Rock cut tombs

These tombs are so similar to what we have seen at Petra in Jordan. Here the rock is much harder, so all the effort has gone into a nice presentation face, with a very small chamber for the burial remains.

BODRUM and FETHIYE: Quiet Winter Hide Outs

February 21st 2009
The Aegean is that beautiful stretch of Turkey's West coast that eventually wraps around the corner into the Mediterranean. İts waters are that glistening turquoise that makes the Mediterranean so famous. And wıth the Greek Islands just a stone throw from the coast, their grey shapes give the oceanic skyline a majestic splash of increasingly deep blue colour that has inspired so many artists. H ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Bodrum

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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