Western Turkey Odyssey Photo Gallery by Helen Betts at pbase.com

Western Turkey Odyssey

This is a gallery of a two-week drive around western Turkey, starting in Ankara and with stops in Pamukkale, Kusadasi, Selçuk and Ephesus, Bodrum, Izmir, Foça, Bergama, Troy, Çanakkale and Istanbul. Because I've been to many of the places in this gallery in the past, I didn't want to reinvent the wheel and take the same shots of everything. For more shots of Turkey, please go to https://pbase.com/helenpb/istanbul_revisited for Istanbul, https://pbase.com/helenpb/the_wonders_of_turkeys_cappadocia for Cappadocia, https://pbase.com/helenpb/here_and_there_in_turkey for around the country, and https://pbase.com/helenpb/return_to_ankara for Ankara.

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Kusadasi	Pamukkale, Hierapolis ruins	Pamukkale, ancient thermal pool	Pamukkale, making gözleme
Pamukkale, thermal waters	Pamukkale, travertine pools	Pamukkale, travertine closeup	Kusadasi sunset
Ephesus, Celsus Library view	Ephesus, Great Theater	Ephesus, Harbor Street	Ephesus, gymnasium area
Ephesus, Library of Celsus, Gate of Augustus	Ephesus, Library of Celsus	Ephesus, library inscription	Ephesus, Celsus detail
View from Gate of Augustus	In the Agora	Ephesus, men's toilets	Ephesus, Temple of Hadrian
Ephesus, ruins	Ephesus, small theater	Ephesus, vista	Ephesus, Curetes Way
Meryemana, Virgin Mary's House	Selçuk, Basilica of St. John	Selçuk, Basilica of St. John	Selçuk, old hamam (bath)
Selçuk, museum	Shoeshine man	Selçuk minaret	Bodrum harbor and castle
Bodrum harbor	Bodrum assortment	Kusadasi cactus	Kusadasi port and castle
Selçuk: Temple of Artemis	Sirince village	Sirince, home sales	Sirince, bazaar lady
Izmir: Waiting for customers	Izmir, Kordon along the Gulf	Izmir: Atatürk House	Izmir: Not for customers
Foça, vista	Foça, waterfront	Foça, fishing fleet	Foça, sunset
Foça, dream house	Foça, meals on wheels	Foça, the 'evil eye' tree	Foça, downtown
Foça Meat Gallery	Foça, luck wherever you walk	Foça, outskirts	:: The Stone Houses of Foça ::
Bergama, Red Basilica	Bergama, at work	Bergama, open for business	Güzelyurt, sunset on the Dardanelles
Çanakkale, from the car	Troy, The Giant Trojan Horse	Troy, the Trojan Plain	Troy, layers of civilizations (I-IX)
Troy, ramp to gate	Troy, new excavations	Çanakkale, killing time at the hotel	Çanakkale, working the Dardanelles
Istanbul, Aya Sofiya at sunset	Topkapi Palace at sunset	Full moon over Aya Eirene	Istanbul, Covered Bazaar
Covered Bazaar	Covered Bazaar	Covered Bazaar	Covered Bazaar
Nuruosmaniye Mosque	Han window	Fountain detail	Istanbul, tomb of Mahmud II
At the tomb of Mahmud II	Blue Mosque	Blue Mosque	Blue Mosque
Blue Mosque	Blue Mosque	Blue Mosque	Blue Mosque detail
Ramazan bazaar	Ramazan bazaar	Whirling dervish	Sirkeci train station
Topkapi Palace (Baghdad Pavilion)	Topkapi Palace (Babiali)	Topkapi Palace (Divan)	Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace	Istanbul, Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace	Istanbul, Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace
Istanbul, Aya Sofya at dusk	Istanbul, Aya Sofya	Istanbul, Aya Sofya	Istanbul, Aya Sofya
Istanbul, Aya Sofya	Istanbul, Aya Sofya	Spice Bazaar (Misir Çarsisi)	Spice Bazaar
Spice Bazaar	Nazarlik (evil eye)	Old han	Seen better days
Dönerci	Yeni Camii	Even in Istanbul	Galata Tower and Beyoglu
Istanbul skyline	Dolmabahçe Mosque	Dolmabahçe Palace	Mecidiye Mosque in Ortaköy
Istanbul, homes along the Bosporus	Kiz Kulesi	Istanbul, Yeni Camii	Süleymaniye Mosque during Ramazan
Reminder: 2,500 kilometers on the road

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Jeff Real		03-Oct-2020 13:32
I have been on a great journey this morning! Thank you so much for the fascinating trip! V

Inal		24-May-2008 15:23
I love this gallery! I wish some day I could go back and spend sometime in Turkey.

Guest		28-Feb-2008 23:19
Greattt photos...Turkey,Turkish people,their culture,foods,traditions... etc is wonderfull..Hope to see you again byee

Guest		16-May-2007 13:59
nice turkey and nice pictures

Turan		12-Mar-2007 10:41
Wondeful pictures Helen, Thanks alot...

engineer		26-Feb-2007 12:54
Nice pictures of beautiful Turkey. Thank you

Murat Özsoy		10-Aug-2006 21:25
Great pictures...Thanks for your works

Guest		04-Apr-2006 03:14
Great gallery for those who don't know how wonderful Turkey is...

christina		24-Mar-2006 12:34
hi I really enjoyed your gallery.Actually to be honest with you make me feel in Turkey as I am a Turlish lady who used to live in Istanbul and worked in a travel agency. So basicly i have been all those great places before.But to see them in a great web site make me really exited as i am not in my country any more.I really want to say thank you and If you need any more information about Turkey ,I am here.. thanks christina

Graham Tomlin		07-Nov-2005 21:45
nice gallery

Guest		04-Nov-2005 22:42
Another beautiful gallery! Keep it coming.

Eldar Kadymov		04-Nov-2005 20:03
Terrific venture, keep on going !

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