Best of Turkey: One Country, Many Experiences

Turkey is a country of contrasts: this is where Eastern traditions meet Western ones, where ancient sights and sounds collide with the modern world, and religious and secular life come together. There is no other place on earth that is such a living juxtaposition, and there’s no time like the present to experience it for yourself. This whirlwind one-week…

Suspected Sony hackers arrested in Turkey

Turkish police have arrested 32 Anonymous hackers after attacks on government websites, the state-run news agency Anadolu reports.

The attacks, says Anonymous, brought down the country’s telecommunications directorate and social security department. Also hit were the Turkish parliament website and the prime minister’s office.

There’s little information about the individuals concerned, other than that they were living in 12 different…

Summer Travel: Exploring Cappadocia

Disclaimer: Today’s summer travel destination isn’t exactly the most widely recognizable corner of the world. In fact, some of you seasoned travel vets out there might be scratching your heads and searching for the nearest world map. But we’re guessing that after a few hundred words or so, we’ll have you dreaming about a trip to Cappadocia.

We’re not talking…

PAMUKKALE

Until forty or fifty years ago, Pamukkale was a place where travelers who happened to pass by found peace and tranquillity and the opportunity for quiet meditation by the side of the sacred spring that still lies exposed, amid the few ancient columns and in the deep silence of the tombs that lay scattered over the countryside to the…

Conference hears ‘overpowering’ evidence on cellphone dangers

Cellphones disrupt DNA, impair brain function and lower sperm count, say scientists from Turkey, Russia and Israel, who present their results at a conference today in Turkey.

Professor Nesrin Seyhan, a World Health Organization and NATO advisor from Gazi University in Ankara says just four hours of exposure to RF-EMF disrupts the ability of human brain cells to repair…

How to Get a FREE Thanksgiving Turkey

What would Thanksgiving be without a turkey? Imagine not being able to get a turkey before Thanksgiving due to lack of funds? There are many programs that give away turkeys every year for FREE. Yes, you read right, they give away turkeys for FREE for those in need. It’s not hard to obtain a FREE turkey; it…

Christmas Rosemary Turkey

Prepare: 20 to 30 minutes cook: 3 to 3 1/2 hours serves: 8

1 (18-lb.) turkey, preferably fresh, or fully thawed if purchased frozen coarsely ground pepper (Use pepper grinder for best results.) 8 cloves of garlic, peeled 24 rosemary sprigs 1 /4 cup olive oil 2 tsp. salt

1. Preheat your oven to 325°F.

2. If you’re roasting a turkey that was frozen and/or prepackaged, remember…

Southern Europeans, Diet of

Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and southern France make up the region known as southern Europe. Southern France is included because it is culturally similar to the rest of southern Europe. Greece is often grouped with eastern Europe; however, it is included here because Greek food has greatly influenced the cuisine of southern Europe.

Italy is a boot-shaped…

HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

The diplomatic drift towards war: AD 1890-1914

In the years leading to World War I there are five major powers within Europe – Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France and Britain. The cast list is unchanged since the early 18th century (except that Prussia is now Germany), and the players are well used to the game of diplomacy in which…

Greeks and Middle Easterners, Diet of

The “Mediterranean diet” gained much recognition and worldwide interest in the 1990s as a model for healthful eating habits. The diet is based on the traditional dietary patterns of Crete, a Greek island, and other parts of Greece and southern Italy. The diet has become a popular area of study due to observations made…

HISTORY OF SAINT PAUL

Saul of Tarsus: AD c.10-c.35

Saul of Tarsus, known to Christians as St Paul, grows up in a strict Jewish family in the port of Tarsus, in what is now southern Turkey. As part of Asia Minor, this is a Greek-speaking town.

It is also within the Roman empire, and this family is distinguished enough to have been granted Roman…