Eastern Turkey

Press Reviews:

Introduction
Part One: General Information
Background Information
Geography, Climate, Natural history and conservation, History, Government and politics, Economy, People, Language, Religion, Education, Culture
Practical Information
When to visit, Highlights, Suggested itineraries, Tour operators, Tourist information, Red tape, Embassies and consulates, Getting there and away, Health, Safety, What to take, Money, Budgeting, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays and festivals, Shopping, Arts and entertainment, Photography, Media and communications, Living and working in Turkey, Cultural etiquette, Travelling positively
Part Two: The Guide
Ankara and Environs
Setting and orientation, History, Climate and when to visit, Getting there, Getting around, Tourist information, Tour operators, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Entertainment and nightlife, Shopping, Other practicalities, What to see and do
Central Anatolia and the Hittite Heartlands
The Hittite heartlands, Bogazkale, Amasya, Tokat, Sivas
Central Eastern Turkey and the Euphrates Headwaters
Getting there and around, Where to stay, Where to eat, Erzincan, The Euphrates gorges, Detour to Divrigi, Onwards to Elazig, Elazig, Harput, Pertek, Routes from Elazig, Malatya, On the way to Cappadocia
Cappadocia
When to visit, History, Getting there, Getting around, Tourist information, Local tour operators, Where to stay, Where to eat, Shopping and other practicalities, Kayseri, Ürgüp, Ortahisar, Üçhisar, Göreme, Çavusin, Zilve, Sarihan, Avanos, Özkonak, Soganli, Derinkuyu, Kaymakli, Nevsehir, Hacibektas, Ilhara Gorge, Guzelyurt, Sultanhani
Konya and South to the Coast
Konya, South to the coast at Silifke, Silifke, East to Mercin, Mercin, South to the coast at Tarsus, Nigde, Dramatic descent to the Mediterranean, Tarsus
South Eastern Turkey, the Tûr Abdin and the Kurdish Heartlands
Adana and environs, Adana, From Adana and Antakya, Hatay and Antakya (Antioch), Antakya, South of Antakya, Gaziantep, Towards Urfa, The route to Maras, Nemrut Dagi, Urfa (Sanliurfa), South to Harran, Harran (Altinbasak), East to Diyarbakir, Diyarbakir, Onwards to Mardin, Mardin, The Tûr Abdin, East to Midyat, Midyat, Onwards via Hasankeyf to Lake Van, Hasankeyf, From Batman to Siirt, From Batman to Bitlis, Bitlis
Lake Van Region
History, Getting there, Getting around, Tourist information, Where to stay, Where to eat, Entertainment and nightlife, Shopping, Other practicalities, What to see, Tatvan, Nemrut Dagi crater, Ahlat, Detour to Malazgirt, On to Adilcevaz, Adilcevaz, Suphan Dagi, Remote monasteries south of Lake Van, Akdamar Island, Van, Towards Hakkâri, Çavustepe, Hosap, Hakkâri
Mount Ararat Region
From Van to Mount Ararat (Dogubeyazit), Dogubeyazit, The ascent of Ararat
North Eastern Turkey and the Georgian Heartlands
From Dogubeyazit to Kars, Igdir, Beyond Igdir, Kars, Ani, Routes north and west, North via Lake Çildir, Ardahan and Savsat to Artvin, Ardahan, The Georgian valleys, Yusefeli, Parhal, Back on the road to Artvin, Artvin, To the Black Sea, On to Hopa, From Kars via Erzurum to Trabzon, Erzurum, Palendoken, From Erzurum to the Black Sea
Black Sea Coast
History, Getting there, Getting around, Where to stay, Where to eat, Hopa, West from Hopa, Çamlihemsin and Ayder, Rize, Uzungol, Trabzon, Excursions from Trabzon, Trabzon to Erzurum: the Zigana Pass, From Trabzon to Samsun, Giresun, Persembe, Samsun, West to Sinop, Sinop, Kastamonu, Amasra, Safranbolu
Appendices
Language
Glossary
Further Information
Index

Turkish-speaking Diana Darke has specialised in Turkey for more than 25 years. She is studying for an MA in Islamic architecture and is the author of Bradt's Syria, North Cyprus and Oman.

Customer Reviews:

I am living in Lille, France, and I usually buy my travel guides at a very good bookshop called "Autour du Monde", "Around the World", as the owner actually traveled all around the world!
This year together with a friend we decided to explore Eastern Turkey. We wanted to discover the Lake of Van, to approach Mount Ararat (our physical condition could not allow us to climb it unfortunately), see the ruins of Ani close to the Armenian border, wander in Kars while reading again "Snow" by Orhan Pamuk and discover the magical Georgian Valleys. So very far from Istanbul...
My bookseller recommended me immediately the Bradt guide written by Diana Darke.
This book is really amazing, so far away from what a travel guide usually is. You can definitely feel the knowledge, the passion and the experience of the author. Moreover the book is very well written and tells a lot about modern Turkey. Thanks a lot, Mrs Darke for sharing with us your passion about this unknown part Turkey. I read in your biography that you also wrote a guide about Syria, a country I am longing for, and I have just bought it, even if given the current circumstances it may take some time before I could visit that country.