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  • Dancers perform the Spoon Dance, which is a tradition from Konya to Silifke in the Republic of Turkey. Image published in the travel handbook "Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast" by Jessica Tamtürk, Avalon Travel Publishing, 2010.
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  • Silhouettes of four photographers at sunrise on Mount Nemrut, in the Republic of Turkey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Sultanahmet (or Blue) Mosque interior and ceiling, was built 1609-1616 in Istanbul (?stanbul), in the present-day Republic of Turkey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Meeting a friendly Turkish family in Amasya, Central Turkey. Published in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2001.
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  • The tunnels and windows of the Castle of Uchisar (Üçhisar) were carved from a natural pinnacle of volcanic tuff (hardened ash layers) in the 15th and 16th centuries by the Byzantine army, when the region was on the frontline in wars against the Islamic Caliphate. This hill, the highest point in Cappadocia, is located between the cities of Nevsehir, Urgup and Avanos (Nev?ehir, Ürgüp in Turkish) in Nevsehir Province in the Republic of Turkey. Published in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2001.
    99TUR-29-33_Uchisar-Castle_Cappadoci...jpg
  • Study this tall Greco-Roman statue of Ephesian Artemis in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum at Selçuk in the Republic of Turkey. Excavation at the site of the Artemision in 1987-88 identified the globes on her chest as tear-shaped amber beads (not breasts, nor sacrificed bull testes) which adorned her ancient wooden carved cult image (or xoanon). In Greek mythology, Artemis was Apollo's twin sister, daughter of Zeus and Leto. Cynthia, another name for Artemis, was named from her mythical birth place of Mount Cynthus on Delos Island. The Romans adopted Artemis as goddess Diana. Ephesians were devoted to goddess Cybele as early the 10th century BCE, and incorporated some of those beliefs in their worship of Artemis. Cybele was the ancient Anatolian and Phrygian mother earth goddess dating from Neolithic times. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A six-foot tall head of Zeus commemorates the lofty aspirations of pre-Roman King Antiochus (64-38 BC) at Mount Nimrod (Nemrut Dagi in Turkish), near Malatya, Turkey. Earthquakes toppled the stone heads from seated bodies long ago, but Mount Nemrut National Park may restore the site. Published in Wilderness Travel 2003 Catalog of Adventures, and in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2001. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    99TUR-47-21-Carved-rock-Zeus-head.jpg
  • Meeting a friendly Turkish family in Amasya, Central Turkey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. For licensing options, please inquire.
    99TUR-33-34-Friendly-Turks-Carol.jpg
  • Lycian tombs (or necropoli) from about 400 BCE can be seen by boat on the Dalyan Çay? River, above the ancient harbor city of Caunos, on the Turquoise Coast, near the town of Koycegiz, in southwest Turkey. Dalyan means "fishing weir" in Turkish. The Dalyan Delta, with a long, golden sandy beach at its mouth, is a nature conservation area and a refuge for sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and blue crabs. Image published in the travel handbook "Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast" by Jessica Tamtürk, Avalon Travel Publishing, 2010.
    99TUR-16-21-Lycian-tombs_Dalyan-Rive...jpg
  • Visitors walk beneath Corinthian order columns at the Great Theatre of Ephesus, in the Republic of Turkey. Published in the travel handbook "Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast" by Jessica Tamtürk, Avalon Travel Publishing, 2010. The Great Theatre of Ephesus, the largest outdoor theatre in the ancient world, was begun during Hellenistic times (probably during the reign of Lysimachos in the third century BC), and was altered and enlarged from 41-117 AD by Roman emperors Claudius, Nero, and Trajan. The Greek builders dug out a space from Mount Pion (present-day Panayir Dagi) to fit the 30-meter (100-foot) high theater, which accommodated 25,000 people, or 10 percent of the population of Roman Ephesus at its peak. The theatre exhibited the fights of wild beasts and of men with beasts. In the 1st century AD, the Apostle Paul delivered a sermon condemning pagan worship in this theater. Subsequently, followers of the Ephesian cult of Artemis forced Paul and his followers out. Over several centuries, the Cayster River filled the harbor of Ephesus with silt, creating a malaria-infested swamp, pushing the sea 4 kilometers away and cutting off the city's commerce and wealth. By the 6th century AD, Emperor Justinian decided to build the Saint John Basilica 3 kilometers away, which effectively moved the city center to Selçuk.
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  • Ephesus, Turkey: the Library of Celsus, built in 114 AD, was named in honor of a Roman .governor of Asia Minor (Anatolia). The nearby goddess sanctuary helped Ephesus become a prosperous port and cultural center by 600 BCE. At various times, Ephesus was controlled by Lydia (King Croesus), Persians, Hellenists (Ancient Greeks from Athens), Alexander the Great (334 BC), and eventually it became capital (population 250,000) of the Roman Province of Asia Minor. Published in the travel handbook "Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast" by Jessica Tamtürk, Avalon Travel Publishing, 2010. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. test
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  • Santa Barbara Chapel in Goreme, Nevsehir Province (Nev?ehir in Turkish), a region referred to as Cappadocia by Christian tourists, in the Republic of Turkey. This early Christian cave church was carved into volcanic tuff, and the red ceiling artwork dates from about 1000 AD. Image published in the travel handbook "Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast" 2010 and "Moon Spotlight Cappadocia: Including Ankara" 2011 by Jessica Tamtürk, Avalon Travel Publishing.
    99TUR-28-18_Goreme_Santa-Barbara-Cav...jpg
  • This colorful old Greek Orthodox Christian fresco ceiling is at Sumela Monastery, under restoration in this 1999 image. The 1000-year-old Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Sumela is among the most impressive sights of Turkey's Black Sea coast. The monastery, founded in AD 386, clings to a cliff above a cool evergreen forest in Altindere National Park, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in the modern Republic of Turkey. The Sumela Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, Moní Panagías Soumelá; Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia, meaning "All Holy" in Greek) at Melá Mountain (Turkish: Karadağ, which is a direct translation of the Greek name Ssou Melá, "Black Mountain") within the Pontic Mountains (Turkish: Kuzey Anadolu Dağları) range.
    99TUR-37-12mod_Sumela-Monastery-fres...jpg
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