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blue mosque   Istanbul

blue mosque, Istanbul

 21 Reviews  Funny when I was inside the man came to me and offered to lead me to prayer area. Thus I could see all saint places close (it costed me YTL 5). I was near by the stairs where mulla speaks to prayers... 

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Beaches   Marmaris

Beaches, Marmaris

 6 Reviews  Icmeler is a real beach place, if you like sunbathe on the beach during your vacation, Icmeler is the place to be. It has a nice walking boulevard with lots of restaurants. The beach is covered with... 

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Beaches   Bodrum

Beaches, Bodrum

 9 Reviews  there is something for everyone!! if you want to just lie down and relax on the sunlounger turgutreis, torba, gundogan and bitez is for you. If you are into water sports crowded and loud fun beaches... 

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Celsus Library   Ephesus

Celsus Library, Ephesus

 6 Reviews  The Celsus Library, whose facade has been carefully reconstructed from all original pieces, was built ca. 125 B.C.E. by Gaius Julius Aquila in memory of his father C.Celsus - the General Governor of... 

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Nisantasi   Istanbul

Nisantasi, Istanbul

 9 Reviews  Nisantasi parking can be very peculiar.... Well, just imagine, you need to drop by your girlfriend, there is no free parking plance in front of her house (to be frank, parking is a nightmare in... 

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Tourist Information Center   Marmaris

Tourist Information Center, Marmaris

 6 Reviews  Take a look to marmaris guide sites. Marmaris Tourism Center İskele Meydanı (Ferry Jetty Square) Marmaris, Muga Turkey Hours: Mon–Fri 8.30am–7pm; summer open Sat & Sun Located right near... 

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Sightseeing   Bodrum

Sightseeing, Bodrum

 16 Reviews  Bodrum's harbourfront and marina are full of hustle and bustle with bracing sea breezes to counteract the hot sun, The boats are packed tightly like sardines and a sea of masts and red flags sway in... 

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History   Ephesus

History, Ephesus

 6 Reviews   The ancient city occupies the territory of several square kilometers. You can see the map of the Ancient city and the typical way of excursion (green color) on the picture. This place became known... 

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Asian side   Istanbul

Asian side, Istanbul

 16 Reviews  I had to visit the Asian side, and, in a quick look, tried to find any difference - I didn't. As a matter of fact that continental separation is only a convention, without any differences in... 

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Mugla Markets   Marmaris

Mugla Markets, Marmaris

 4 Reviews  Mugla is a town that isn't overflowed by tourists yet. It has a charming old town and i loved the market place! I think the satue what you see on the picture is from Ataturk. Mustafa Kemal... 

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Sailing   Bodrum

Sailing, Bodrum

 11 Reviews  Bodrum is such a great place for sailing in. There are loads of Islands dotted all over the peninsular that you can pull up to and sail to. One such Island is opposite Kadikalesi and Turgutries. I... 

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Grand Theatre   Ephesus

Grand Theatre, Ephesus

 8 Reviews  The most magnificent structure in Ephesus ancient city, the great Theatre is located on the slope of Panayir Hill, opposite the Harbor Street, and easily seen when entering from the south entrance to... 

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Bosphorus   Istanbul

Bosphorus, Istanbul

 50 Reviews  The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles form the Turkish Straits, which connect the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. The Bosphorus is known as narrowest strait in the world that is used for... 

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Buses   Marmaris

Buses, Marmaris

 4 Reviews  I did this trip in a Dolmus. The views on the section coming into Gokova are STUNNING!! The Bus climbs a Mountain, then coming down the other side you look down into a valley full of rich agriculture,... 

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Curettes Road   Ephesus

Curettes Road, Ephesus

 6 Reviews  It is the small portion of the sacred way, running between the Celsus Library and the Hercules Gate. It took its name from the class of priests referred to as "curettes" in long lists found at the... 

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Topkapi palace   Istanbul

Topkapi palace, Istanbul

 23 Reviews  gotta agree with all the TopKapi would be the best to see. I dont recall there being a tour guide there BUT I do recall when we went back for a second day it was closed for the day - was it Monday? i... 

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Icmeler Bay   Marmaris

Icmeler Bay, Marmaris

 2 Reviews  Have a trip on the FINDING NEMO BOAT! Fun for all the family and its very safe for FAMILYS! you can email them on findingnemoboat@yahoo.com Children are especially welcome and the foods fantastic! The... 

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Ortaköy   Istanbul

Ortaköy, Istanbul

 7 Reviews  Istanbul as a perfect relationship with the sea. The straight protects the coast from big storms, and that allows the Turks to treat it almost as a river. Big and small boats, palaces and restaurants... 

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Hagia Sophia   Istanbul

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

 22 Reviews  Turkish: Ayasofya, Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum, in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is... 

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Dolmabahce Palace.   Istanbul

Dolmabahce Palace., Istanbul

 11 Reviews  Nowadays the palace is the museum. The entrance fee is YTL 10 (EUR 5) and extra YTL 6 (EUR 3) for making photos on the territory. Moreover there are extra tickets for the clock museum and Harem. The... 

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bazaars   Istanbul

bazaars, Istanbul

 8 Reviews  Hi VidER, I have never heard the words Grand Hajj Eid and Eid al Adha, but I checked the calendar and I guess you mean Feast of Sacrifice. 1. All markets and restaurants will be open. Most shops... 

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various mosques   Istanbul

various mosques, Istanbul

 16 Reviews   Before heading to Istanbul I have heard a story (hard to tell true or not), that mosques in Islam world are build in a principle that everyone could hear the voices of muezzin. So, by such logic the... 

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galata bridge   Istanbul

galata bridge, Istanbul

 6 Reviews  Yes, Istanbul is a beautiful city with many great sights. But there are many beautiful cities in the world, so what makes Istanbul so special? For me it was the hours spent in the city's wonderful... 

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Grand Bazaar   Istanbul

Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

 8 Reviews  I think it is the biggest covered market in the world. It joins 58 streets and guide books say that daily 250000-400000 people visit it. It was built in the middle of XV century by order of Mehmed II.... 

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galata tower   Istanbul

galata tower, Istanbul

 8 Reviews  Karaköy, the modern name for the ancient Galata, is a commercial neighborhood in the Beyoðlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of... 

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KAPAMA KEBAP

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Kapama Kebab - Lamb with onions and lettuce Ingredients: 520 cal (6 servings) · 1000 gr. fatty lamb meat · 15 fresh onion petioles · 1 onion · 2 bunches dill · 1 glass water · 2 heads lettuce PREPARATION: Cut the meat into 8 pieces. Peel, wash and cut onion petioles into 1-inch slices. Wash the lettuce and cut into 2.5 inch pieces. Peel and slice the onion into rings. Chop the dill. Wash the meat and put into a saucepan. Add the lettuce, fresh onion petioles, onion, dill, some salt and water. Cover and cook for 90 minutes. Place in a serving bowl when cooking time is over. Put the cubed lamb meat in big casserole, top with 1/3 of the tomatoes, green beans, carrots, eggplants, and Gibson onions, half of the tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes, garlic, and okra and the rest of the tomatoes. Add 1/2-tablespoon salt, the granulated sugar, the margarine, and the water. Cover and place in...

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DONER KEBAP

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Doner Kebab Ingredients: · 1 1/2 kg.'s leg of lamb · 50 gr. black pepper · 2 kg's lamb fat, ground · 1 egg, · 1 50 gr. salt · 1 liter onion juice · 1 cup of olive oil Remove any bits of skin and bone from the meat. Cut into serving-size pieces. Pound with a meat tenderizer or the edge of a heavy saucepan until 1/8 cm. thick. Trim. Prepare a marinade of onion juice, olive-oil, salt and pepper, and soak meat in the marinade. Spread over each piece of meat the lamb fat, and ground lamb mixed with an egg. Thread pieces of meat on a long skewer, starting with the larger pieces. Trim the chunk of meat on the skewer and add trimmings to the end of skewer. The chunk of meat is broiled in the "Doner Kebab" broiler, made especially for the purpose. warning : It has nothing o do with greek Gyro ( taste is completely different )

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SHICH KEBAP ( SIS KEBAP )

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Shish Kebab Ingredients: (5 servings) · 1 kg. Lamb meat (from thigh or shoulder) cut into small pieces · 4 tomatoes · 2 green peppers Cut tomatoes into large chunks removing the inner soft part. Cut the green peppers in half, remove the seeds and cut into smaller pieces. Skewer a piece of meat, tomato, and green pepper successively. Cook on a barbecue, 3 to 4 minutes each side.

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URFA KEBAP

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Urfa kebab Ingredients: 950 cal (6 servings) · 1500 gr. lean ground lamb · 6 pides of approximately 250 gr. each (Pide is slightly leavened flat bread) · 5 tablespoons of butter · 1 glass of meat broth · 2 onions · 1 tablespoon of olive oil · 2 tomatoes · 2 bunches of parsley · Black pepper · Red pepper salt PREPARATION: Mince the meat twice. After washing and peeling the tomatoes, remove the seeds and mince. Grate the onions. Wash and chop the parsley. Place ground meat in a bowl. Add the onions, tomatoes, three quarters of parsley, olive oil, red pepper, black pepper and salt. Knead for a half an hour blending well. Make into sausage shaped meatballs and skewer. Place skewers 5 cm. above moderate coal fire, and grill until they are golden brown. Meanwhile melt 100 grams butter. Cut the pides into quarters, and coat with melted butter before toasting on a grill. When the pides are...

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SULTAN'S KEBAP

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Sultan's Kebab Ingredients: 500 cal (6 servings) · 1000 gr. mutton · 2 tablespoons margarine · 2 onions · 2 medium tomatoes or 2 tablespoons of unsalted tomato paste · 1/2 tablespoon black pepper · salt · 2 1/2 glasses of water Eggplant puree: · 750 gr. eggplant · 2 1/2 tablespoon flour · 3 tablespoons butter · 1 1/5 glasses of milk · 1/4 glass of grated Kashar cheese PREPARATION: Peel and grate the onions. Pare the tomatoes, scoop out the seeds and dice. KEBAB: Put the margarine and grated onions in a saucepan and sauté over moderate heat. Add the meat and sauté with the onions for 3-4 minutes until golden. Cover and cook until the meat absorbs the water while stirring occasionally. Season with 1/2-tablespoon black pepper and salt. Add the tomatoes or the tomato paste and 2-2 1/2 glasses of hot water, and simmer until the meat is tender. Check occasionally for water and add water if...

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KEBAP WITH YOGHOURT

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Kebab with yogurt Ingredients: 600 cal (6 servings) 900 gr. mutton meat · 3 Pides (Pide is slightly leavened bread, for this dish you may obtain the pides from a Turkish Restaurant) · 5 tablespoons butter or margarine · 2 medium tomatoes (very ripe) Sauce: · 500 gr. unflavored natural yoghurt · 1 large tomato · 6 green peppers · 1/2 tablespoon red pepper Place pides on a grill and heat both sides gently. After cubing the pides, put them on a preheated plate and top of with 2 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter or margarine. Mix well and set aside. Marinate the cubed meat in onion juice and olive oil. Skewer the meat cubes, leaving 1/2 inch between each meat cube, place skewers 2 inches above moderate coal fire and grill all sides until golden brown for 4-5 minutes. While the kebabs are being grilled, peel and dice the medium tomatoes, put in a pan and cook gently for 2 minutes. Spread the...

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Who are the Ottoman Emperors ???

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In this chart I just want to give some information about Ottoman rulers ( sultans) and the origines of their wife and the turkish name that given later on . Only the first and second emperor had turkish wife and literally all the mothers of the sultan are not turkish as origine 1 Osman Gazi 2 Orhan Gazi 3 I. Murad (Hüdavendigar) Byzantium Horofira nilüfer hatun.4 I. Bayezid Yildirim BeyazitBulgarian Marya gülçiçek hatun5 I. Mehmed (Çelebi) Bulgarian Olga olga hatun6 II. Murad (Gazi) Veronika 7 II. Mehmed Fatih Sultan MehmetSerbian Despina hüma hatun8 II. Bayezid (Veli) Cornelia 9 I. Selim Yavuz Sultan SelimGreek Ayse hatun 10 I. Süleyman Kanuni Sultan SüleymanPolish jewish Helga hafza sultan.11 II. Selim (Sari) Ukranian jewish Roxalana hürrem sultan.12 III. Murad Jewish Rachel nurbanu sultan.13 III. Mehmed Venezian Bafo safiye sultan14 I. AhmedGreek Helen handan sultan15 I. Mustafa 16...

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Administral System

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Turkiye is divided into provinces, an administrative system barrowed from France. There are 81 provinces (il) in Turkey. Each province is then subdivided into smaller administrative units called ilçe (district), roughly equivalent to a county in the U.S. Provinces are usually named after the biggest city in that province. The two other large subdivisions are also named for the biggest settlements in that division. Each Ilçe is subdivided into Bucak (like a township) and each bucak is further divided into villages (köy). "Vali" (governor) administers the province, "kaymakam" the districts (ilçe), and "nahiye müdürü" oversees the bucak. The governor (vali) also acts as the administrative head of the central district. Each major settlement in a province also elects a mayor, called "belediye reisi". The mayors of these settlements deal only with the physical infrastructure of the cities...

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work and residence permits

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There are, as there always have been, a large number of foreigners living and working in the cosmopolitan city of Istanbul, and you do get feeling that this is encouraged, which closer ties with the Eurpoean Community should only reinforce. The inevitable bureaucracy may sometimes belie this impression when you are in the middle of it, the only solution at times seeming to be the help of someone who knows, but no problems are insurmountable and usually a bit of patience should do the trick. A work permit is obtainable from the relevant government departments in Ankara, but the residence permit comes from the police in Istanbul, though requirements should be checked out in each particular situation, and some circularity will be found in the progress of the one permit being dependent on that of the other. Knowledge of "Turkish" is essential at many stages of the process, and eventually the...

MAP OF TURKISH FOOD 9

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Hosmerim is also a common dessert made by Lor cheese, semolina, flour, sugar and margarine dessert Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Balikesir, Bolu, Manisa, Usak are claming to be the owner of HOSMERÝMMadimak is a central anatolia food and its used widely in Amasya, Çorum and Yozgat Maras is the owner of his typical ice cream and red pepper Yogurt, bacon, wheat( bulgur ), and tarhana are %100 Turkish products

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El Vino Hotel  Bodrum

 2 Reviews and 272 Opinions  This small property is both central (10 min walk to the bazaar and waterfront) and secluded and... 

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