 688
SŞafak, Elif 651safety 676-7
hitching 694language 705PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) 616road 677, 693-4scams 677walking 29
Safranbolu 411-17, 414, 10Sagalassos 287-8Saklıkent Gorge 327Samsun 503-4Şanlıurfa 573-80, 574Santa Claus 329, 344Sarayiçi 123Sardis 194-5Sarıhan 469Sarıkamış 556-7Sart, see SardisSavaş 573Şavşat 547Savur 604-5scams 677scuba diving, see divingSchliemann, Heinrich 161seals 183seasonal produce 645Selçuk 211-18, 212Seleucia in Pamphylia, see LyrbeSelge 360Selimiye 271, 306-7Seljuks 627-9
architecture 640tombs 491, 610
seminaries, see medreseŞenyuva 522-3Şenyuva Köprüsu 522
Seyitgazi 275Side 363-6, 364Sığacık 201-2Silifke 375-6silk 263, 267Sille 447Sinan, Mimar 78Sinop 500-3, 500Şirince 218-19Sivas 433-7, 434skiing & snowboarding 31-2
Davraz Dağı 293Erciyes Dağı 491Kaçkar Mountains 521Palandöken 539Sarıkamış 556-7season 22Uludağ 270
snowboarding, see skiing & snow-boarding
Soğanlı 479, 480-1Soğmatar 581-2Southeast Anatolia Project 573, 608spas, see hot springs & spasSpice Bazaar (İstanbul) 61-4, 154-5sports, see individual sportsSt John 627St Nicholas 329, 344
church 344St Paul 382
birthplace 381-2St Paul Trail 29, 294store crafts 272Süleyman the Magnificent 630-1
tomb 61Sultan Ahmet I 50Sultan Beyazıt 629Sultan Marshes 483Sultan Mehmet II 41-4
tomb 262Sultanhanı 448Sumela Monastery 516-17, 7Sunken City (Batık Şehir) 342Süphan Dağı 611sustainable travel 662, 683Sütçüler 292-3Syria, travel to 686-7
visas 689 Syrian Orthodox churches 606
TTahtakuşlar 169Tahtalı Dağ 349Taksim Square 69-75Tarsus 381-2Taşucu 374-5Tatvan 607-8taxis 694
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tea, see çaytea gardens 99Tekirdağ 127-8Tekkale 546telephone services 677-8Temple of Artemis 211Temple of Hadrian 208-9Teos 202Tepeköy 145Termessos 357-8, 358Tevfikiye 159-60textiles 279Thrace 33, 118-48, 119
accommodation 118climate 118food 118highlights 119travel seasons 118
tiles 256, 274, 442time 678tipping 674, 676Tire 219-20Tirebolu 508Tlos 327toilets 679Tokat 430-3Tokatlı Gorge 418-48tombs, see also mausoleums
Aya Sofya 49Bektaş, Hacı 471Grotto of the Seven Sleepers 211Kings’ Tombs 310Lycian 328, 342, 343, 344, 6,
153Mevlâna 441Nemrut Dağı (Malatya area)
586-7Phyrgian 410-11Pontic 427Seljuk 491, 610Süleyman the Magnificent 61Sultan Murat II 262
Topkapı Palace 54-8, 56Torba 250-1Tortum Gölü 541tourist information 679tours 687, 694, see also boat trips
bus 691Cappadocia 451cooking 647Devrent Valley 467Doğubayazıt 560Eğirdir 289Ephesus 210
Göreme 455-6Harran area 581İstanbul 78-84, 85-6Kaçkar Mountains 521Kaş 337-8Nemrut Dağı 586-7Priene, Miletus & Digyma 229Safranbolu 413Trabzon 511Ürgüp 472-3walking 70-1, 70
Trabzon 509-16, 509, 512train travel 695-6tram travel 694transport cards 112travel seasons, see individual
regionstravel to/from Turkey 683-9travel within Turkey 689-96travellers cheques 676travertines 280, 284, 11
conservation 285trekking, see walkingTrojan horse 140, 159Troy 159-60, 161, 160Truva, see Troytuberculosis 699Tür Abdin Plateau 606Turgutreis 245Türkbükü 248-50Turkish baths, see hamamsTurkish delight 106, 154Turkish language 702-8Turkish people 656-7turtles 373TV 670typhoid 700
UÜçağız 342-3Uçhisar 463-5, 525Uğurlu 146Ukraine, travel to 688Ulu Cami (Bersal) 261-2Uludağ 270underground cities 469, 480-1,
487, 531Ünye 504-6Urfa, see ŞanlıurfaÜrgüp 472-8, 474-5Uşak 279Uzuner, Buket 651Uzungöl 517Uzunköprü 126
Vvaccinations 697Van 611-16, 612
Van Gölü, see Lake Vanvegetarian & vegan travellers 647visas, see also passports
for neighbouring countries 687-9for Turkey 679-80, 683
visual arts 654-5volunteering 680
Wwalking 28-30
Ala Dağlar National Park 481-2
Barhal area 544Cappadocia 451Çavuşin 466Göreme 455, 457Hasan Dağı 486Ihlara Valley 484-5Kaçkar Mountains 520-1, 522,
545, 528Köprülü Kanyon area 360Lycian Way 29, 6Mt Ararat 560-1Nemrut Dağı 585-7safety 29St Paul Trail 29, 294season 22Sumela Monastery 516tours 70-1, 70Trans-Altıparmak 521Trans-Kaçkar Trek 521, 545Yusufeli 542
War of Independence 276, 434water parks 224water, drinking 700waterfalls
Erfelek 503Kapuzbaşı Waterfalls 482Manavgat Waterfall 366Tarsus 382Tortum Şelalesi 541
weather, see climate, individual regions
weights 670Western Europe, travel to 686whirling dervish displays 80, 443,
469, 11, see also dervishes (Mevlevi); Rumi, Celaleddin
windsurfing & kitesurfing 31, 146, 198, 200-1, 202, 298
season 22wine 163, 219, 648women travellers 680-1women’s health 701wool 409work 680, 681-2wrestling, oil 122, 10WWI 130-7, 633-4, see also Gallipoli
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XXanthos 329
Yyachting, see boat tripsYalıkavak 247-8Yason, Cape 507Yaylalar 545Yazılıkaya 270, 420-4, 421
Yedi Kilise 616Yedigöller 482yellow fever 700Yeni Foça 181Yenice Forest 418Yeşil Türbe 259Yeşilyurt 168, 593Yıldız Dağı 420Yivli Minare 350
Yörük Köyü 417-18Yörük people 659Yusufeli 542-4
ZZelve 466-7Zeytinli 145Zigana Geçidi 517
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