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How safe is Turkey? What's the Turkish Lira exchange rate? What's the best guidebook to Turkey? What about Turkey's weather and climate? Here are the answers:

ARCHITECTURE: Ottoman, Seljuk, caravanserais...

ARTICLES ON TURKEY: Turkish tea, Hagia Sophia...

BOOKS, FILMS & MAGAZINES: Guides, novels, movies...

BORDER FORMALITIES: tourist visa, work visa, customs...

CHILDREN: Travel with kids, food allergies, safety...

CLIMATE: Regions, Turkish almanac, what to wear...

COMPLAINTS: Hotel, tour operator, travel agency...

CRIME: See SAFETY

COMMUNICATIONS: Phones, mobile phones, Internet access...

CULTURE & CUSTOMS: Doing things alla Turca...

CUSTOMS & IMMIGRATION: See BORDER FORMALITIES

ELECTRICITY: Plugs & sockets/points, conversion...

EXCHANGE RATES: See also MONEY

FLORA & FAUNA: Van cats have one brown eye, one blue...

FOOD & DRINK: Allergies, vegetarians, Turkish coffee, tea, kebaps, raki...

GEOGRAPHY: Turkey has 7 geo-regions...

HEALTH & MEDICAL CARE: Okay, and getting better...

HISTORY: Hellenic, Hittite, Seljuk, Ottoman, Republican...

ISLAM: Turkish style: modern, friendly and tolerant...

INSURANCE: Auto, baggage, medical, trip cancellation, terrorism...

INTERNET ACCESS: Lots of DSL and Wifi! More...

KIDS: Travel with kids, food allergies, safety...

LANGUAGE: Learning Aids & Courses, 100 Useful Words

LAUNDRY: Ad hoc...

LINKS: Short list of useful links for Turkey travelers....

MAPS OF TURKEY: Country, climate, Istanbul, Metro...

MARRIAGE: Your wedding, laws & regulations, honeymoon...

MONEY: New Turkish Lira, Exchange rates, costs, credit cards, tips, ATMs...

NARGILE: Water pipe, hookah, hubble-bubble—fun!

NAZAR BONJUK: What the evil eye means to you...

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO: Digital; PAL for video, not NTSC...

RELIGION: Muslims, Christians, Jews,...

RESERVATIONS: Flights, rental cars, trains, hotels,...

SAFETY: Men, Women, Street crime, Highways, Trains...

SHOPPING: What to buy, bargaining, beware antiquities...

SPECIAL INTEREST TRIPS: beaches, yachting, weddings...

TEACHING ENGLISH IN TURKEY: Pay for your travel!

TELEPHONE: See COMMUNICATIONS

TIME ZONE: GMT/UTC+2, London+2, New York+7, LA+10

TIPPING: Restaurants, hotels, taxis, the hamam (Turkish bath)...

TOBACCO: Surprising! And what about nargiles?

TOILETS: What's that li'l pipe for?

TOURIST OFFICES: Foreign and at home...

VISAS: See BORDER FORMALITIES

WEATHER: Climatic regions, what to wear...

WOMEN TRAVELERS: What to wear, how to act, Women in Turkish Society...

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Turkish Kids near Ani, Northeastern Turkey

Above, kids at Ani, near Kars in extreme northeastern Turkey.

Below, a dignified haji (one who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca) poses for my camera in Istanbul.

 

Haji Sells Coke in Istanbul, Turkey