Turkish Odyssey

Aegean Turkey Introduction

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The Aegean Sea extends from the Mediterranean northward between Greece and Turkey.

 

It covers an area of about 214,000 km² / 82,625 sq mi and surrounds many islands. Its southern entrance is partially blocked by the islands of Crete (Girit) and Rhodes (Rodos). The Aegean extends about 640 km / 400 mi from Crete northward to the coast of Thrace and its width ranges from 195-400 km / 120-250 mi.

The coast of the Aegean is mountainous and only in Macedonia and Thrace in the north are there extensive coastal plains. The narrow waterway known as the Dardanelles enters the Aegean from the northeast and carries the discharge from the Black Sea.

 
It gives access through the Marmara Sea and the Bosphorus to the Black Sea. A major feature of the Aegean is that no ship can be out of sight of land for long. In classical times, this encouraged navigation and facilitated movement between its shores. Today most of the islands in the Aegean Sea are Greek.

  

Part 1

Bergama (Pergamum)-Akhisar (Thyatira)

Gediz (Hermos) River
Bergama (Pergamum)
Acropolis
Kizil Avlu (The Red Court)
Asclepieum
Bakircay (Caicus) River
Akhisar (Thyatira)

Part 2

Izmir (Smyrna)-(Sardis)-(Philadelphia)

Izmir (Smyrna)
Sart (Sardis)
Alasehir (Philadelphia)

Part 3

Ephesus

Ephesus
Heraclitus
History of Ephesus
Ephesus and Christianity
Basilica of St. John
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
The Site
Kucuk Menderes (Cayster) River

Part 4

Priene-Miletus-Didyma

Priene
Miletus
Didyma

Part 5

Bodrum-Marmaris-Dalyan-Fethiye

Bodrum (Halicarnassus)
Marmaris
Dalyan (Fish Weir) and Caunus
Fethiye (Telmessus)
Kaya Koy (Rock Village)
Olu Deniz (Dead Sea)

Part 6

Aydin (Tralles)-Geyre (Aphrodisias)

Aydin (Tralles)
Buyuk Menderes (Meander) River
Geyre (Aphrodisias)

Part 7

Denizli-Laodicea-Pamukkale (Hierapolis)

Denizli
Goncali (Laodicea Ad Lycum)
Pamukkale (Hierapolis)

 

  

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