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Camel Wrestling
... district (Aydin), Selimiye town (Mugla) 14 December: Saraycik town (Çanakkale), Mumcular town (Bodrum) 21 December: Kusadasi and Buharkent and Yamalak towns (Aydin), Milas town (Mugla) 28 December: ...
Cesme
... Race held every year in Çesme and Alaçati, apart from Bodrum. The thermal baths around Ilica are very popular; the best being located on Sifne Bay. In 146 AD the Greek geographer Pausanius ...
Foreign embassies and consulates in Turkey
... Eski Belediye Binasi Yani Alacati Izmir (533)2595160 (232)7170206 Tepecik Mah. Hamam Sok. 4 Bodrum Mugla (252)3167051 (252)3167952 France Paris Cad. 70 Kavaklidere Ankara (the capital ...
Bodrum (Halicarnassus)
Bodrum is 1 of the most well liked holiday resorts in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), well known for its night life, underwater archaeology museum, and mausoleum of Halicarnassos. An impressive medieval ...
Top Tourist Sites
... Ege): Ephesus (Turkish: Efes) , Bodrum (Halicarnassus) , Kusadasi , Izmir , Aphrodisias , Marmaris , Datca , Cnidos , Caunos , Nyssa , Pergamum , Pamukkale (Hierapolis) , Priene , Miletus , Didyma , ...
Turkey 's flora
... Aegean (Turkish: Ege) coast, a town whose name derives from the ancient Phoenician for seal. A local Seal Committee has beer set up in the town, followed via another at Yalikavak near Bodrum further to ...
Sports in Turkey
... charters available. Gulets are traditional motor yachts and gulet holidays are becoming increasingly popular. Best Gulets are build in Marmaris and Bodrum. Scuba Diving Mediterranean and Aegean (Turkish: ...
Labranda
... The site is well known with its Temple of Zeus, its delicious water, and its pine and plane tree forests. There are daily tours to Labranda from Bodrum as well which is about 1 hr away. The most ancient ...
Turkish architecture
... Ankara's Middle East Technical University, the Oren and Bodrum coastal strips, the Houses of Parliament, the Kayseri Surgical Clinic designed via Affan Kirimli, the Adana Social Security Headquarters and ...
Mugla
... of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). The most beautiful holiday resorts of Bodrum, Marmaris, Datca, Köycegiz and many others are all within the borders of Mugla province. There are many quality holiday ...
Ancient Caria
... to Persia. In 377 BC Mausolus became satrap of Caria in Halicarnassos (today Bodrum) and he craftily developed Caria into an independent power without upsetting his Persian masters. Alexander the Great ...
Herodotus
Herodot was the father of written history who was born in Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, today Bodrum Herodotus, the "father of history" according to Cicero, was born in Dorian Halicarnassus (Bodrum today) ...
Hospitals in Izmir & environs
State and private hospitals in Izmir, Kusadasi, Bodrum, Didim, and in the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) See also Hospitals in Istanbul , Hospitals in Ankara (the capital ...
Hostels in Turkey
... (Turkish:Kapadokya), Selcuk and Kusadasi near Ephesus (Turkish: Efes), Pamukkale, Bodrum, Olympos, Didyma, Antalya, and many many other locations. ...
Getting to Turkey
... services to the ports of Trabzon, Samsun, Istanbul, Dikili, Izmir, Cesme, Kusadasi, Bodrum, Marmaris, Antalya, Alanya, Mersin and Iskenderun. Car Ferries: There are several car ferries for tourists who ...
Fairs, festivals and events
... Sept-October Mersin Art and Culture Festival Sept-October Altin Portakal (Golden Orange) Film Festival-Antalya October Ahi Brotherhood Cultural Week October International Bodrum ...
Useful phone numbers
... Fax: 3259950 Bodrum: Milas Airport Tel: (0252) 5230101 Fax: 5230082 Nevsehir: Kapadokya Airport Tel: (0384) 4214455 Fax: 4214451 Turkish Airlines Offices and Sales Agencies (THY) Abroad Abu-Dhabi: ...
Turkish information offices
... Binasi, Tel: (0-434) 2265305 - 2265304 Bolu Karamanli Mah. Konuralp Cad. No. 11 Tel: (0-374) 2122254 - 2155479, Fax: (0-374) 2123945 Bodrum Baris Meydani, Tel: (0-252) 3161091- 3167694, Fax: ...
Foca Monk Seals
... for Monk Seals in Foca near Izmir and Yalikavak near Bodrum on the Turkish coast. The WWF (World Wildlife Fund) Foca Project started in July 1993 and supported the SAD-AFAG Group (The Underwater Research ...
Datca
... BC Dorians invaded the southern part of Caria and established the Dorian Hexapolis with the cities of Cnidus (near Datça), Halicarnassos (modern Bodrum), Cos (Greek island), Kamiros, Lindos and ...
