10 Things to do in Turkey
2 x 1-inch box carved from bone and hand-painted that we got at the Grand Bazaar. Probably paid too much, but we love it.
Everyone has a dream destination, a far-off country they hope to visit someday.
Forget your dream destinations. You need to go Turkey.
The main challenge when writing about Turkey is to limit the use of wow-adjectives. Turkey is that awesome.
It’s appalling how little we know about Turkey. My friend thought it was in the desert somewhere in the Middle East. It’s Mediterranean! If you need a visual peg, think of Italy, only bigger and more organized. (Rome, I love you, but your drivers are all trying to kill me.)
We’re talking about the 17th largest economy in the world, soon to become the 10th. It’s European and Asian—if you stand on the bridge on the Bosphorus you can have one leg on each continent.
“Isn’t that where they shot Taken 2?” Yes, and Skyfall and Argo.
“Isn’t that where the ex-husband of the actress is from?” Enough! We’ve listed ten types of stuff you can do when you visit Turkey. Because you are going, even if you don’t know it yet.
Read 10 Things to do in Turkey, our travel piece at InterAksyon.com.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
May 2nd, 2013 at 14:33
Turkey is definitely in my must-visit list. Thanks for sharing the travel tips and experience. :-)
May 3rd, 2013 at 15:12
crick-in-the-neck: not yet. more like lock-jaw from drooling!
(kaka-frustrate! iipon pa!)
May 10th, 2013 at 13:03
Another reason to go to Turkey?http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html