Sultanahmet: The Blue Mosque. The Topkapi Palace, The Aya Sofia

The beautiful southern beach town of Antalya. "In recent years, the gulf of Antalya, with a coastal strip of some 200 km with bays and coves of exceptional beauty filled with the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean, has become one of the most popular tourist resorts in Turkey. The coastal plain is covered with banana plantations and orchards of citrous fruit, as well as pine forests and groves of palm trees." -Let's Go

Eating brunch, Onder's house for dinner, walking the Bosphorus and some work pics.

Going for Szymon's going away party in the town of Bursa. "Bursa is one of Turkey's holiest cities, as well as a major industrial center. Surrounded by fertile plains and blessed withe vast gardens and parks the city has earned the moniker "Green Bursa". Since green is also the symbolic color of Islam, the nickname has a double meaning. While the city's 14th century mosques and tombs still receive visitors, Bursa's robust economy has fueled the development of a wealthy resort area among the towering mountains, including one of Turkey's hottest skiikng spots. Bursa hasn't bothered to turn its many historical sites and mosques into museums, instead preferring to let its visitors see them in their recent incarnations. The last stop on the fabled Silk Road from China, Bursa's silk markets are still in use, as are its mosques and thermal baths." -Let's Go Travel Guide Turkey 2003

Sawady, Taksim, AIESEC office, Ortakoy

"Cappadocia's enchanting landscape remains unparalleled in history and mystery. Ten million years ago, eruptions from the volcanic Mt. Erciyes (3916m) and Mt. Hasan (3268m) covered the underlying plateaus with tufa, as soft stone made of lava, ash, and mud. Rain, wind, and flooding from the K?z?l?rmak River shaped the tufa into a striking landscape of cone-shaped monoliths called peribaca (fairy chimneys), grouped in valleys and along gorge ridges. Visitors today are both captivated by the genius of ancient civilizations and inspired by pristine hikes through Cappadocia's bizarre geology, which is sometimes compared to the Grand Canyon on acid." - Let's Go Travel Guide Turkey 2003 "If Fred Flinstone took drugs, he'd probably hallucinate about living in a place like Cappadocia. Its bizarre hills have been the site for some of the most eccentric settlements in human history. Soft, red rock is topped with harder, darker layers, allowing for a process called differential erosion. So what? So...people down the centuries have been able to gouge living spaces from the soft underbelly, while the hard outer shell preserved-and continues to preserve-those same living spaces intact. The Hittites were the first to dig in. Then, from the sixth to the thirteenth centuries, came Christians on the run from marauding Arabs. Speaking of marauding Arabs, these days it's the turn of the hordes of backpackers... except, of course, if you break with convention and come in the winter." -David Cox, "Cappadocia in January"

Snowy days, lunch break,ping pong matches and Oznur's engagement party.

Istanbul, Pamukkale, Efes, Izmir