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ANTALYA

Antalya is the capital city of the Antalya Province, located on the Gulf of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The population of the city is 603,190 (2000 census) but reaches up to 2 million in summers at the height of the tourist season. Situated on a steep cliff, Antalya is a picturesque city surrounded by mountains, forests, mediterranean sea and many ancient ruins; with one notable archaeological museum. With its airport it is a gateway for Turkey's coastal resorts which took the name Turkish riviera because of the natural and historical beauties of it.

Combining history and culture it deserves the title of "the capital of Turkish tourism". Today the city of Antalya is reliving a golden age. It has been transformed into a cultural and touristic hub with thematic hotels with concepts like Venice, Topkapý Palace, and cathedrals in Moscow. Kaleici, the rustic old town where historic Turkish and Greek houses are

ABOUT 'MARMARİS'

Marmaris is one of Turkey's premier vacation resorts. Marmaris is on a wide peninsula, in a bay with three small islands. It is a delightful place on the sea and the coast is full of mostly deserted hidden coves and inlets and all you need to discover them. There are beautiful sandy beaches

GETTİNG TO TURKEY

Flying to Turkey

Turkey is approximately 4 hours journey by air from the UK making it a great choice for a refreshing city break or for a leisurely summer holiday. Unless you are travelling as part of a package holiday most flights will be to or via Istanbul, the country's largest city and the gateway to the country and rest of the world, though there are some direct

İZMİR

Izmir is Turkey's third largest city in the modern, sophisticated but also an important cultural, art and business center. All the colors of dark blue and turquoise sea of ​​the Aegean sea, the land is intertwined with the bays, beaches and thermal springs as a lace.Among the most famous cities of antiquity, the most important kentleriydiler Ephesus and Pergamum. Incorporating all of these cities are the riches of Ionian culture, intensive commercial, had a reputation for artistic and religious.

"Beautiful Izmir", also known as Izmir, 8500 years in the west of the Anatolian peninsula is located at the beginning of a long and narrow bay. A typical Mediterranean climate, experiencing
Izmir Izmir, Homer again, "They know our earth's most beautiful cities in the sky and formed the most beautiful climates." The words of thousands of years ago that described the geography of Izmir. Izmir in modern Turkey to the west side of the contemporary pop art, culture, tourism, trade and industry as the city continues to develop rapidly.

İSTANBUL

There, God and human, nature and art are together, they created such a perfect place on earth that is valuable to see. "Asia in one arm, reaching out to Europe to another city which embraces two continents Lamartine describes it.

History and culture;

Museums and Historical Ruins

Archaeological Museum

Address: Osman Hamdi Bey Ascent Gulhane - Istanbul

Tel: (212) 520 77 40

Fax: (212) 527 43 00

Command of the Military Museum and Cultural Center

Under the Command of the Military Museum and Cultural Center, the Mehter band is