Wednesday 25 August 2010

One day at Gallipoli

Last Saturday we first drove to the closest you can get to the Aegean Sea from Istanbul - the Saros Bay.




The water was clean but already rather cold and very shallow. This place is famous with divers because you can still find the sunken ships of the Gallipoli or Gelibolu as they call it in Turkish battle. After that we drove further down the peninsula to see the shores and hills where ANZAC and Turkish army fought.  For those interested in this part of history there is a film called ''Gallipoli'' with Mel Gibson (young and normal, before he became the MELtdown :)
I have also found a book by Louis de Bernieres (author of the wonderful ''Captain Corelli's mandolin'') called ''Birds without wings'' which tells the story of Gallipoli from the side of the villagers. 
Well, what can you do while you're there? There is small museum (entrance fee only 1lira) where locals brought the artifacts of the war - it's not big but quite interesting and worth the visit. 



Tuesday 24 August 2010

The Aim of This Blog

Myra Tombs - Demre / Antalya
The reason behind this blog is to tell people about interesting historical places in Turkey. Having lived here since 2007 I am still discovering new sources of inspiration. So I want to keep a list of cities I have visited so far and information about them as well as the places I want to see in the future.