Glimpse of Wonderful Turkey

Contents 1. Introduction. 2. Istanbul. 3. Turkey beyond Istanbul. 4. Other places of attraction. Conclusion. Acknowledgements. Turkey is a country of extra ordinary scenic beauty and has a rich history of thousands of years. More than a thousand years before Christ near the eastern end of the Mediterranean was a great city very rich and powerful second to none on earth. The name of it was Troy. That Troy is in Western Turkey. As of Istanbul its has been said There is hardly a scene in the world so replete with natural beauty so rich in storied recollections as that enclosed betwixt the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. It is believed that mother Mary spent the last years of her life at Ephesus. Today the small chapel here is a place of pilgrimage for the Christians from all around the world and deeply respected by the Muslim people. And last of all the Sultans and Khalifs of the Ottoman dynasty ruled a large part of the world in Asia Africa and Europe for about six hundred years from their seat of governance in Turkey and events of great interest relating to this period are recorded in history. 88 pp.…