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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction

PART ONE: BASICS
Getting there from Britain and Ireland
Getting there from the US and Canada
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand
Red tape and visas
Health
Insurance
Costs, money and banks
Communications: post and phones
Information and maps
Getting around
Accommodation
Hamams
Eating and drinking
Mosques, museums and sites
Bazaars and shopping
Festivals and national public holidays
The media
Sexual harassment . . . and women in Turkey
Gay life
Police and avoiding trouble
Sport and outdoor activities
Finding work
Directory


PART TWO: THE GUIDE


CHAPTER 1: ISTANBUL
Arrival, orientation and information
City transport
Accommodation
Sultanahmet
From Sultanahmet to Beyazit
Eminonu and the Golden Horn
Laleli and Aksaray
Zeyrek
Fatih
The city walls and Eyup
Galata and Beyorlu
Taksim
The European shore of the Bosphorus
The Asian shore of the Bosphorus
Princes’ Islands
Black Sea resorts
Restaurants
Nightlife
Shops and markets
Listings
Travel details


CHAPTER 2: AROUND THE SEA OF MARMARA
Edirne and around
Tekirdag to the Gelibolu peninsula
The Gelibolu peninsula: Gallipoli
Approaching Bursa: coastal ports and resorts
Iznik
Bursa
South of Bursa: Uludag
West of Bursa: The Mysian lakes
Band?rma, the Kap?darf peninsula and the Marmara islands
West of Bandfrma
Travel details


CHAPTER 3: THE NORTH AEGEAN
Canakkale
Turkish Aegean islands
Troy
South along the coast
Ayvacik and Assos
Ayvacik to Oren
Ayvalik and around
Bergama
The coast south of Ayval?k
Manisa and around
Sardis (Sart)
Alasehir
Travel details


CHAPTER 4: THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AEGEAN
Izmir
Cesme and around
The Kucuk Menderes valley
Kusadasi
North of Kusadasi
South of Kusadasi
Selcuk and around
Ephesus (Efes)
More Ionian cities
Miletus (Milet)
Didyma (Didim) and around
Bafa Golu (Lake Bafa)
Heracleia ad Latmos
Milas
Euromos and Labranda
South of Milas
Bodrum and its peninsula
Mugla and around
Marmaris
Around Marmaris: the Rhodian Peraea
The Datca peninsula
Aydin and around
Cine valley: Alinda, Alabanda and Gerga
Aphrodisias
Denizli
Pamukkale/Hierapolis and around
Travel details


CHAPTER 5: THE TURQUOISE COAST
Fethiye
Around Fethiye
Dalaman and Sarfgerme
Dalyan and around
The Xanthos valley
Kalkan
Kas and around
The Kekova region
Demre and around
Finike and around
The Olympos coast
On to Antalya
Travel details


CHAPTER 6: THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST AND THE HATAY
Antalya
Termessos
The Pamphylian cities
Koprulu Kanyon National Park
Side and around
Alanya
Around Alanya
Alanya to Silifke
Silifke
Inland: the road to Uzuncaburç
East from Silifke
K?zkalesi
Mersin
Tarsus
Adana and around
Towards Fskenderun
Fskenderun and around
Antakya
St Simeon monastery, Samandar and Çevlik
Travel details


CHAPTER 7: SOUTH CENTRAL ANATOLIA
Afyon
Isparta and around
Erirdir (Erridir)
Beyvehir
Konya
Around Konya
Towards Cappadocia
Nevvehir and around
Goreme and around
Ãœrgup and around
Avanos and around
Southern Cappadocia
Kayseri and around
Travel details


CHAPTER 8: NORTH CENTRAL ANATOLIA
Ankara
Gordion
Sivrihisar and Pessinus
Seyitgazi
Midas Sehri
Eskisehir
Kutahya
Aezani
Bolu
Safranbolu
Kastamonu
Sungurlu
Bogazkale
Hattusas
Yazilikaya
Alacahoyuk
Amasya
Tokat
Sivas
Kangal
Travel details


CHAPTER 9: THE BLACK SEA COAST
Samsun
Sinop
West of Sinop
Amasra
Beyond Amasra
East of Samsun: the coast to Trabzon
Trabzon and around
East of Trabzon: towards the Georgian border
Inland: the foothills from Trabzon to Rize
The Hemsin valleys
Travel details


CHAPTER 10: NORTHEASTERN ANATOLIA
Towards Erzurum: the Euphrates valley route
Erzurum
Northwest of Erzurum
Northeast of Erzurum
Kars
Ani and around
Other Armenian monuments around Kars
North of Kars: around Çfdfr Golu
The southern Georgian valleys
Yusufeli and around
The Kaçkar Darlarf
Artvin and beyond
Travel details


CHAPTER 11: THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS BASIN
Gaziantep
East of Gaziantep: towards Vanlfurfa
Sanliurfa
Harran
Ad?yaman, Kahta and Nemrut Dagi
Malatya and around
Elazig and around
Diyarbak?r
Mardin and around
The Tur Abdin plateau
Hasankeyf
Travel details


CHAPTER 12: LAKE VAN AND THE SOUTHEAST
Siirt, Bitlis and Tatvan
Around Tatvan: the lakeshore
Van and around
South of Van
North of Van
Travel details


PART THREE: CONTEXTS
The historical framework
The Kurdish question
Turkish music
Turkish cinema
Turkish writers
Books
Language
Glossary
Index


LIST OF MAPS
Turkey
Chapter divisions map


ISTANBUL
Old Istanbul
Sultanahmet
Topkapi Palace
Covered bazaar
The city walls
Around Taksim
The Bosphorus


AROUND THE SEA OF MARMARA
Edirne
The Gelibolu (Gallipoli) peninsula
Fznik
Bursa
Kap?dar? peninsula and the Marmara islands


THE NORTH AEGEAN
Central Canakkale
Ayvalik
Bergama
Manisa


THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AEGEAN
Izmir
Cesme
Around Cesme
Kusadasi
Selcuk
Ephesus (Efes)
Priene
Miletus
Central Milas
Labranda
Bodrum
Bodrum peninsula
Murla
Central Marmaris
Aphrodisias
Pamukkale Koyu
Pamukkale/Hierapolis


THE TURQUOISE COAST
Fethiye
Around Fethiye
Xanthos
Kav
The Kekova region


THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST AND HATAY
Central Antalya
Perge
Side
Alanya
Silifke
Mersin
Adana
Antakya


SOUTH CENTRAL ANATOLIA
Konya
Cappadocia
Rocky Cappadocia
Nevvehir
Ãœrgup
The Ihlara valley
Kayseri
Sultansazl?r?


NORTH CENTRAL ANATOLIA
Ankara
Central Ankara
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Safranbolu
Bogazkale and Hattusas
Amasya
Sivas


THE BLACK SEA COAST
Samsun
Sinop
Trabzon


NORTHEASTERN ANATOLIA
Erzurum
Kars
Ani
Georgian churches and castles
Central Kackar Daglari


THE EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS BASIN
Sanliurfa
Nemrut Dagi
Diyarbakir
Around Harput Kapisi


LAKE VAN AND THE SOUTHEAST
Central Van
Van
Dogubeyazit


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