Monthly Archives: February 2012
Turkey Holiday Guide!
Turkey is an awesome place for holidays! It is a Eurasian country straddling Asia & Europe. It is a country that fundamentally combines the ancient with the modern. Natural sites struggle with the joys of modern cities for tourist attention. … Continue reading
How Turkish are the Turks?
To turn the current global financial crisis into an opportunity any wise company should launch a DNA testing business in Turkey. The Turks will definitely queue up; but they may possibly be disappointed by the results George Orwell once wrote … Continue reading
OLYMPOS
Push back thick vines and centuries-old pine trees to uncover shattered temples, columns and bathhouses strewn along either side of Ulupinar Stream, which trickles into the sea. The pathway opens up for a few meters to reveal tombs and the … Continue reading
A Turkish retirement in Kalkan
An article in Today’s Zaman features British couple John and Amanda, who retired to their property in Kalkan three years ago. Although many people slow down when they retire, this dynamic couple are now too busy to even watch the … Continue reading
A car that drives uphill by itself?
An strange optical illusion in the Turkish province of Erzurum is attracting curious onlookers from miles around. Drivers are flocking to a road in the Palandoken Mountains. Once there, they turn off their engines only to find their vehicle slowly … Continue reading
Turkey's Sandland festival in Antalya pays tribute to Hollywood
The 5th International Antalya Sand Festival is scheduled for April; this year’s festival will have 25 professional sculptors from around the world and the theme is Hollywood scenes and stars. If you love Hollywood classics then you’ll definitely have to … Continue reading
Bodrum's cheaper than Brighton
The Daily Mail reports that researchers have looked at week-long holiday expenses for a family of four and discovered that it’s actually cheaper to head to sunny Bodrum than it is to travel to the south coast beach town of … Continue reading
Antalya received 10.3 million tourists in 2010
Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Antalya was the favorite holiday destination for tourists from Germany and Russia in 2010. German tourists visiting Antalya increased by 10.4 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, while the number of Russian visitors were up … Continue reading
Talk about property tax in Turkey
<!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; … Continue reading
Cavusin Cappadocia Travelguide
One of the oldest settlements in the area, Çavuşin is 2 km from Goreme, in the Göreme – Avanos road. The Church of St. John the Baptist offers a panoramic view of the village. This church and its paintings date … Continue reading