Special Istanbul
SPECIAL ISTANBUL by Barbara Nadel Anyone who lives or works in a great city like Istanbul has their own special and favourite places within it. And although I don’t reside in the city myself, I am a frequent visitor by virtue of being the author of six crime novels set in Istanbul. These books, all […]
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Travelling to Istanbul
Articley By : Blogger Audreyhttp://thatbackpacker.com/2013/12/09/50-things-to-do-in-istanbul-turkey/ (1) Visit the Spice Bazaar. This is the second largest covered market after the Grand Bazaar. Here you’ll be able to pick up spices, nuts, dried fruit, Turkish coffee, loose leaf tea, and even Turkish delight! (2) Go to a whirling dervish show. Turkey is home to the Mevlevi Order […]
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Places of Interest in Turkey for Christianity
Cappadocia (Kapadokya) In central Anatolia, to the south of Ankara, Turkey’s capital, lies a region described picturesquely as looking like the lunar surface. Even the most blasé traveller will gasp in wonder at the scenery around Ürgüp. Here, aeons ago, Mount Erciyas, a 13,000 foot peak, ever to be seen as a snow-covered backdrop, erupted […]
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Seljuk Tiles and Ceramics
Simple dishes, pots, bowls and oil lanterns with turquoise, green, violet and yellow-brown glazes are seen in considerable number. They are usually made of reddish or off-white clay with a coarse grain. The glaze is rather thick. Following the defeat of the Byzantine army in 1071 by the Anatolian Seljuk Turks, a rapid increase of […]
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