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- Atatürk Airport for homebound flights.
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Ankara- Although it only became Turkey’s capital in 1923, Ankara is by no means a new city, indeed it is considerably older than Istanbul, having been founded by the Hittite, circa 1.200 B.C. It was soon taken over by the Phrygians whose vast necropolis came to light in 1925. It prospered under the Romans and a number of monuments have survived from this era, including a Temple of Augustus and a Column of Julian.
Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey.
Lunch at Ankara Castle.
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. The museum has a priceless collection stretching from prehistoric times to the classical period. It is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest museums, and is housed in a restored Ottoman Han. The different cultures of Anatolia are presented here in chronological order and include outstanding examples of the art of the Hatti, Hittites, Phrygians and Urartians
Breifing on domestic/foreign policy issues hosted by Eurasia Strategic Research Foundation — ASAM.
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Cappadocia tour.
Goreme Open Air Museum, which was once a major center ofmonasticism. The finest of its frescoed churches are undoubtedly the Karanlik Kilise(the Dark Church), the Elmali Kilise (the Apple Church), and the Tokali Kilise (thechurch with a Buckle). The last named has frescoes painted by a certain Nikephorosin an exceptionally sophisticated, classicizing style.
Underground city of Kaymakli (or Ozkonak).
In Avanos, the town famous for its pottery, we will visit a pottery workshop.
Whirling Dervishes ceremony at the magnificent Saruhan Caravanserai.
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Konya- 12th and 13th centuries Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, one of the most enlightened and tolerant states of the entire medieval period. It was also home to the great Sufi mystic and poet Rumi, who founded the Mevlevi Order of the Whirling Dervishes.
Museum and Tomb of Rumi, which is one of the supreme achievements of Turkish Art. Its dome is completely covered with an amazingly intricate faience mosaic.
Neolithic site of Catalhoyuk where humans first congregated in villages. We will be given a private tour of this neolithic Anatolian site, excavated by an international team, by Dr. Ian Hodder of Stanford University, who leads the excavation project.
13th century Agzikarahan Seljukcaravanserai.
Cappadocia- In the Neolithic period Cappadocia was caught between two active volcanoes, Mounts Hasan and Erciyes, which buried it under a thick layer of ash. This formed the soft malleable stone known as tufa, and over the centuries erosion and human effort combined to create the fantastic landscape we see today, with its many thousands of varicolored pinnacles and surreal rock formations. The Byzantines carved hundreds of churches into the rock of Cappadocia and sheltered themselves from the armies of the Abbasid Caliphate in enormous refuges descending hundreds of feet into the earth. Many of the churches are lavishly decorated with frescoes dating mostly from the 9th to 11th centuries.
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Ephesus Archeological Museum.
Aphrodisias, the city dedicated to the goddess of love and home to one of the most important schools of sculpture inthe Roman world. Aphrodisias was recognized as a sacred sanctuary and wasawarded special privileges that began in the time of Augustus.
Temple of Aphrodite, built around the 1st century B.C. and converted into a basilica in the 5th century A.D and one of the finest ancient stadiums ever built.
A village school, Atakoy Ilkogretim Okulu, in Karacasu.
Delightful ¨frozen waterfalls¨ and the healing hot mineral springs of Pamukkale, the main cotton growing area of Turkey and an ancient health resort for the Roman.
Hierapolis and see distinctive limestone travertines created over the millennia and the large Roman bath which later became a church, theater, main streets, gates and Necropolis.
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Green Mosque and Tomb.
Ephesus- If you’ve ever heard the words ¨an epistle to theEphesians¨, now is your chance to sit in the theatre where St. Paul preached.
Walkalong colonnaded streets imagining them crowded with people visiting the shops
and taverns or simply strolling in the shade. Ephesus was one of the greatest cities of antiquity with a population approaching100,000 and its vast Temple of Artemis was numbered among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The city housed everything that was necessary for
civilization to flourish, education, politics, entertainment, sport, and the good life
in general.
Library Celsus, bathhouses, a gymnasium and luxurious mansions, decorated with mosaics and frescoes rivaling those of Pompeii.
Ephesus is among the best preserved classical cities of the Mediterranean, and the
perfect place to get a feeling for what life was like in Roman times.
House of Virgin Mary where it is believed that she spent the last years of her life.
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