Books & Links

Guide Books

• Blue Guide to Istanbul, WW Norton, New York

• Knopf Guides: Istanbul

• Insight Guides: Turkey

• Cadogan Guides: Turkey

• Fodor's Turkey

Map

• Freytag & Berndt Turkey Road Map

Suggested Reading

• Strolling through Istanbul, John Freely, Redhouse Press, Istanbul 1983

• Turkey Unveiled, Nicole & Hugh Pope. The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 1977

• Turkish Reflections, Mary Settle, 1991

• Turkey's Religious Sites, Anna G. Edmonds

Historical & Archaeological Books

• Anatolia: Cauldron of Cultures (Lost Civilizations, Vol. 23), Dale M. Brown

• Anatolia in the Second Millennium BC (Iconography of Religions Section 15- Mesopotamia and the Near East), M.N. Van Loon, 1997

• Ancient Turkey: A Travellers History of Anatolia, Seton Lloyd, 1989

• Catalhoyuk A Neolithic Town in Anatolia, J. Mellaart

• Early Turkey: An Introduction to Archaeology of Anatolia from Prehistoric through the Lydian Period., Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Jean Blackburn, 1996

• The Hittites and their Contemporaries in Asia Minor, J.G.Macqueen

• Early Highland Peoples of Anatolia, Seton Lloyd

• The Kingdom of the Hittites, Trevor Bryce

• Ecology and Empire: The Structure of the Urartian State, Paul E. Zimansky

• Mausolus, Hornblower

• The Historical Archaeology of Northern Caria, Ronald T. Marchere

• Ancient Ruins and Civilizations of Turkey, Ekrem Akurgal, Istanbul 1970

• The Troad, John M. Cook, Oxford 1973

• Hattusa, The capital of Hittites, Kurt Bittel

• Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia, Lynn Rolley, 1986

• Aphrodisias, Kenan Erim, Istanbul 1989

• Dynastic Lycia: A political history of the Lycians and their relations with foreign powers, C. 545 - 362 BC., Antony G. Keen, 1998

• Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, George E. Bean

• Aegean Turkey, George E. Bean

• Turkey's Southern Shore, George E. Bean

• Turkey Beyond Meander, George E. Bean

• History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia, George Perrot

• The Ionians and Hellenism, A study of the Cultural Achievements of the early Greek Inhabitants of Asia Minor., C.J.Emlyn - Jones

Architectural Books

• How the Greeks Built Cities, R.E.Wycherley

General Links

• www.tourismturkey.org
  The Turkish Tourism office in New York. A comprehensive site about Turkey.

• www.travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
  U.S. State Department's Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheet.

Archaeology Links

• Troy
  Official website of the German Archaeological Team excavating the well-known site of the Iliad of Homeros.

• Çatalhöyük
  Official website of Çatalhöyük, the first urban settlement in the world.

• Interactive Museum of Turkey
  A brilliant website of virtual tours of museums in Turkey including Topkapi Palace, Dolmabahçe Palace, Rahmi Koç Museum, etc.

• Alisarhöyük
  An abstract from the Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research by Ronald L. Gorny.

• Bakla Tepe Excavations
  Comprehensive information on the excavations made at an early settlement of Ionia.

• Liman Tepe
  A comprehensive site about the ongoing excavations at Liman Tepe, another early settlement of ancient Ionia.

• TAY Project
  An ongoing project to build a comprehensive database of all archaeological sites in Turkey.

• Priene: The Apogee of the Hellenistic Domestic Architecture in Anatolia
  An article by Lale Ozgenel.

• Anatolian Archaeology on the Net
  A long list of Anatolian archaeological web sites.

• Archaeological Sites & Photos

• Comprehensive Archaeological Photos and News.

• Nevali Cori

• Excavations at Nevali Cori, revealed clues that the Neolithic Age had started between 12,000 and 10,000 B.C. in this site, at least 500 years earlier than at Catalhoyuk and Hacilar.

• Patara
  Lycian city where Santa Claus was born, center for Lycian league that inspired American Constitution

• Travel Guide Georgia

• If you plan to travel to Georgia then our guide can help, with everything from hotels to restaurants.

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