These pages are intended to inform the respective cyber-citizens of the world about one of the best kept secrets of the world: Turkey!
These pages show some of my favorite places in Turkey. Some of them are from postcards, some of them are from travel guides, and some of them are from my camera.
This page is the starting point of a remarkable photographic journey, from which you can hop to any region of the country that you wish. This page used to include the entire journey, which has now over 100 images totalling over 7 MBs. The growing content of this journey forced me to split the page into several subpages, where each subpage features one of the six geographical regions of Turkey, namely Istanbul and Marmara Region, The Aegean Region, The Mediterranean Region, The Heartland, The Eastern Anatolian Region, and The Black Sea Region. I will continue to include more images as they become available, as I have done so far since the first version of this photographic journey which dates back to July 1995.
Please feel free to download any of the pictures you want, but please do not forget to cite it, so that everyone else can visit this page. I also would like to note that I would very much appreciate any comments that you may have regarding these pages. Your comments will more that compensate the hundreds of hours and endless efforts that went into the preparation of these pages.
We begin our journey on a Turkish Airlines flight from New York to Istanbul.
Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
Welcome aboard Turkish Airlines Flight TK 582, non-stop service to Istanbul's
Ataturk International Airport. We will take off in just a moment, as soon as
the three
other planes in front of us on the line take off. Our estimated flight time
from New York to Istanbul is 9 hours and 10 minutes, and our estimated arrival
time is 10:55 am. We will be flying at an altitute of 35000 feet as we cross
The Atlantic Ocean, and as we fly over the European continent towards our
final destination, Istanbul. Meanwhile, I also would like give some good news
to our pessangers who flew to New York to catch the only non-stop service to
Istanbul from North America. I am pleased to inform you that Turkish Airlines
will start a new non-stop service to Istanbul from Chicago O'Hare
International Airport. This 11 hour non-stop flight will debut with our next
summer schedule in May.
On behalf of the entire crew I would like to welcome you all once again to our
A-340. Thanks for flying with us, and have a very pleasant flight...
You are now looking on a lower-scale map, showing Turkey and her neighbors both in Europe and in Asia. I would like to give you a preliminary idea about this magnificent country you are about to visit. Turkey has a surface area of over 800,000 square kilometres, spanning a large area from Thrace in Europe to the Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey. The peninsular region that Turkey is located on is also known as the Asia Minor. The Black Sea, The Aegean Sea and The Mediterranean Sea draws Turkey's natural borders, giving Turkey over 8000 km of spectacular coastline, which is waiting to be discovered by you. Istanbul, the biggest city of Turkey, has a metropolitan area population of over 12 million. The capital, Ankara, with 6 million, the pearl of The Aegean, Izmir, with 4 million, and the Turkish Riviera, Antalya, with 2 million follow Istanbul, as nation's other urbanized centers.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now at an altitute of 2000 feet, and we should be landed in about 10 minutes. If you are on a window seat, you can now see the Istanbul's skyline. The magnificent building on our right is the Dolmabahce Palace, one of Istanbul's most remarkable land marks.
We hope that you enjoyed your flight today; it was a great pleasure for us
to serve you. Whether you will be in Istanbul for a holiday, or just for a
short business trip, we hope that your time in this magnificent city will be a
very memorable one. We are looking forward to serving you again in the future...
Crew... Prepare for landing...
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Istanbul.
The local time is 10:54 am, Greenwhich mean time +2. A very pleasant
weather is waiting to welcome you to Istanbul. We have clear skies, a mild
wind from Northwest at 27 degrees
Celcius. If Istanbul is your final destination, the escalators outside the
jetway will direct you to the Passport control and baggage claim areas.
Transit passsangers to international routes should follow the signs to
appropriate gates in the international terminal that we will be parking.
Transit passangers to domestic flights will be directed by our ground hostesses
to the domestic flights terminal. A shuttle will be waiting for you.
Please remain seated, with your seat belts fastened until the aircraft
reaches its final parking position and the captain turns off the seat belt
sign.
On behalf of all of us here at Turkish Airlines, we wish you a pleasant
time in Istanbul and we are looking forward to serving you again. So long...
The following is the area attractions map of Turkey. In the near future, this will be an imagemap. Until then please use it to locate the 6 georaphical regions of Turkey. Below this map, you will see individual area maps. Please click on the area map of your interest, but make sure to visit them all.
Istanbul and The Marmara Region 
The Aegean Region 
The Mediterranean Region 
The Central Anatolian Region 
The Eastern Anatolian Region 
The Black Sea Region 
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The author of this page greatly acknowledges the generous contributions of Mr. George Simpson through his professional photographs. More information about Mr. Simpson can be obtained from his web page at George Simpson .