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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

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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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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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