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It's the original disembarkation point for the romanticized Mavi Yolculuk,or Blue Voyage,a watery retreat with no distractions but pine cliffs,still expanses of water,and endless days of blissful tranquillity.The Aegean meets the Mediterranean at the tip of the Datça Peninsula,the rugged and mountainous outpost west of Marmaris. The Blue Voyage continues in the craggy inlets and crystalline waters around Datca,Hisaronu,Turunc, Icmeler, Bodrum,Fethiye and Marmaris,in short day long versions or full weeklong gulet cruises (the traditional broad-beamed boat),departing from Bodrum,Fethiye and Marmaris Marina's,arguably the best marina's in the eastern Mediterranean.Are you a traveller with an independent mindset,looking for an adventurous way of experiencing Turkey? Or are you a keen sailor already,and love how a yacht can escape the usual well-beaten tourist tracks;an insider's view of a new country and culture. |
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Turkey is a young country but a very historic land.The legacies of the Greeks, Romans , Christian apostles , Byzantines , Ottoman Turks , and the other peoples that have called this area home have made Turkey into a vast outdoor museum full of beautiful, intriguing religious sites.Highlights of Turkey's many religious treasures include the spectacular Byzantine churches and beautiful mosques of Istanbul;the ancient city of Antioch where emperors lived and apostlespreached;the ruins of the fabled city of Pergamum on a windswept hilltop;the Sufi holy city of Konya;the other worldly landscape and cave churches of Cappadocia;and the colonnaded streets and great theater of Ephesus.With its unique fusion of Europe and Asia,West and East,exotic and familiar, ancient and modern,today's Turkey is a delight to travelers and pilgrims.
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For ages on ages, Turkey has been a land where seers have seen visions and prophets have spoken prophesies.The country,or more precisely the Asiatic portion of it known today as Anatolia or Asia Minor,has been endowed with the homes of people and the locations of events in both the Old and the New Testaments.From the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that flowed out of Eden to the churches of Revelation,from Adam and Eve to the Apostle John,biblical images,places,people,the words and their actions have conferred a unique legacy on Turkey.Many of those places can be seen today; their major geographic identities,the rivers, mountains and shores, are relatively unchanged.Likewise,of the Old Testament references, the Anatolian places of Abraham’s home of Harran,the land of Ararat, and the center of the Hittite Empire can be visited.John’s message in the Book of Revelation has immortalized the 7 churches he addressed in western Anatolia because of his portentous vision of the last days. |
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