With a little luck it is possible to see the wild Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta Caretta at the river outlet of Dalyan River near the Mediterranean Sea.

Harran is located near the border between Turkey and Syria and was an important commercial, cultural and religious center under the Babylonians in ancient Mesopotamia. Harran is probably the city of Haran, where Abraham lived.

Who is walking in the old quarter of Şanlıurfa, may find some restaurants in historical houses, who offers a so called Urfa Night with traditional meal and livemusic program.

Once the “Urfa Night” was not only organized to have a nice evening, it was a reguarly meeting of a group of men. Every week another man had to invite his friends to have conversations and to eat together.


A boat trip in the early morning on the Dalyan River between the small town Dalyan, located in the Mugla Province of Turkey, and the Istuzu Beach at the Mediterranean coast is very appealingly.

Kaunos was a city of ancient Caria, located near the small town of Dalyan. According to legend the city was founded by Kaunos, son of Miletos and Kyane …

Above the chalk terraces Pamukkale, located near the city of Denizli in the Aegean Region of Turkey are the ruins of the ancient city Hierapolis. During reign of Eumenes II, King of Pergamon and from 133 BC. under the Romans, Hierapolis was an important place. Later the city became a center of weaving wool and dyeing workshops and textile trade.

The Covered Bazaar in Istanbul (Turkish: Kapalı Çarşısı) is also well known as the “Grand Bazaar” or the “Golden Bazaar”. The original part once was built with wood under Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II. in the year 1461, only eight years after the conquest of Constantiople and developed under the reign of Sultan Suleyman (1520-1566). Because of several fires the bazar had to be restored later and was more and more developed. The dealers in the bazaar are still today usually located together with their branches like gold shops, carpet or leather stores…