BikeAbout the Mediterranean: Turkey

BikeAbout-the Mediterranean was a nine-month, 11,000-kilometer circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea... by bicycle. The BikeAbout team visited Turkey from February 11, 1998 to March 4, 1998. To read about what happened, see any of the following trip dispatches:

February 11-12, 1998, Adana, Turkey: Topics: köfte (food), Ugarit, border crossing, Iskenderun, travel
February 13, 1998, Adana, Turkey: Topics: Adana kebab (food), Antioch, Saint Peter
February 14-15, 1998, Silifke, Turkey: Topics: Adana, Mersin, Korykos, Kizkalesi, Silifke, traffic, HISTORY, Crusades, castles
February 16-18, 1998, Alanya, Turkey: Topics: Börek (food), Atatürk, HISTORY, Ottoman Empire, Alanya, history of the bicycle
February 19-20, 1998, Antalya, Turkey: Topics: Iskender kebab (food), Coast of Golden Sand, tourist over-development, the Greek gods, international artifact theft, Side, Antalya, HISTORY
February 21-22, 1998, Kas(h), Turkey: Topics: Turkish ravioli (food), St. Nicholas, Diocletian, Lycia, Myra, history, Chimera, Mount Olympos, scenery
February 23, 1998, Fethiye, Turkey: Topics: Xanthos, Lycian League, Alexander the Great, history, bicycling
February 11-12, 1998, Mugla, Turkey: Topics: mountain, youth hostels, exhaustion, forever sunsets
February 13-14, 1998, Milas, Turkey: Topics: pine honey (food), St. Peter's Castle & Museum, potholes on the uphill
February 15-16, 1998, Selçuk, Turkey: Topics: ruins ruins everywhere, the Oracle, apple tea (food), the effects of war on tourism
February 17, 1998, Izmir, Turkey: Topics: Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, bad coffee, HISTORY, Izmir, Gülden Güllü (Person of the Day)
February 18-20, 1998, Izmir, Turkey: Topics: school presentations, press interviews, live chat madness, email Turkish students!
February 21-23, 1998, Çanakkale, Turkey: Topics: Asclepion, Pergamum Acropolis, Troy, cheap transportation
February 11-12, 1998, Istanbul, Turkey: Topics: travel
February 24-25, 1998, Istanbul, Turkey: Topics: mountain cheese, Gallipoli, Dardanelles Strait, being hidden in the back room of a restaurant
February 24-26, 1998, Istanbul, Turkey: Topics: geography, Constantine the Great, HISTORY, Constantinople/Istanbul
February 27-28, 1998, Istanbul, Turkey: Topics: Minisa kebab (food), Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sofia/Aya Sofia/Sancta Sophia/Church of the Holy Wisdom, Justinian, daily life, Mosque of Sultan Ahmet/Blue Mosque, Ottoman Empire
March 1-2, 1998, Istanbul, Turkey: Topics: Topkapi Palace, Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, history, Mehmet The Conqueror, daily life

In addition to reading these dispatches, we encourage you to visit these resources:

BikeAbout Turkey Scrapbook: Photos and sounds gathered by the BikeAbout team; maps of Turkish coast.
About Turkey: Basic facts about Turkey's government, economy, and people; links to other sources of information on the 'Net. Compiled by BikeAbout.


Itinerary/ Journal	Discussions	Resource Library	eDscape Projects	Scrapbook

Internet access and Web hosting while in Turkey were provided by RAKSNet.