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CANAKKALE(GALLIPOLI)-TROY

in 480 BC Xerxes persian hordes crossed the waters on their way to greece;

and in 411 and 405 BC the latter engagement ending in decisive defeat for

the athenian fleet.twenty centuries later mehmet the conqueror constructed

the eleborate fortrees of kiltbahir directly oppisite the cimenlik kale in canakkale

(which he also built),to tighten the stranglehold being applied to doomed

constantiople.in march 1915, an allied fleet attempting to force the dardanelles and

attack istanbul was repulsed, with severe losses by turkish shore batteries, prompting the even

bloodier land campaing usually known as gallipoli. these days the straits are still

heavily militarized and modern canakkle is very much a navy town..

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EPHESUS(SELCUK)

with the exeption of pompeii,EPHESUS(efes in turkish) is the largest and

best-preserved ancient city around the maditerranean:and,after the

sultanahamet district of istanbul,its the most visited tourist attraction

in turkey. the ruins are mobbed for much of the year,although with the

little planning initiative its possible to tour site in relative peace.

FETHİYE(OLUDENIZ)

fethiye is advantageously situated for the wisit some of the turqouise.

coasts more fascinating sites and, although adjacent beaches are now much

too crowded comfort in season.fethiye also makes a convenient base for the

nearby beaches at calis,oludeniz and kidrak.belcekiz and kidrak serve as

landing-pads for paragliders..

EGIRDIR

egirdir is the natural focus of turkeys lakeland,boasting an astonishingly

beuituful setting,clinging

to astri of flat land betwend toros mountains and turkeys second largest

fresh water lake...

PAMUKKALE

as you approach pamukklae from denizli, along white smudge along the hills

to the north suggests a landslide or opencast mine.. getting closer,this resolves

into the edge of a plateau, more than 100m higher than the level of the river

valley snd absolutly smothered in white TRAVERTÝNE TERRACES.

GOREME(CAPPADOCIA)

the village is still realing effects of tourism,which has mushroomed since

the late 1980s.its main street

is given over almost entirely to servicing visitors car-pet shops pensions

tour companies and retaurants are

sprouting up every where cave room and connect to the internet

ADIYAMAN(NEMRUT MOUNTAIN)

the 75-kilometre road to nemrut dagi is mostly paved but potloed and

therefore slow going:only the last

few kilometres pose any danger to your vehicles suspension.there is a

pensions near the nemrut 5 kilometres

aillage name by karadut pension..