Yerler (Places)

Some points of interest:

• İstanbul: Former capital of the Ottoman Empire, home to the Aya Sophia, Topkapı Palace, Fatih Bridge (the Bridge between Europe & Asia), and millions of other amazing sites.


• Ankara: The capital of Turkey and where I will be spending the majority of the next four months.


• Cappadocia: Land of Fairy Chimneys and Painted Churches.


• Konya: Home of the Whirling Dervishes.


• Troy: (Actually, near Çanakkale) The site of the Trojan War.


• Ephesus: Home to one of the 7 World Wonders: The Temple of Artemis.


• Bodrum: Beach resort town and site of the Mausoleum of Mausolus.


• Mt. Nemrut: The location of an amazing Mesopotamian Temple, now in ruins.


• Mt. Ararat: The supposed landing of Noah's Ark.


• Sumela Monastery: Near Trabzon there is an abandoned Athenian Monastery, built against the sheer edge of a cliff.