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Tours in Turkey and the history of Anatolia
Turkey is a vast and varied country boasting incredible landscapes and
natural wonders bordered by four different seas. Well known as a great
destination for relaxing beach holidays, it also offers many sporting
activities, some of the world's most important ancient monuments,
welcoming Turkish hospitality and a delicious and varied national
cuisine. Istanbul is also gearing up to be European Capital of Culture
2010 so it has never been a better time to visit this magical city.

The history of Anatolia is rich and deep.
Some of mankind's earliest settlements were established here as early as
10,000 BC. Shortly after this, at Çatalhöyük, near Konya, Man first grew
grain. In following millenia, civilizations such as Assyrians, Sumerians
and Hittites rose and fell. Invaders from abroad left their mark,
whether the Men of the Sea, Cyrus, Darius or Alexander the Great. The
town of Troy, near Çanakkale, was scene of the Trojan War around 1250
BC. Midas, the king with the golden touch, and Croesus, the inventor of
coinage, were rulers of small but important Anatolian kingdoms in the
first millennium BC. Many of the great accomplishments of classical
Hellenic civilization in the realms of art, architecture, philosophy,
medicine and science, came to light in lonia, the region around
present-day lzmir and Bergama. Rome took Anatolia in the last century
BC, and called it Asia Minor. The Roman provincial capital of Ephesus
was among the largest and finest cities of its time. St. Paul preached
there: the Virgin Mary died in a small house on the outskirts of the
city. The Seven Churches of Asia, to whom St. Paul addressed Epistles,
are all in Anatolia. And St. Nicholas, the original Santa Claus, lived
and worked on Anatolia's south coast. In 330 AD, Constantine the Great
established the eastern capital of the Roman Empire at Byzantium,
renaming it Constantinople. By the time of the Emperor Justinian (527 to
565 AD) Rome had fallen, and Constantinople was the capital of the vast
empire. The Prophet Mohammed was born in 570, and within a century the
armies of Islam were threatening the mighty walls of Constantinople. For
centuries, the Byzantine and Arabic empires struggled for Anatolia, but
both were swept aside by the coming of the Turks.
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EASTERN TURKEY
TOUR
ISTANBUL
(KONSTANTINAPOLIS)
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TRABZON
(TREBIZOND)
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ERZURUM
-
KARS
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DOGU
BEYAZIT
-
VAN
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DIYARBAKIR
-
MARDIN
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SANLIURFA
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GAZIANTEP
-
ANTAKYA
-
ADANA
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ISTANBUL
TOUR
PERIOD:
20
DAYS
PRIVATE
TOUR
RESERVATION
TOUR
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WESTERN
TURKEY
TOUR
ISTANBUL
(KONSTANTINAPOLIS) KAYSERI
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CAPPADOCIA
- KAYSERI
- IZMIR
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EPHESUS
- PRIENE
& MILETOS
- DIDYMA
- KUSADASI
PAMUKKALE
(HIERAPOLIS)
- IZMIR
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ISTANBUL
TOUR
PERIOD:
10
DAYS
PRIVATE
TOUR
RESERVATION
TOUR
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GRAND
TURKEY
TOUR
ISTANBUL
(KONSTANTINAPOLIS)
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BURSA
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GORDION
ANKARA
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CAPPADOCIA
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KONYA
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ANTALYA
-
PERGE
&
ASPENDOS
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PAMUKKALE
-
EPHESUS
-
IZMIR
-
PERGAMUM
-
TROY
-
CANAKKALE
(
DARDANELLES)
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GALLIPOLLI
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ISTANBUL
TOUR
PERIOD: 14
DAYS
PRIVATE
TOUR
RESERVATION
TOUR
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