The Rough Guide to Turkey, 4th Edition

by Ayliffe, Rosie; Dubin, Marc; Gawthrop, John

• ISBN13: 9781858285429
• ISBN10: 1858285429
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Steve Cascoly (reader), Seattle, USA: "This is the best single guidebook we've found for Turkey. We escort small groups to Turkey, and the Rough Guide is consistently the best single reference for general and historical information. As usual with the Rough Guides, it has a lot of information for many types of travelers without sacrificing cultural and historical details. Well organized, with good maps." Daily Telegraph, London: "The best of the bunch with sound practical information."

Table of Contents

Introduction	xii
PART ONE BASICS	1	(78)
Getting there from Britain and lreland	3	(7)
Getting there from the US and Canada	10	(3)
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand	13	(2)
Red tape and visas	15	(1)
Health	16	(3)
Insurance	19	(1)
Costs, money and banks	20	(2)
Communications: post and phones	22	(3)
Information and maps	25	(3)
Getting around	28	(10)
Accommodation	38	(4)
Hamams	42	(1)
Eating and drinking	43	(9)
Mosques, museums and sites	52	(1)
Bazaars and shopping	53	(4)
Festivals and national public holidays	57	(3)
The media	60	(4)
Sexual harassment...and women in Turkey	64	(3)
Gay life	67	(1)
Police and avoiding trouble	67	(4)
Sport and outdoor activities	71	(3)
Finding work	74	(1)
Directory	75	(4)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	79	(732)
Istanbul	81	(107)
Arrival, orientation and information	87	(2)
City transport	89	(3)
Accommodation	92	(7)
Sultanahmet	99	(23)
From Sultanahmet to Beyazit	122	(6)
Eminonu and the Golden Horn	128	(4)
Laleli and Aksaray	132	(1)
Zeyrek	133	(2)
Fatih	135	(2)
The city walls and Eyup	137	(10)
Galata and Beyoglu	147	(4)
Taksim	151	(3)
The European shore of the Bosphorus	154	(5)
The Asian shore of the Bosphorus	159	(4)
Princes' Islands	163	(4)
Black Sea resorts	167	(2)
Restaurants	169	(6)
Nightlife	175	(3)
Shops and markets	178	(4)
Listings	182	(4)
Travel details	186	(2)
Around the Sea of Marmara	188	(50)
Edirne and around	190	(12)
Tekirdag to the Gelibolu peninsula	202	(1)
The Gelibolu peninsula Gallipoli	203	(7)
Approaching Bursa: coastal ports and resorts	210	(1)
Iznik	211	(4)
Bursa	215	(13)
South of Bursa: Uludag	228	(2)
West of Bursa: The Mysian lakes	230	(1)
Bandirma, the Kapidagi peninsula and the Marmara islands	231	(5)
West of Bandirma	236	(1)
Travel details	236	(2)
The North Aegean	238	(40)
Canakkale	240	(3)
Turkish Aegean islands	243	(4)
Troy	247	(2)
South along the coast	249	(1)
Ayvacik and Assos	250	(4)
Ayvacik to Oren	254	(2)
Ayvalik and around	256	(5)
Bergama	261	(6)
The coast south of Ayvalik	267	(4)
Manisa and around	271	(3)
Sardis (Sart)	274	(3)
Alasehir	277	(1)
Travel details	277	(1)
The Central and Southern Aegean	278	(114)
Izmir	279	(15)
Cesme and around	294	(8)
The Kucuk Menderes valley	302	(2)
Kusadasi	304	(6)
North of Kusadasi	310	(2)
South of Kusadasi	312	(1)
Selcuk and around	313	(6)
Ephesus (Efes)	319	(5)
More lonian cities	324	(3)
Miletus (Milet)	327	(3)
Didyma (Didim) and around	330	(3)
Bafa Golu (Lake Bafa)	333	(1)
Heracleia ad Latmos	334	(1)
Milas	335	(3)
Euromos & Labranda	338	(2)
South of Milas	340	(4)
Bodrum and its peninsula	344	(15)
Mugla and around	359	(3)
Marmaris	362	(5)
Around Marmaris: the Rhodian Peraea	367	(3)
The Datca peninsula	370	(4)
Aydin and around	374	(2)
Cine valley: Alinda, Alabanda and Gerga	376	(2)
Aphrodisias	378	(3)
Denizli	381	(1)
Pamukkale/Hierapolis and around	382	(7)
Travel details	389	(3)
The Turquoise Coast	392	(68)
Fethiye	395	(6)
Around Fethiye	401	(8)
Dalaman and Sangerme	409	(1)
Dalyan and around	410	(6)
The Xanthos valley	416	(12)
Kalkan	428	(3)
Kas and around	431	(9)
The Kekova region	440	(4)
Demre and around	444	(4)
Finike and around	448	(4)
The Olympos coast	452	(4)
On to Antalya	456	(3)
Travel details	459	(1)
The Mediterranean Coast and the Hatay	460	(60)
Antalya	463	(9)
Termessos	472	(7)
The Pamphylian cities
Koprulu Kanyon National Park	479	(1)
Side and around	480	(6)
Alanya	486	(4)
Around Alanya	490	(2)
Alanya to Silifke	492	(2)
Silifke	494	(3)
Inland: the road to Uzuncaburc	497	(1)
East from Silifke	498	(2)
Kizkalesi	500	(2)
Mersin	502	(2)
Tarsus	504	(1)
Adana and around	505	(4)
Towards Iskenderun	509	(2)
Iskenderun and around	511	(1)
Antakya	512	(4)
St Simeon monastery, Samandag and Cevlik	516	(2)
Travel details	518	(2)
South Central Anatolia	520	(74)
Afyon	524	(3)
Isparta and around	527	(3)
Egirdir (Egridir)	530	(6)
Beysehir	536	(2)
Konya	538	(9)
Around Konya	547	(1)
Towards Cappadocia	548	(5)
Nevsehir and around	553	(7)
Goreme and around	560	(9)
Urgup and around	569	(7)
Avanos and around	576	(2)
Southern Cappadocia	578	(8)
Kayseri and around	586	(6)
Travel details	592	(2)
North Central Anatolia	594	(60)
Ankara	596	(24)
Gordion	620	(3)
Sivrihisar and Pessinus	623	(1)
Seyitgazi	623	(1)
Midas Sehri	624	(1)
Eskisehir	624	(1)
Kutahya	625	(2)
Aezani	627	(1)
Bolu	628	(1)
Safranbolu	628	(3)
Kastamonu	631	(1)
Sungurlu	632	(1)
Bogazkale	633	(1)
Hattusas	633	(5)
Yazilikaya	638	(1)
Alacahoyuk	639	(1)
Amasya	640	(6)
Tokat	646	(3)
Sivas	649	(3)
Kangal	652	(1)
Travel details	652	(2)
The Black Sea Coast	654	(44)
Samsun	658	(3)
Sinop	661	(3)
West of Sinop	664	(2)
Amasra	666	(1)
Beyond Amasra	667	(2)
East of Samsun: the coast to Trabzon	669	(5)
Trabzon and around	674	(13)
East of Trabzon: towards the Georgian border	687	(3)
Inland: the foothills from Trabzon to Rize	690	(2)
The Hemsin valleys	692	(4)
Travel details	696	(2)
Northeastern Anatolia	698	(40)
Towards Erzurum: the Euphrates valley route	700	(3)
Erzurum	703	(5)
Northwest of Erzurum	708	(2)
Northeast of Erzurum	710	(1)
Kars	710	(4)
Ani and around	714	(4)
Other Armenian monuments around Kars	718	(3)
North of Kars: around Cidir Golu	721	(1)
The southern Georgian valleys	722	(5)
Yusufeli and around	727	(3)
The Kackar Daglari	730	(5)
Artvin and beyond	735	(2)
Travel details	737	(1)
The Euphrates and Tigris Basin	738	(45)
Gaziantep	742	(3)
East of Gaziantep: towards Sanliurfa	745	(1)
Sanliurfa	745	(6)
Harran	751	(3)
Adiyaman, Kahta and Nemrut Dagi	754	(7)
Malatya and around	761	(2)
Elazig and around	763	(2)
Diyarbakir	765	(8)
Mardin and around	773	(5)
The Tur Abdin plateau	778	(2)
Hasankeyf	780	(1)
Travel details	781	(2)
Lake Van and the Southeast	783	(28)
Siirt, Bitlis and Tatvan	786	(3)
Around Tatvan: the lakeshore	789	(2)
Van and around	791	(10)
South of Van	801	(4)
North of Van	805	(4)
Travel details	809	(2)
PART THREE CONTEXTS	811	(100)
The historical framework	813	(42)
The Kurdish question	855	(6)
Turkish music	861	(16)
Turkish cinema	877	(5)
Turkish writers	882	(11)
Books	893	(10)
Language	903	(4)
Glossary	907	(4)
Index	911