Comments on: 5 Turkish Cities (Other Than Istanbul) To Add To Your Itinerary

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Turning Ankara Turkey Into A Tourist Town | foXnoMad — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:59:04 +0000

[...] I find this popular museum to be overrated; for a special historical treat visit Konya, one of 5 Turkish cities to add to your itinerary. From there you can take a local bus or rent a car to visit the actual Catalhoyuk, a treat since [...]

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:02:21 +0000

Anjuli, you said is perfectly and how I would describe Turkey, layers of civilization upon layers.

By: anjuli

anjuli — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:57:01 +0000

I must say Turkey is such an intriguing country- what captured my interest when I visited Turkey was the history within the history– everywhere you go …you are walking on layers of civilizations. I traveled in a big loop …from East to West Turkey…and I find it difficult to choose which place I loved best.

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:30:13 +0000

It was hard to narrow it down, many great choices and variety in Turkey.

By: Donna Hull

Donna Hull — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:09:12 +0000

I’ve yet to visit Turkey. Thanks to introducing me to five Turkish cities that I’m adding to my “when I visit Turkey” list.

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The Best Comments Of The Month: November 2009 : foXnoMad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:02:07 +0000

[...] never though of it before but the Van cat does kind of look like David Bowie (thanks [...]

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:02:48 +0000

That’s awesome, Konya and Sinop don’t usually make most Turkey travel plans When you’re in Konya I’d recommend Catalhoyuk if you’re into archeology – a very cool site.

I spent a lot of time in Ankrara growing up but hesitated to put it on the list. It’s an underrated city though and you can have a lot of fun there, the nightlife is pretty active. I wrote a piece on it as a guest post sometime ago if you’re interested.

http://everthenomad.blogspot.com/2009/07/guest-post-turkey.html

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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:15:02 +0000

[...] Anil Polat blogs about 5 Turkish cities, excluding Istanbul, to add to your itinerary. [...]

By: Priyank

Priyank — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:05:26 +0000

Hi Anil,

I have a whole trip planned for Turkey and Konya and Sinop were especially on my list. I love visiting small towns and obscure places since they offer great insights and are quite unspoiled. Also the people are not running to their work or overly desensitized to visitors, that makes it kinda charming. There was a picture of Sinop (from the hill) in the Turkish ship that was docked at Sochi, Russia (it was heading for Trabzon, like most others) but I was prompted to read more about it. Thanks for the list.
PS: Which city did you grow up in?

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:33:41 +0000

Sherry, I didn’t know that – but have to say you picked a great first place to travel to! Van seems to be the favorite in the comments…I guess you can’t argue with good food