TRAVEL ARTICLES ON TURKEY

This page is made up of articles from various magazines and recent travelers. It is intended as an aid to travelers to Turkey. If you find any article you wish us to carry, please e-mail it to us at trh@turkradio.us.

Cappadocia is the second home of Wrights.

Interested in backpacking in Turkey? Learn it from Joe...

An interesting travel report on Turkey. Beautiful pictures!

Public Broadcasting System's documentary on Turkey

Travel experiences of Petter Andersen of Norway

Peter Riggs photographic journey of Turkey

"Turkish Delight" by Harry Blackley

Articles mostly on the Aegean region:

• Sally and Bill Light's experience in Turkey
• AN OTTOMAN ODYSSEY by G. Bruce Knecht
• SAILING TO BYZANTIUM by Terrence Smith
• ROMANCING THE STONES by Mr. Brown, Los Angeles Times
• IZMIR AND THE AEGEAN REGION
• THE AEGEAN REGION

• Dishes of Rumelia
• Simit, traditional Sesame Rings of Istanbul
• Two articles on dishes made of eggplants:
• Eggplant
• An Eggplant Dish

• Magic Carpet Ride by Brad Gooch, Bazaar
• Istanbul melds Europe and Asia, past and present by Corby Kummer, Atlantic Monthly
• FEEDING THE INFIDEL by Alan Richman, GQ
• LETTER FROM ISTANBUL by Judy Stone, San Francisco Chronicle
• SAVORING THE SIGHTS AND SPIRIT OF ISTANBUL by Julia Davidson, LONDON OBSERVER SERVICE

• Ancient Anatolia
• TURKEY
• OTTOMAN EMPIRE
• SELJUKS
• BYZANTINE EMPIRE

• National Geographic article-Part 1
• National Geographic article-Part 2
• An article about tulips and their Turkish origin
• Hotels--A list of inexpensive accomodations we heard about
• Mountain of Amphoras, an article about the recent discovery of a ship wreck
• TIMELESS TURKEY by Richard Carroll
• TIMELESS TURKEY 1
• TREADING TURKEY'S ANCIENT STONES
• A GASTRONOMIC ILIAD: THE TASTE OF TURKEY by JERRI CLARK KIRB
• AN OTTOMAN ODYSSEY

• Where to learn Turkish in Turkey
• A Scotsman's method to learn to Turkish
• Interesting articles on Turkish words
• A page about learning Kazan and Istanbul Turkish. (Kazan Turkish is spoken in Tatarstan and Russia)
• Oriëntaal's links to Turkic languages
• Turkish is rich in suffixes: Take a look at how Turks derive nouns from verbs!

Various Articles

• The first Turkish photography studio in Beyoglu
• OLIVE OIL: Virgin, refined and pure
• Antalya and the Mediterranean Region
• Turkish Craftsmen
• 3rd International Turkish Language Congress
• The art of Turkish carpet weaving
• The Mausoleum of Hodja Ahmed Yasevi

This counter has been placed here on 18 January 1999