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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 | By scholarships | Views [9646] | Comments [12] | Video
Dreaming about going on assignment with Rough Guides in Turkey??
If you've already read all the info about our Travel Writing Scholarship and still have some questions or would like a bit of extra insight, hopefully our video blog ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 | By stowaway | Views [4598] | Comments [7]
We left Greece and after a long and annoying border check, we entered Turkey and drove to Instanbul. I had 3 days there to wander around and went to the Blue mosque and St Sofia and lots of museums (such as the archaeological museum, the museum of ... Read more >
Tags: anzac, belly dancers, blue mosque, food & eating, istanbul, olimpos, termessos, troy, turkey
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By goreme1990 | Views [2769] | Comments [3]
In early August, 2002, we arrived at Istanbul Airport. When we got off the plane and out into the open we just stood for a while, breathing in the summer air. The airport hadn’t changed but we had. Old hands, we knew if we just waited long enough, ... Read more >
Tags: cappadocia, goreme, kayseri, lisa morrow, travel, turkey
Sun, 21 Oct 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [2145]
Tom We arrived in Istanbul a
couple of days ago, cycling into this sprawling monolith of a city
along one of the two main routes against about 9 manic lanes of
rush-hour traffic, minibuses and not-so-mini-buses.
That experience recovered from, ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 | By kokoricooo | Views [845] | Comments [2]
Welcome to a country between Middle East and Europe ! Welcome to a country where a taxi driver can propose to drive you for free, where a polıceman wıll just come to you and do the very best to explain you how to fınd your way. Here the tradition is ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 | By jmmal2 | Views [754] | Comments [2]
We weren't quite sure what to expect from Turkey but we were quite pleased. The people were the most friendly and helpful we have met through Europe, and definately the cheapest country which was great as our British pounds started to dwindle... Started ... Read more >
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 | By awjh | Views [723]
Three nights in Turkey is meant to provide us with some downtime after four days in Athens hiking around all the ancient sights we can fit in followed by 22 hours of travelling (overnight) to make it there. This includes two stops during the night - one ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Aug 2014 | By lipowcan8 | Views [532]
Turkey is more up to date, more expensive and a lot hotter than I thought it would be. It's been over 100 every day. I try to do something in the morning, hunker down in the afternoon and enjoy the evenings. So far I've visited a two ruins and traveled ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Dec 2015 | By shaz | Views [509]
This was my second time in Istanbul on this trip. The first was a stopover night before my Christmas trip to Thessaloniki & Meteora. At that time I managed to get into the city using the hotel free shuttle and see the beautiful mosques before my ... Read more >
Mon, 5 Aug 2013 | By timseal | Views [451]
(Istanbul 1250) So after 2 weeks of attempts back in the UK to get the Iranian Embassy in Frankfurt to issue our visas, which ended in failure on Thursday, we arrived in Istanbul last night with our hopes resting on the Iranian embassy in the Turkish ... Read more >
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 | By | Views [277] | Scholarship Entry
I never thought I’d be spitting sunflower seeds off the back of a fishing boat, sailing along the crisp, Mediterranean waters of the Bosphorus Strait. But there I was: 23 years old; a college graduate. What was I doing in the middle of Istanbul, in the ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
Travelling is a plunge into the unknown. It attracts and gives a sense of uneasiness at the same time. The promise of adventures, meeting interesting people, going through new experiences, immersing oneself in new cultures, eventually wins from our urge ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Wed, 20 May 2015 | By | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
The sky in Istanbul is a melancholic grayish blue during Autumn. Dennis was aiming to avoid the taciturn mid-day luminosity and the pesky tourist that congregate at the Sultan Ahmed Mosque by squaring his camera lens early in the morning, at 5am. I was ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By andrewalex | Photo Gallery
(Formerly Known As Constantinopl)
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Sat, 28 Aug 2010 | By benacris | Photo Gallery
a city that combines east and west
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