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Index
A
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Alevi Muslims 55, 481
Alexander the Great 30
Alibey Island 211-12
Allianoi 218
Altınkaya 404
Altınkum 234
Altınkum Beach 260
Altınsaç Kilisesi 643
Altıntaş 638
Altıparmak 563, 580
Amasra 540-2
Amasya 469-74, 470
Amazons 549
Anadolu Kavağı 123
Anamur 415-18, 416
Anatolia
central 440-93, 441
northeastern 569-96, 570
southeastern 597-652,
598-9
western 282-330, 283
Anavarza 431-2
Anazarbus 431-2
Andriake 386-7
angora wool 451
Ani 587-90, 588, 10
Ani area 591
animals 74-5
birds 75
cats 75
doctor fish 482
dolphins 78
Kangal dogs 74
seals 220
silkworms 295
storks 75
turtles 75, 348, 350
Anıt Kabir 446-7
Anıtli 638
Ankara 441-54, 442
accommodation 448-50
drinking 451
entertainment 451
food 450-1
shopping 451-2
sights 444-7
tourist office 444
travel to/from 452-3
travel within 453-4
Antakya 434-8
Antalya 391-401, 392, 395
accommodation 396-8
drinking 399
entertainment 399-400
food 389-9
sights 393
tourist offices 393
travel to/from 400
travel within 400-1
Antep 598-605, 600
Antiocheia-in-Pisidia 320
Antique City 531
antiques 156, 660
Anzac Cove 181-4
Anzac Day 185, 189, 662
aqueducts
Anavarza 432
Aspendos 404-5
İncekaya aqueduct 462
İstanbul 113
İznik 288
Lyrbe 411
Selçuk 242
Arab people 32
archaeological sites & ruins 27
Adada 320
Afrodisias 329-30, 329
Alacahöyük 28, 468
Alexandria Troas 204
Allianoi 218
Amasya 471
Anamurium 416-17
Anavarza 432
Ani 587-90
Ankara 448
Aslantepe 626
Aspendos 403-4
Battalgazi 626
Behramkale 205
Belkıs-Zeugma 605-6
Bergama 214-16
Bodrum 271-2
Çambazlı 424
Çatalhöyük 491
Çavdarhisar 308
Çayağzı 387
Çevlik 439
Dalyan 346-7
Dara 637
Didyma 262
INDEX
ABBREVIATIONS
Abana
543
ACT
Capital
Abant
GölüAustralian
284
Territory
accommodation 19, 653-5
NSW New South Wales
language 699-703
NT
Northern Territory
activities 357-64, 656, see also
Qld Queensland
individual activities
SA
South Australia
Adada 320
Tas Tasmania
Adamkayalar 424
Vic Victoria
Adana 427-31, 428
WA Western Australia
Adatepe 207
Adilcevaz 644
Adrasan 390
Aegean coast
north 196-237, 198
south 238-81, 239, 277
Afrodisias 328-30, 329
Afyon 310-12
Ağrı Dağı, see Mt Ararati
Ahlat 644
air travel
airlines 676
airports 675-6
to/from Turkey 675-7
within Turkey 684
Aizanoi 308
Ak Han 328
Akbil 162
Akçaabat 552
Akçakale 552
Akçay 207
Akçekale Island 590
Akdamar 643
Akkum 236-7
Akpınar 319
Aksaray 532-3
Akyaka 333-4
Ala Dağlar National Park
525-6
Alacahöyük 28, 468
Alaçatı 234-6
Alagöz 638
Alahan 422
Alanya 411-15, 412
Alarahan 415
alcohol 68-9
INDEX
722
Index (A-B)
archaeological sites & ruins continued
Ephesus 246-50, 247
Euromos 266-7
Fethiye 352-3
Foça 219
Gordion 454
Gülpınar 204
Gümüşlük 278
Harran 614
Hattuşa 466
Herakleia 264
Hierapolis-Castabala 433-4
İznik 287-8
Kale 386
Kaleköy 385
Kanlıdivane 424
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
433
Kaş 379
Kıyıkışlacık 267
Labranda 266
Laodikya 328
Letoön 372
Lyrbe 411
Milas 265
Miletus 262, 262
Nyssa 321
Olympos 387
Ören 280
Pamukkale 324-6
Patara 373
Perge 402-3, 403
Phaselis 391
Pınara 371-2
Priene 261-2, 261
Sagalassos 313-14
Sardis 231
Selge 404
Side 407
Sidyma 372
Sobesos 526
Şuayb City 615
Tekkale 581
Teos 236-7
Termessos 401, 402
Tlos 370-1
Troy 197-9, 200
Uzuncaburç 422
Xanthos 372
Yalvaç 320
Zından Mağarası 320
architecture 58-9, 61
Bodrum Peninsula 279
building houses 61
Ottoman Empire 58-9
Seljuk Turks 58
Ardahan 583
Ardanuç 583
Armenian churches
Akdamar Kilisesi 643
Ani 591
Bana 578
Beşkilise 592
Çarpanak 643
Diyarbakır 630
Kayseri 536
Armenian people 38, 49, 433, 439
Arsameia 618-19
art galleries 117, see also museums
arts 56-64, see also individual art forms
Artvin 582
Artvin area 583
Aşağı Soğanlı 525
Aslantepe 626
Aspendos 403-5
Assos 204-7
asthma 414
Asthma Cave 414
Astım Mağaras 414
Atatürk 40, 660
houses 223, 413, 424, 536, 553
mausoleum 446-7
museums 302, 429, 447-8, 480,
547, 554
presidency 39, 81, 182
War of Independence 40
WWI 37-39, 179, 183
ATMs 666
atom shake 147
attar of roses 313
Avanos 511-13, 512
avian influenza 694
Aya Sofya (İstanbul) 98-9, 99
Ayancık 543, 546
Ayazini 304
Ayder 566-8
Aydıncık 192
Aydos Canyon 543
Ayvacık 207
Ayvalı 522
Ayvalık 147, 207-11, 208
B
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Baba Dağ 365
Badavut 143
Bafa Gölü 20, 263
Bağbaşı 577
Bağlarbaşı 638
Bagnair Monastery 591
Bahçesaray 650-1
baklava 69, 70, 147, 603, 147
Balıklı Kaplıca 482
Ballıca Cave 478
ballooning 510, 656
Bana 578
Bandırma 197-200
bargaining 145, 669
Barhal 580
Barıştepe 638
basilicas
Antiocheia-in-Pisidia 320
Assos 205
Bergama 215
Hierapolis-Castabala 434
Laodicea 328
Selçuk 240
Side 407
basketball 50
bathrooms 671
Baths of Lady Hürrem 99-100
Batık Şehir 385
Battalgazi 626-7
Battalgazi mosque complex 303
Bay of Edremit 207
Bayburt 560
Bayır 341
Bayramaliler 304
bazaars 144-5
Antakya 436
Gaziantep 601
Grand Bazaar 109-10, 116, 145,
155, 144
İzmir 145, 224
Kapalı Çarşı 145, 293
Kütahya 306
Malatya 623
Muğla 332
Şanlıurfa 145, 610
Spice Bazaar, İstanbul 111-12, 145
Bazda Caves 615
beaches 142-3, 142-3
Black Sea coast 543, 546, 550
cleanliness 78
eastern Mediterranean area 407,
413, 416-17
İstanbul area 126, 165
northern Agean area 201, 207,
219, 234, 235, 236
southern Aegean area 251, 255,
258, 259, 264, 278, 280
Thrace 177, 180, 192, 194
Index (B-C)
entertainment 275
food 273
sights 269-72
tourist office 269
travel to/from 276
travel within 277
Bodrum Peninsula 277-80,
277
Boğazkale 464-8, 465
Bolu 284
Bolu Dağı 284
bombings 660
books 19-21, 20
Atatürk 20
cinema 62
cooking 65
culture 43, 49
history 19, 20, 28, 31, 33, 35,
39, 40
politics 43
religion 53
border crossings 438, 635, 677-83
Bosphorus 121
Bozburun 340-1
Bozcaada 200-3, 202, 11
Boztepe 550
Bozyazı 418
Bulak Mencilis Mağarası 461-2
Burdur 314
Burgazada 165
Bursa 289-300, 290, 147
accommodation 296-8
drinking 299
entertainment 299
festivals 296
food 298-9
sights 291-6
tourist offices 291
travel to/from 299
travel within 299-300
bus travel
to/from Turkey 678-82
within Turkey 685-6, 689
business hours 656-7
Butterfly Valley 368-9, 10, 361
Büyükada 165-6
Büyükdere 123
Byzantium Empire 32-3, 80
C
cabbage 561
Caesar, Julius 31
Cağaloğlu Hamamı 126
Çakıroğlu Konağı 253
Çakraz 543
Çalış 353
Çambazlı 424
camel wrestling 20, 51, 242, 245
Çamlıhemşin 565
Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum
251
Çanakkale 187-92, 188
Çandarlı 218-19
canoeing 361-2, 381
canyoning 362, 381, 390
Cape Yason 550
Cappadocia 74, 359, 494-538, 495,
7, 359
tours 496
travel to/from 495-7
car travel 686-8
Black Sea Coastal Highway
547
hire 687-8
road rules 688
caravanserais 59
Ağzıkara Hanı 534
Ak Han 328
Alarahan 415
Alay Hanı 534
Battalgazi 626
Beçin Castle 266
Diyarbakır 628
Egirdir 316
Gaziantep 601
Han el Ba’rur 615
Kastamonu 462
Safronbolu 457
Şarapsa Hanı 415
Sarıhan 513
Sultan Han 538
Sultanhanı 493
Taş Han 473
Tepesidelik Hanı 534
Tire 253
Tokat 476, 476-7
Trabzon 555
Çarpanak 643
carpets 57-8, 207, 668, 7
castles, see also fortresses
Alahan 422
Amasya 471
Anamur 417
Bitlis 641
Bodrum 269-71
Bozyazı 418
Çanakkale 187
Çandarlı 218-19
Göreme 500
Gülnar 418
INDEX
western Anatalia 316-17
western Mediterranean area 333,
336, 339, 350, 351, 353, 365,
370, 373, 374, 379, 387, 394
Beçin Castle 266
beehive houses 614
beer 68
Behramkale 204-7
Bektaşi sect 516
Belisirma 530
Belkıs-Zeugma 605-6
belly dancing 64, 659
Bergama 212-18, 213
Beşiktaş football club 50, 154
Beşkilise 592
Beşparmak Dağı 263
Beydağları Sahil National Park 387
Beypazarı 455
Beyşehir 320-1
Bezirgan 377-8
bicycle travel 317, 390
Biga Peninsula 204
Binbirkilise 493
birdwatching 75, 590, 606, 656
Birecik 606
Birgi 253
Bitlis 641
Black Sea coast 539-68, 540-1
Black Sea Coastal Highway 547
Blue Mosque 100, 8
boat tours 272
Alanya 413
Amasra 541
Antalya 396
Beyşehir 321
Çeşme 232-3
Dalyan 347-8
Egirdir 317
Ekincik 345
Fethiye 353
Foça 220
gület 363
Halfeti 606
İstanbul 121-5
Kaş 379-81
Köyceğiz 345
Marmaris 336
Ölüdeniz 365
Olympos 390
boat travel
to/from Turkey 18, 682-3
within Turkey 18, 684-5
Bodrum 267-77, 268
accommodation 272
drinking 275
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castles continued
Hattuşa 466
Hoşap 651
Karaman 492
Kars 584-5
Kastamonu 462
Kıyıköy 194
Kızkalesi 423
Marmaris 336
Meydancık Castle 418
Milas 266
Ortahisar 516
Rize 562
Seydiler Castle 304
Uçhisar 507
Ünye 548
Yılankale 431
Çatalhöyük 28, 491-2
Çatalzeytin 543
cathedrals
Ani 589
Öşkvank 577
cats 75
Çavdarhisar 308
Cave of St Thecla 421
Caves of Heaven & Hell 414, 422
Çavuşin 509-10
Çavuştepe 651
çay 69, 149
Çayağzı 386-7
cell phones 670
Çemberlitaş Hamamı 126, 148, 148
Çengilli 590
Cennet ve Cehennum 422
censorship 52
ceramics 669
Çeşme 231-4, 232
Çeşme Peninsula 231-7
Çevlik 439
children, travel with 657-8
Children’s Museum 108
health 696
İstanbul 128
language 703
Rahmi M Koç Müzesi 125
water parks 256, 394, 413, 448
Chimaera 388, 390
Christian population 53
churches, see also Armenian churches,
basilicas, cathedrals
Altinsaç Kilisesi 643
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Aya Sofya (İstanbul) 98-9, 99
Aya Sofya (İznik) 286-7
Ayios Kostantinos-Eleni Kilise
522
Binbirkilise 493
Cave-church of St Peter 436
Chora Church 113-14
Church of St Nicholas 386
Church of the Mother of God
577
Ihlara Valley 529
Karanlık Kilise 499
Kendirli Kilisesi 601
Kızıl Kilise 591
Küçük Aya Sofya Camii 102-3
Oğuzlu Church 591
Tokalı Kilise 500
Çiçek Pasajı 115
Cide 543
Çifte Minareli Medrese 571
ciğeri 147
Çıldır 590
Çıldır Gölü 590
Cilicia 433
Cilo Dağı 651
cinema 62-3
cinemas 342
Çıralı 387-8, 389, 390
citadel (Afyon) 311
citadel (Ankara) 445-6
climate 17, 18, 658
coffee 69
conservation 76
Constantinople 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 80
consulates 661-2
copper 669
Çoruh River 357
Çorum 468-9
costs 17-18
courses 658-9
belly dancing 659
cooking 71, 128, 658-9
handicrafts 128, 659
language 128, 129, 659
credit cards 667
Croesus 230
cross-country skiing 364
Çubukköyağı 418
Çukurbağ 525
culture 44-64
Cumalıkızık 301
Cunda 211-12
CUP 37, 39
customs regulations 659-60
cycling 381, 684
D
Dalaman 350-1
Dalyan 204, 346-50, 347
Damlacık 619
Damlataş Mağarası 413, 414
dams 78, 218, 468, 607, 613, 640
dance 64, 659
Daphne 438
Dara 637
Darende 627
Datça 342-3
Davraz Daği 315
Demirkazık 525
Demre 386-7
Denizli 321-2
Dereköy 192
Derinkuyu 524
dervishes 116, 516, 489
ceremonies 513-14
museum 485-7
tekkes 115, 393
Devrent Valley 511
Deyrul Umur 639
Deyrul Zafaran 637
diarrhoea 695
Didim 262-3
Didyma 260, 262-3
Dilek National Park 20, 259-60
Dilek Peninsula 259-60
diphtheria 694
disabilities, travellers with 672
diving 210, 256, 269, 336-7, 353, 361,
381, 390
Divriği 482-3
Diyarbakır 627-33, 629
doctor fish 482
Doğanyurt 543
Doğruyol 590
Doğubayazıt 592-5, 593
Dolmabahçe Palace 117-18
dolmuşes 688, 689
dolphins 78
Don Quixote 36
Dörtkilise 581-2
drinks 68-9
atom shake 147
beer 68
çay 69, 149
coffee 69
rakı 68, 176
rooftop bars 151
şalgam 430
wine 68-9, 203, 518
Dripping-Stone Cave 413, 414
driving, see car travel
Index (D-G)
driving licences 687
druggings 661
drugs 310
Düden Falls 401
Düden Şelales 401
E
F
fairy chimneys 509, 7
Faralya 368-9
Fenerbahçe football club 50, 154
ferries 683, 684-5
festivals 20, 662
Babakale 204
Bozcaada 201
Çeşme 232
Foça 219-20
İstanbul 114, 122
İzmir 224-5
Kaleköy 385
Kilitbahir 187
Kozan 432
Kuşadası 255
Kütahya 306
Magazbert Fortress 591
Seddülbahir 184
frankincense trees 75
G
Galatasaray football club 50, 154
Gallipoli campaign 37-9, 192
museum 176, 187
Gallipoli National Historic Park 76,
178, 180, 185
Gallipoli Peninsula 178-86, 178, 8
accommodation 184
battlefield sites 180
conservation 185
tours 180, 183
war cemeteries 181, 182, 183-4
GAP, see Southeast Anatolia Project
gay travellers 663
hamams 126
İstanbul 152
Gaziantep 598-605, 600
Gaziemir 532
Gelibolu 176-8
Gelibolu Peninsula, see Gallipoli
Peninsula
geography 74
geology 74
Georgia 582
Georgian Valleys 575-8, 576
Gerze 546
Gevaş 643
Gideros 543
Giresun 551-2
Giresun Aksu 552
Göcek 351
Gök Medrese 480
Gökçeada 20, 143, 192-4, 193, 142
Gökova 333-4
Göksu Delta 421
Göksu Valley 422
Gökyurt 492
Gölköy 280
Göltürkbükü 279-80
Gomeda Valley 523
INDEX
earthquakes 74
Eceabat 186-7
economy 45
Edirne 168-74, 170
Edremit (Bay of Edremit) 207
Edremit (Lake Van area) 643
Efes 246-50, 247, 7
Eğirdir 315-19, 316
Eğirdir Gölü 315
Ehmedek 413
Ekincik 345-6
Elaiussa-Sebaste 424
electricity 654
embassies 661-2
emergency services, see inside front
cover
language 701-2
Eminönü 61
Emre Gölü 304
environmental issues 77-8
dams 78, 607
nuclear power 77, 545
pollution 78
sustainable travel 18-19
Ephesus 246-50, 247, 7
Erciyes Dağı 507
Erfelek 546
Ermenek 422
Erzurum 570-5, 572
Eski Datça 343-4
Eski Gümüşler Monastery 528
Eski Kahta 618
Eski Kale 618-19
Eskişehir 301-2
Eşrefoğlu Camii 321
EU 43, 78
Euphrates valley 624
Euromos 266-7
events, see festivals
evil eye 228
exchange rates, see inside front cover
Ankara 448
Antalya 396
Beypazarı 455
Bodrum 272
Bursa 296
Çanakkale 189
Doğubayazıt 593
food 69-70
Giresun 551, 552
Gökçeada 192
Güzelyurt 531
İstanbul 129
İzmir 225
Kahta 615
Kaş 381
Konya 488
Manisa 230
Pamukkale 326
Safronbolu 458
Selçuk 242
Side 407
Fethiye 351-65, 352-3, 12
fish sandwiches 138, 147, 146
Foça 219-21
folk tales 472
food 19, 26, 65-8, 146-7, 211, 663,
see also drinks
Antalya 398-9
baklava 69, 70, 147, 603, 147
Black Sea 561
breakfast 649
ciğeri 147
courses 71, 128, 658-9
customs 70
festivals 69-70
fish sandwich 138, 147, 146
kebapçı 66
kebaps 67, 68, 137, 147, 289, 298,
477, 489, 147
köfte 68, 278
köfteci 66
lokanta 65
lokum 69, 157
meyhane 66
meze 66
ocakbaşı 66
oil 147
restoran 66
Turkish delight 69, 157
vegetarian food 70
football 50, 154
Formula One 50
fortresses, see also castles
Adilcevaz 644
Alanya 413
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INDEX
726
Index (G-I)
Gordion 454
Görele 552
Göreme 497-507, 498
accommodation 500-5
drinking 506
food 505-6
sights 499-500
tourist offices 497-9
travel to/from 506
travel within 506-7
Göreme National Park 76, 502
Göreme Open-Air Museum 499-500
Göynüş Vadisi 304
Grand Bazaar 109-10, 116, 145,
155, 144
Great Palace 102
Greek influence 29, 30
Greek people 49-50
population exchange 40, 51, 192,
209, 367
Grotto of the Seven Sleepers 251
gület 363, 6, 363
Güllübahçe 261-2
Güllük Dağı National Park 402
Gülnar 418
Gülpınar 204
Gülşehir 515
Gümüşhane 560
Gümüşlük 278
Gündüzbey 627
Gürpinar Şelalesi 627
Güzelyurt 531-2
H
Hacı Bayram Camii 448
Hacı Bektaş Veli 516
Hacıbektaş 515-16
haggling 145, 669
Haho 577
Hakkari 651-2
Halfeti 606-7
hamams 60, 148, 148
Afyon 311
Amasya 472
Ankara 448
Antalya 148, 394-6
Bodrum 272
Çanakkale 189
Çeşme 232
Edirne 171
Göreme 500
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instructions 46
İstanbul 125-6, 148
İzmir 224
İznik 288
Karaman 492
Kaş 379
Kuşadası 255
Manisa 230
Marmaris 336
Mudurnu 148, 284
Safronbolu 457
Tokat 476
Trabzon 556
Ünye 549
Ürgüp 518
Hamile Dağı 281
Han el Ba’rur 615
han, see caravanserais
Harbiye 438
Harput 624
Harran 613-14
Hasan Dağı 530
Hasankeyf 78, 639-40
Hatay 434-8, 435
Hatti people 28
Hattuşa 464, 465-8
headscarves 53
health 692-7
language 700-1
Helvadere 530
Hemşin people 49, 567
hepatitis 694
Herakleia 263-4
Hevek 580-1
Heybeliada 165
Hierapolis 324-6, 326
Hierapolis-Castabala 433-4
hiking 358-60
Ala Dağlar National Park 525
Ayder 567
Çavuşin 509
Davraz Daği 315
Göreme 502
Hakkari 651
Ihlara Valley 528-9
Kaçkar Mountains 563-5, 581
Köyceğiz 344
Lycian Way 359
Mt Ararat 596
Nemrut Dağı National Park 619
Olympos 390
Patriça Nature Reserve 212
St Paul Trail 319, 359
Süphan Dağı 644
Sütçüler 320
Trans-Kaçkar Trek 360
Uçhisar 507
Yusufeli 579
Hippodrome 100-1
Hisarönü Peninsula 339-44
history 28-43
Alexander the Great 30
Arab people 32
Atatürk 37-40
books 28, 31, 33, 35, 39, 40
Byzantium Empire 32-3, 80
Ottoman Empire 34-8, 81
Roman Empire 31
Trojan War 29
hitching 689
Hittite people 28-9, 464
HIV 694
holidays 663, 664-5
Homer 29
Hopa 563
horse riding 359, 373, 512
horse whispering 501
Hoşap 651
hot-air ballooning 510, 656
I
Iasos 267
İçel 424-6
İçmeler 339
İçmeler Koyu 259
Iğdır 592
Ihlara Valley (Ihlara Vadisi) 528-31, 529
Ihlara Village 530
Ilisu Dam Project 78
immigration 675
İncekum Orman İci Dinlenme Yeri 415
İnebolu 543
inlaid wood 669
insects 660, 696
insurance 665, 692
International İstanbul Biennial 20,
129, 663
internet access 665
internet resources 21
art 56
health 693-7
shopping 64
Iraq 635
İshak Paşa Palace 593-4
İşhan 577
İskender kebap 68, 289, 298
İskenderun 434
Islam 53-5
holidays 663, 664-5
Isparta 312-13
Index (I-K)
tourist offices 223
travel to/from 228-9
travel within 229-30
İznik 285-9, 286
İztuzu Beach 350
J
jewellery 669-70
Jewish population 53
joy flights 250
Justinian 32, 80
K
Kabak 143, 369-70
Kabatepe 180-1
Kaçkar Dağı 563
Kaçkar Dağları National Park 76
Kaçkar Mountains 360, 539-40, 563-8,
564, 360
Kadırga 207
Kahramanmaraş 598
Kahta 615-16
Kaklık Mağarasi 328
Kale 386-7
Kaleköy 192, 193, 385-6
Kalkan 374-7, 375
Kangal dogs 74
Kanlıdivane 424
Kapalı Çarşı 145
Kapıkaya 192
Kapısuyu 543
Kaplan 253
Kaputaş 378-379
Kapuzbaşı Waterfalls 525
Karagöl Sahara National Park 583
Karain Cave 402
Karakuş Tümülüs 618
Karaman 492-3
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park 433
Karmylassos 367-8
Kars 582-7, 584-5
Kartalkaya 284
Kaş 379-84, 380
Kasaba 463
Kastamonu 462-3
Kaunos 346-7
kayaking 361-2, 381, 390
Kayaköy 367-8
Kaymaklı 524
Kayseri 534-8, 535
kebapçı 66
kebaps 67, 68, 137, 147
fırın kebap 489
İskender kebap 68, 147, 289, 298
Tokat kebap 477
Keçivan 592
Kekova 384-5
Kemal, Mustafa, see Atatürk
Kemal, Namık 175
Kemeraltı Bazaar 145
Keramos 280
Keşlik Monastery 526
Khrysa 204
kilims 668
Kilis 605
Kilistra 492
Kilitbahir 187
Kınalıada 165
Kiraz Festivali 20
kitesurfing 363
Kıyıkışlacık 267
Kıyıköy 143, 194-5
Kız Kulesı 119
Kızıl Kilise 591
Kızkalesi 422-4
Kocatepe Camii 448
köfte 68, 278
köfteci 66
Konya 483-91, 484
accommodation 488-9
drinking 490
festivals 488
food 489-90
shopping 490
sights 485-8
tourist offices 485
travel to/from 490-1
travel within 491
Kop Geçidi 560
Köprülü Kanyon 404-5
Korykos Castle 423
Köyceğiz 344-5
Köyceğiz-Dalyan Nature Reserve
344
Kozan 432
Küçük Saray 639
Küçükkuyu 207
Kümbet 304
Kumluca 387
Kurban Bayramı 663, 664
Kurdish people 42, 47-9
Kurdish territory 635
Kurdistan Workers Party, see PKK
Küre Dağları National Park
463-4
Kurtyurdu 304
Kurucaşile 543
Kuşadası 253-9, 254, 363
Kuscu Köyü 543
Kütahya 305-8, 306
INDEX
İstanbul 79-164, 85-97, 99, 104,
109, 8, 144, 146, 148
accommodation 129-34
activities 121-6
Asian shore 119-21
Balat 124-5
Bazaar District 108-12, 136-7,
149-50, 90-1
Bebek 122
Beşiktaş 97, 117-18, 134, 140
Beyoğlu 114-17, 133-4, 138-40,
150-1, 152, 94-5
cinemas 153-4
courses 128
cruises 121-5
drinking 140-51
emergency services 83, 84
Emirgan 123
entertainment 151-4
Eyüp 125
Fener 124
festivals 129
food 134-40
fortresses 122
Golden Horn 124
Harem 120-1
history 80
internet access 83-4
Kadıköy 121
Kandilli 122
Kanlıca 122-3
Ortaköy 97, 117-18, 134, 140,
152-3
Paşabahçe 123
planning 82
shopping 154
sights 98-121
Sultanahmet 98-121, 129-32,
135-6, 149, 150, 92-3
tourist offices 84-98
tours 126-8
travel to/from 157-60
travel within 159-64, 85
Üsküdar 119
walking tours 126-8, 127
Yeniköy 123
itineraries 22-7, 82, 624
İzbarak 638
İzmir 221-30, 222
accommodation 225-6
drinking 227
entertainment 227-8
food 226-7
shopping 228
sights 223-5
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I n d e x ( L- M )
INDEX
L
Labranda 266
Lajos Kossuth 306
Lake Ceyhan 433
Lake District 312-21
Lake Van 642-4
language 36, 48, 698-703
courses 128, 129, 659
emergencies 701-2
food 71-3
Kurdish languages 645
Laodicea 328
Laodikya 328
Latmos 263-4
Laz people 49, 562
leather 670
legal matters 665-6
leishmaniasis 694
Lekton 204
leptospirosis 694
lesbian travellers 152, 663
lese-majesty 660
Letoön 372
literature 20, 56-7
poetry 47, 57
lokanta 65
lokum 69, 157
Lone Pine 182
Lycian people 29
Lycian Way 359
Lyrbe 411
Lystra 492
M
Maçka 560
Madımak Hotel 481
Magazbert Fortress 591
magazines 654
malaria 694-5
Malatya 622-6, 623
Mamure Castle 417
Manavgat 410-11
Manavgat Waterfall 411
Manisa 230
maps 666
Maraş 598
Mardin 633-7, 634
markets, see bazaars
Marmara 167-95, 168
Marmaray 163
Marmaris 334-9, 335
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages
Mary 30, 31, 250
Mary’s House 250-1
massacre 481
measures 654
meditation 396
Mediterranean
eastern 406-39, 408-9, 432
western 331-405, 332-3
meerschaum 301-2, 670
Mersin 424-6, 425
Meryemana 250-1, 638
metros 689
Mevlâna Museum 485-7
mevlevi, see dervishes
Meydancık Castle 418
meyhane 66, 139
meze 66
Midas Şehri 304
Midyat 638-9
migration 51-2
Milas 264-6
Milet 262
Miletus 260, 262, 262
mobile phones 670
monasteries
Bagnair Monastery 591
Deyrul Zafaran 637
Eski Gümüşler Monastery 528
Keşlik Monastery 526
Monastery of St Simeon 438-9
Morgabriel Monastery 639
Selime Monastery 530
Sumela Monastery 559-60
Monastery Valley 531
money 17-18, 666-7
discount cards 661
Mor Dimet 638
Mor Eliyo 638
Mor Izozoal 638
Mor Kyriakos 638
Mor Yakup 638
Morgabriel 639
Morgabriel Monastery 639
mosaics 100, 421, 436, 601, 637
mosque etiquette 54
mosques
Adana 429
Alaaddin Camii 488
Ankara 448
Blue Mosque 100
books 59
Divriği 483
İsa Bey Camii 240
Mahmud Bey Camii 463
Manisa 230
Milas 265
Rüstem Paşa Camii 111
Selimiye Mosque 169
Süleymaniye Camii 110
Ulu Cami (Afyon) 311
Ulu Cami (Battalgazi) 626
Ulu Cami (Bursa) 293
Ulu Cami (Erzurum) 571
Üsküdar 119-20
Yeşil Camii 292
Mt Ararat 360, 595-6, 358
Mt Baba 365
Mt Davraz 315
Mt Erciyes 507
Mt Hasan 530
Mt Kaçkar 563
Mt Nemrut 616-17, 11
Mt Nemrut, Tatvan area 642
Mt Sivri 319
Mt Süphan 644
mountain biking 381
mountain walks 360
Mudurnu 284-5
Muğla 332-3
Muradiye Waterfalls 652
museums 60
Adana Ethnography Museum 429
Amasra Museum 541
Antakya Archaeology Museum 436
Antalya Museum 394
Archaeological Museum, Sinop 544
Aya Sofya Museum, Trabzon 553-4
Çorum Museum 469
dervishes 601
Ephesus museum 240-2
Eşrefoğlu Camii 321
Florence Nightingale Museum
120-1
Gaziantep Museum 601
Göreme Open-Air Museum
499-500
İstanbul Archaeological Museums
108
İznik Museum 287
Mevlâna Museum 485-7
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations
444-5
Museum of Turkish & Islamic
Arts 101
Museum of Underwater
Archaeology 270
Pasha’s Palace & Ethnography
Museum 550
Rakoczi Museum 175
Şanlıurfa Museum 610
Index (M-R)
Trabzon Museum 553
Van Museum 647
Yesemek Open-Air Museum 605
Zelve Open-Air Museum 510-11
music 60-2, 64
Mustafapaşa 522-23
Myra 386
N
O
ocakbaşı 66
Öcalan, Abdullah 42, 48, 164
Ödemiş 253
Oğuzlu Church 591
oil 147
oil wrestling 50-1, 172, 242
Oil Wrestling Festival 20
Old Malatya 626-7
Olgunlar 580-1
P
painting 63
palaces
Beylerbeyi Palace 122
Dolmabahçe Palace 117-18
Great Palace 102
Topkapı Palace 103-7, 104
Palandöken Ski Resort 575
Pamucak 142, 143, 251
Pamukkale 322-8, 323
paragliding 315, 365, 381, 362
parasailing 353
parks
Ankara 448
Bursa 294
Gaziantep 601
Giresun 551
İstanbul 107, 118
İzmir 224
Ortahisar 516-17
Trabzon 555-6
Paşabağı 511
passports 675
Patara 143, 372-4, 143
Patriça Nature Reserve 212
Penek 578
Pergamum 212-18, 215, 216
Perge 402-3, 403
Perşembe 550
Persian rule 29-30
Phaselis 391
phonecards 671
Phrygian Valley 20, 303-4
Phrygians 303
Pınara 371-2
Pınarbaşı 463-4
Pirha 377
PKK 42, 48-9, 652
planning 17-21
plants 75-6
frankincense trees 75
roses 77, 313
tulips 75
poliomyelitis 695
population 45-50, see also individual
peoples
population exchange 40, 51, 192,
209, 367
postal services 667-8
pottery 659
Priene 260, 261-2, 261
Princes’ Islands 164-6
puppet theatre 296
R
rabies 695
radio 654
rafting 362-3, 396, 404-5, 565, 578,
581, 627, 357
rakı 68, 176
Ramazan 663, 664
religion 53-5
Alevism 55
Christianity 31, 32
Islam 32
Reşadiye Peninula 339-44
restorans 66
Rize 561-3
road rules 688
road safety 660
rock climbing 390
Roman Empire 31
roses 77, 313
ruins, see archaeological sites & ruins
Rumeli Kavağı 123
Rumi, Celaleddin 33, 485-6
tomb 486
Rumkale 606-7
INDEX
Nakhichevan 592
nargileh 149
Narince 619
Narlıkuyu 421-2
national parks 76-7
Ala Dağlar National Park 525-6
Beydağları Sahil National Park 387
Dilek National Park 20, 259-60
Gallipoli National Historic Park 76,
178, 180, 185
Göreme National Park 76, 502
Güllük Dağı National Park 402
Kaçkar Dağları National Park 76
Karagöl Sahara National Park 583
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
433
Küre Dağları National Park 463-4
national marine park, Gökçeada
192
Nemrut Dağı National Park 77,
616-22, 617
Saklıkent National Park 77
Uludağ National Park 300-1, 364
Nemrut Dağı National Park 77,
616-22, 617, 11
tours 620-621
Nemrut Dağı, Tatvan area 642
Nevruz 20, 662
Nevşehir 514-15
newspapers 654
Niğde 526-8, 527
Nightingale, Florence 120-1
Noah’s Ark 595
nuclear power 77, 545
Nyssa 321
Oltu 577-8
Ölüdeniz 365-7, 366
Olympos 387, 388-9, 390
opium 310
Ordu 550-1
Ören 207, 280-1
Ortahisar 516-17
Öşkvank 577
Osman 33-4, 293
Osmaniye 432-3
Ottoman Empire 34-8, 54
architecture 58-9
books 20
food 66
Ottoman houses 458
Afyon 310
Amasya 471-2
Antalya 393
Beypazarı 455
Burdar 314
Bursa 294
Eskişehir 302
Kütahya 306
Mudurnu 284-5
Muğla 332
Ören 280
Rize 561
Safronbolu 457
Tokat 476
Yörük Köyü 461
Özkonak Underground City 514
Özlüce 524
729
730
I n d e x ( S -T )
INDEX
S
safe travel 652, 660
hitching 689
Safranbolu 455-61, 456
Sagalassos 313-14
St Gabriel 639
St John 30, 31
St Paul 30, 31, 427, 492
St Paul Trail 319, 359
Saklıkent Gorge 371
Saklıkent National Park 77
şalgam 430
Samsun 546-8
Şanlıurfa 607-13, 608
Şarapsa Hanı 415
Sardis 230-1
Sarıhan 513-14
Sarıkamış 592
Sart 230-1
Savaş 606
Şavşat 583
Savur 637-8
scams 661
Schliemann, Heinrich 199
scuba diving, see diving
sea kayaking 361-2
seals 220
Sefa Hamam 148
Şeker Bayramı 663, 664
Selçuk 239-46, 241
accommodation 242
drinking 245
food 244-5
sights 240
tourist offices 240
travel to/from 245-6
travel within 245-6
Seleuceia-in-Pieria 439
Seleukeia in Pamphylia 411
Selge 20, 404-5
Selime 530-1
Selime Monastery 530
Selimiye 304
Selimiye Mosque 169
Seljuk Turks 47
architecture 58
Şenyuva 565-6
servis 686
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
240, 248, 271
Seyitgazi 303
Şeytan Kalesi 590
shopping 668-70
Side 407-10, 410
Sidyma 372
Sığacık 236
Silifke 419-21, 420
silkworms 295
Sille 492
Silyon 403
Simena 385
Sinan, Mimar 99, 110, 111, 169, 287
Sinop 543-6, 544
Şirince 251-3
Şirnak 640-1
Sivas 478-82, 479
Sivri Dağı 319
skiing 284, 300, 315, 363-4, 565, 575,
592, 642
smoking 661
snorkelling 269
Sobesos 526
soccer 50, 154
Softa Castle 418
Soğanlı 523-5
Soğmatar 615
Söke 259
solo travellers 670
Southeast Anatolia Project 78, 607,
640
Spice Bazaar 111-12, 145
sports 50-1, see also individual sports
storks 75
Şuayb City 615
Süleyman the Magnificent 35-6
Süleymaniye Camii 110
Sultan Han 538
Sultanhanı 493
Sultaniye Hot Springs 350
Sumela Monastery 559-60, 9
Sunken City 385
Süphan Dağı 644
sustainable travel 76
Sütçüler 320
synagogues
Antakya 437
Edirne 171
İstanbul 125
İzmir 225
Sardis 231
Syria 438
T
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages
Tarabya 123
Tarsus 426-7
Taşkınpaşa 526
Taşucu 418-19
Tatvan 641-2
taxis 689
tea, see çay
Tekirdağ 175-6
Tekkale 581-2
telephone services 670-1
Telmessos 352-3
Teos 236-7
Tepeköy 192, 194
Termal 284
Termessos 401-2, 402
Thrace 167-95, 168
tiles 287, 305, 487
time 671
tipping 667
Tire 253
Tirebolu 552
Titus & Vespasian Tunnel 439
Tlos 370-1
toilets 671
Tokat 474-8, 475
Tokatlı Gorge 462
Topkapı Palace 65, 103-7
Tortum Gölü 577
Tortum Şelalesi 577
tourist information 671-2
tours 689-90
İstanbul 128-9
walking 126-8, 127
Trabzon 552-9, 554, 555
accommodation 556
drinking 557-8
entertainment 557-8
food 556-7
shopping 558
sights 553-6
tourist offices 553
travel to/from 558
travel within 558-9
train travel
to/from Turkey 18, 682
within Turkey 18, 690-1
trams 689
Trans-Kaçkar Trek 360
travel to/from Turkey 675-84
travel within Turkey 684-91
travertines 323-4
trekking, see hiking
Trojan Horse 189
Troy 29, 197-200, 200
museum 189
tuberculosis 695
tulips 75
Tür Abdin 638
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I n d e x ( T - Z ) 731
Türkbükü 280
Turkish baths, see hamams
Turkish delight 69, 157
Turks 47-8
turtles 75, 348, 350
Turunç 339
Tuz Gölü 192
TV 654
typhoid 695
U
V
vaccinations 692-3
Van 645-50, 646
Van Gölü 642-4
vegetarian travellers 70
X
W
Y
walking 358-64
water 696
water parks 256, 394, 413, 448
weather 17, 18, 658
weaving 659
weightlifting 50
weights 654
whirling dervishes, see dervishes
white-water rafting 362-3, 396,
404-5, 565, 578, 581, 627,
357
windsurfing 234, 235, 236, 363
wine 68-9, 203
wineries 203, 518
women in Turkey 45, 55-6, 636
books 56
honour killings 55
women travellers 19, 673-4
health 696-7
wool 451
work 674
World Heritage sites 26
Göreme Open-Air Museum
499-500
Letoön 372
Pamukkale 324
Sultanahmet 98
Zeyrek Camii 113
wrestling
camel wrestling 20, 51, 242, 245
oil wrestling 20, 50-1, 172, 242
Yalıkavak 278-9
Yalova 283
Yalvaç 320
Yassıhöyük 454
Yaylalar 580-1
yaylalar 583
Yazılıkaya 304, 464, 467-8
Yazılıkaya Valley 303-4
Yedi Kilise 650
Yedigöller 525
yellow fever 695
Yeni Foça 219
Yesemek Open-Air Museum
605
Yeşilyurt 207, 627
Yılankale 431
Yıldırım Beyazıt Hamam 148
yoga 396
Yortanlı Dam 218
Yörük Köyü 461
Yukarı Soğanlı 525
Yusufeli 578-80
Yuvalı 192
Xanthos 372
Z
Zelve 510-11
Zerk 404-5
Zeynel Bey Türbesi 639
Zeytinli 192, 193-4
Zigana Geçidi 560
Zından Mağarası 320
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INDEX
Üçağız 384-5
Uçhisar 507-9
Üçlerkayası 304
UFOs 500
Uğurlu 192, 194
Uludağ 300-1
Uludağ National Park 300-1, 364
Uluslararasi Bursa Festival 20
underground cities 514, 524, 531, 532
Ünye 548-50
Urfa 607-13
Urfa Bazaar 145
Ürgüp 517-22, 518
Uşak 309
Uşak Museum 60, 309
Uzuncaburç 422
Uzungöl 560-1
Uzunköprü 174-5
visas 672-3, see also passports
volunteering 674