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ANKARA
Formerly Angora, famous for mohair, Ankara is the capital of the Turkish
Republic. Near its great Roman citadel is the world-famous Museum of
Anatolian Civilizations, filled with treasures from the biblical Hittites.
ANTALYA
This lively city has a quaint Ottoman quarter at its center, and many monuments from Roman times. It's a good base for excursions to Perge, Aspendos, Side, and Termessos.
APHRODISIAS
Settled during the Early Bronze Age, it later became the home of a grand
temple to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Its white marble ruins stand
amidst fertile fields in a green river valley.
ASPENDOS
Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (1601-180 AD) ordered a great theater to be built at Aspendos on the Mediterranean coast. Restored at the order of Kemal AtatÜrk, it is now in almost perfect condition.
BODRUM
Once known as Halicarnassus. This popular Aegean resort and yachting
port holds the ruins of the Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the
World, as well as a lofty Crusader castle which now serves as the world's
foremost museum of underwater archeology.
CAPPADOCIA
Over the centuries, wind and water have sculpted the volcanic bedrock of this region into weird and fanciful shapes. Early Christians sought refuge in homes, stables, churches and storehouses hollowed from the soft stone.
DIDYMA
The stupendous Temple of Apollo at Didyma, once the seat of an oracle
which rivaled that of Delphi, was begun in 494 BC. Over 1400 years later,
it was still not finished, but its ruins are still breathtaking in their
size and beauty.
EPHESUS
Once the capital of Roman Asia, Ephesus is the best-preserved Greco-Roman classical city on the Mediterranean-a breathtaking sight.
GALLIPOLI
Dominating the Dardanelles, Gallipoli was the scene of momentous battles
during World War I. Sir Winston Churchill sent the British and ANZAC
forces to conquer it, and Kemal AtatÜrk became a war hero by successfully
defending it.
ISTANBUL
Once called Constantinople, this great city has one foot in Europe,
the other in Asia. Capital of the Eastern Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman
empires, Istanbul once ruled all the lands within a thousand miles.
Monuments to its glorious past abound, from sumptuous Topkapi Palace
and ancient Sancta Sophia to the great mosques of the sultans.
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IZMIR
Turkey's modern Aegean port is an attractive city with a pretty waterfront promenade and a fascinating bazaar.
KONYA
One of the oldest cities in Anatolia, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk
Turkish Empire (1200s) and the home of its great poet and mystic, Jelaleddin
Rumi, founder of the Mevlevi whirling dervish order.
KUSADASI
Only 20 km (12 miles) from Ephesus, Kusadasi is a lively fishing and cruise port and seaside resort. This is our base for visits to the ancient cities of Priene, Miletus, and Didyma.
MARMARIS
Green Marmaris, as it's known, is a popular Mediterranean resort backed
by verdant mountains. It's an active yachting port as well.
MILETUS
Miletus flourished as an important commercial and governmental city
from 700 BC to 700 AD. Its great theater, which rises from the the flood
plain of the Meander River, Was built to seat 15,000 spectators-and
it still can!
PAMUKKALE
Warm calcium-laden mineral waters spring from the earth to cascade over
a steep cliff, forming gleaming white travertine pools. The Romans built
the health spa of Hierapolis here. A short drive away are the ruins
of biblical Laodicea, one of the Seven Churches of Asia, and also Aphrodisias,
the famous City of Aphrodite.
PERGAMON
Famed for its great library, the citizens of ancient Pergamon invented parchment for writing when the supply of papyrus was cut off. Pergamon's Aesculapium was the most famous classical medical center.
PERGE
This ancient city near Antalya flourished under Alexander the Great
and the Romans. It has a fine theater, stadium, and towering Roman city
gates.
PRIENE
Set dramatically at the foot of a sheer mountain wall, Priene overlooks the aptly-named Meander River. This 2500-year-old Ionian city was among the first to be planned with a grid system of streets.
SIDE
Cleopatra and Marc Antony met in Side ("SEE-deh") for a romantic
tryst. Lovers and beach-goers have been coming ever since. Besides its
beaches, Side has some fine ancient buildings and a good little museum.
TROY
Once believed to be only a legend, Troy was discovered over a century
ago. A replica of the Trojan horse towers above the walls breached by
cunning in the most famous battle of ancient times.
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