|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
TURKEY
|
| Asia
Minor |
 |
|
THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MISSIONARY JOURNIES OF ST PAUL
AND LOCATION OF THE 7 CHURCHES OF ASIA.
AN AREA OF ROLLING HILLS, LUSH FERTILE VALLEYS, RURAL FARMING
SCENES, LAKES AND MOUNTAINS BORDERED ON THE WEST BY THE AEGEAN
COASTLINE AND THE SOUTH BY THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE BEST PRESERVED
REMAINS ARE THOSE OF EPHESUS.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Central
Anatolia |
|
|
MUCH TRAVELLED BY PAUL, FROM THE REGION OF GALATIA (ANKARA)
THROUGH CAPPADOCIA TO ICONIUM (KONYA), AND OF COURSE, HIS
NATIVE TOWN OF TARSUS.
CAPPADOCIA TODAY IS FAMOUS FOR A VARIETY OF IMPRESSIVE RELIGIOUS
FRESCOES ANDF ART DISPLAYED IN THE CHURCH-CAVES OF THIS HONEY
COMBED MOUNTAINOUS REGION.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click below for
full size
map of Turkey
|
| West |
 |
| East |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Eastern
Anatolia
|
 |
|
AN AREA ASSOCIATED WITH ADAM, NOAH, AND ABRAHAM FROM THE SOURCES
OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS, TO THE MAGESTIC PEAKS
OF MOUNT ARARAT. LANDS WITH TREMENDOUS DIVERSITY THAT SURPRISE
TRAVELLERS:
RED OCHRE PLATEAUS, THE FORESTS, WATERFALLS, AND GREEN PASTURES,
THE PERMANENT SNOW-CAP ON BIBLICAL MOUNT ARARAT, AND THE IMMENSE
LAKE VAN WITH ITS DEEP BLUE WATERS.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Turkey,
exotic, colourful, many-faceted, enchanting, ever old and ever new,
is the bridge between eastern and western cultures. Roughly the size
of Spain and Italy combined, with a population of around 70 million,
of whom 60% live in the cities. From the ancient Hitite empire through
the vast Ottoman period, to the present day republic, Turkey is a
mosaic of culture. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Constantinople
- Istanbul
|
|
TURKEY'S CAPITAL ONCE AS CONSTANTINOPOLE, WAS THE CENTER OF
THE CHRISTIAN WORLD FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. TODAY THE CITY SPANS
THE BOSPHOROUS RIVER WEST INTO EUROPE AND EAST INTO ASIA.
THE ENCHANTING GOLDEN HORN IS PERHAPS THE OLDEST SECTOR HOUSING
THE IMPRESSIVE TOPKAPI PALACE, HOME OF THE SULTANS DURING
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
