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Pigeon Island in Kusadasi
Pigeon Island in Kusadasi, photo by Adrian Libotean via Flickr Cruise ships full of passengers and locals seeking seaside summer escape and fun are not the only ones finding Kusadasi cruise port ideal...
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Paragliding and Hang Gliding in Antalya
Paragliding above Antalya. Photo by G.Ozcan via Flickr In summer, the estimated 11 million visitors to Antalya tilt their faces to the sky both to enjoy the warmth of the sun and watch the skies fill...
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Visit to Anitkabir – Mausoleum of Ataturk
Anitkabir in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by David Stanley via Flickr When Colonel Mustafa Kemal famously ordered his men to fix bayonets after their ammunition ran out on the heights of Gallipoli in 1915, as...
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Day-tripping to the Datca Peninsula
In Datca. Photo by Yilmaz Oevuenc via flickr Looking south from the ramparts and towers of Bodrum Castle, an angular, spindly spit of land reaching west from the mainland forms the backdrop of the...
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Bodrum Castle and Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Bodrum Castle, photo by G. Ozcan via Flickr When King Mausolus died, his wife and sister, Artemisia, directed her inconsolable grief into building a tomb so splendid that it became permanently...
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Exploring the Cesme Peninsula
Windsurfing in Alaçati, photo by Songul Aslanturk via Flickr In addition to its sunny disposition and westward attitude, Izmir remains a beloved city in Turkey for its proximity to so many of the...
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The Other Marmara Islands
Approaching Marmara Island, photo by Mike Dunphy Not a weekend goes by in Istanbul without boatloads of locals and tourists making the approximately one-hour Princes’ Island Tour from Istanbul or...
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Dilek National Park
Dilek National Park, photo by ahenobarbus via flickr Perhaps the only place to escape the persistent rib-cage pounding disco beats of Kusadasi’s raging summer nightlife is at the nearly 70,000-acre...
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Birgi Cakiraga Mansion
Ottoman Ceiling, photo by Mike Dunphy For all of Izmir’s sunny disposition and westward looking attitude, there are few landmarks or attractions in the city to keep tourists more than a day or two....
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The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Artifact at Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, photo by Frank Kovalchek via Flickr Admittedly, any trip to Anakara is a bit of a let-down, especially if arriving directly from the extreme vibrance of...
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