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Harran, Harran: City of the Beehive Houses, Turkey travel blog

Harran

A travel blog entry by cotafamily4

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... of the World's first christian churches allowed to be openly built, as well as Islam's first university that translated woks of astronomy, philosophy, sciences and medicine  during the 8th century A.D.   Most of all we really enjoyed the ...

Egırdır, The city with the hardest name to pronounce in all of turkey, Turkey travel blog

Egırdır

A travel blog entry by elizabethg

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I arrived on Egirdir late last night.  It is a small small fishing village on the 4th largest lake in Turkey.  After waking up to a stunning view of the village * we had a walk around.  An old lady chased us down the street (in a good way) ...

Through the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara --> Dardanelles, Turkey travel blog

Through the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles

A travel blog entry by clemencepicolet

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Crossing the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles was delicious to me because there were no waves and little wind ! Great for chilling and sunbathing ! For my fellow sailers though, it was a bit ...

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A travel blog entry by traveloturc

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... 'tan Karadeniz'e dökülen Solaklı, Baltacı ve İyidere derelerinin aşağı havzaları oluşturur. Of, ülkenin yönetiminde söz sahibi olan birçok siyasetçi ve bürokrat yetiştirmiştir. Tarihi, kültürel, ...

Carpets, underground city and more, Outside of Mustafapasa and Kaymakli, Turkey travel blog

Carpets, underground city and more

A travel blog entry by rcl0906

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... Went to an underground city which used only in critical periods for protection to hide from the Romans around 1800 BC. There were at least 8 levels with narrow passageways. Stop today was at the church of St. Gregory where the Gregorian chant ...

Looking for coolness in the mountain, The yayla of Ördübek - 50mn from Finike, Turkey travel blog

Looking for coolness in the mountain

A travel blog entry by geroll

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... 'bek through a small road starting on the left side of the road from Finike to Elmali, about ten kilometers after the village of Arif (Arykanda). A small road sign shows the direction of Ördübek. In summer the families live there in small huts made of ...

Aphrodisias, Outside of Kusadasi, Turkey travel blog

Aphrodisias

A travel blog entry by rcl0906

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091406 On the way to Kusadasi, we went to Aphrodisias where they have been excavating the city of Aphrodite. The city was discovered in 1887, but they only started excavation in 1961 due to money. Our leader says she did her masters' thesis on Aphrodisias ...

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