TURQUOISE COAST
Turquoise Coast. The Mediterranean coast of Turkey, also called the “Turkish Riviera”.
www.tripadvisor.com/
www.turkeytravelplanner.com/go/med/index.html/
The Turkish Daily News. An English-language newspaper in Turkey.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr
Gulet. A type of sailing vessel traditional on the Turkish Mediterranean coast.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulet/
Blue Cruise. Sailing on the Turkish Mediterranean coast. Rudy’s Blue Cruise on sailboat called Ilayda.
http://www.kas-travel.com/eng/yacht/ilayda.html/
Bodrum. Coastal city in popular tourist area of southwestern Turkey.
www.bodrum-info.org/
Ephesus. A popular archeological site in western Turkey.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesu/
www.turizm.net/cities/ephesus/
Antalya. City and province on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antalya/
Knidos (Cnidus). Ancient Greek Anatolian and Dorian city and port on the Datca peninsula famous for archeological ruins including a temple and statue of Aphrodite. Now also known as “Tekir.”
www.about-turkey.com/tourism/datca.htm/
Datça. City, district, and peninsula on southwestern coast of Turkey.
www.about-turkey.com/tourism/datca.htm/
Aegean. The eastern Mediterranean sea and area between Greece and Turkey.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea/
Temple of Aphrodite. The Knidos Temple of Aphrodite is known for is former statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, an inspiration for later statues of Aphrodite or Venus.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite_of_Knidos/
Uluburun. Southwestern Turkey location of a 14th-century BC shipwreck.
http://ina.tamu.edu/ub_main.htm/
Bodrum Underwater Museum. Museum in the town of Bodrum that includes extensive displays of the Uluburun shipwreck.
http://www.bodrumpages.com/English/uluburun.html/
Kas. A town on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey.
www.about-turkey.com/tourism/kas.htm/
Kalkan. A town on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey.
www.about-turkey.com/tourism/kalkan.htm
Dalyan. A town on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey.
www.dalyanonline.net/
Caunos or Kaunos. Southwestern Turkey site of ancient tombs.
www.bodrumpages.com/English/dalyan.html/
Simena. Town on Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey and site of Lycian ruins.
www.lycianturkey.com/lycian_sites/kekova_simena.htm/
Myra. An ancient Lycian town now called Kale in southwestern Turkey. It is the location of ancient Myra in Atalya Province.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra/
Pergamum or Pergamon. Ancient Greek city-state in Bergama area of Western Turkey.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon/
Aspendos. Southwestern Turkey archeological site famous for its well-preserved amphitheater.
www.adiyamanli.org/aspendos.html/
