The Companion Guide to Turkey

One of the classic "Companion Guides" series, this is a guide both to the antiquities of Turkey and to its way of life. Starting in Istanbul, it explores the European and Asian provinces including the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, the Dardanelles, the downs of Thrace and the mountains of Anatolia.

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For thousands of years Turkey has been at the crossroads of history. All of the civilisations that have flourished here have left magnificent monuments to their greatnesss, ranging from the ruins of Homeric Troy to the theatres and temples of the Graeco-Roman world, from the churches of Byzantium to the mosques and palaces of the Ottoman Empire. But John Freely's comprehensively revised and updated book is a guide not only to the antiquities of Turkey butto the country itself, to the Turkish people and their way of life, to the spirit and atmosphere of this ancient and extraordinary land.