Sirius, St.

Josephs
&

Marte Christi Colleges

ANZAC DAY TRIP TO
TURKEY
2013
Gallipoli: Searching for the footsteps

INFORMATION ABOUT TURKEY

Capital
Largest city
Language
Population
GDP- Total
Per capita
Government

:Ankara
:Istanbul
: Turkish
: 75 millions
: $1.288 trillion (15th)
: $17,499[5] (52nd)
: parliamentary republic

TURKEY

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TURKISH CUISINE

WEATHER IN APRIL IN TURKEY

During April in Turkey, you may

get some rain, or a lot of rain, but

there may also be virtually none,
but there may also be virtually
none, and in any case the wild
flowers and cherry blossoms will
be out in the Thrace/Marmara,
Aegean, Mediterranean and
Central Anatolia regions, which is
more than fair compensation for
any rain showers. (Imagine an
entire kilometer sweep of brilliant
yellow or blue color!)
Temperatures in the west and
south are relatively mild.

Shopping in Turkey

SHOPPING CENTRES
CEVAHIR SHOPPING MALL

Turkey is one of the world's great

shopping destinations. Located at
a historic trade crossroads linking
to the Silk Road, the country has
been a shopper's paradise for
centuries, offering everything from
hand-woven Turkish carpets and
kilims to jewellery, antiques and
Iznik ceramics, carved
meerschaum and a growing
number of famous designer
brands. You will also delight at the
diversity of culinary shopping,
including fresh fruit and vegetable
markets in every city, sweet
treats, nuts and spices, Turkish
tea, coffee.
There are many shopping malls
and factory outlets for shoppers in
Istanbul.

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THE BOSPHORUS AND THE BRIDGE

The Bosphorus also known as the
Istanbul Strait, is a strait that forms
part of the boundary between Europe
and Asia. The Bosphorus, the Sea of
Marmara, and the Dardanelles strait to
the southwest together form the
Turkish Straits. The world's narrowest
strait used for international navigation,
the Bosphorus connects the Black Sea
with the Sea of Marmara (which is
connected by the Dardanelles to the
Aegean Sea, and thereby to the
Mediterranean Sea.)
Two suspension bridges cross the
Bosphorus. The first of these, the
Bosphorus Bridge, is 1,074m (3,524ft)
long and was completed in 1973. The
second, named Fatih Sultan Mehmet
(Bosphorus II) Bridge, is 1,090m
(3,576ft) long, and was completed in
1988 about 5km (3mi) north of the
first bridge. The Bosphorus Bridge
forms part of the O1 Motorway, while
the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge forms
part of the Trans-European Motorway.

BOSPHORUS CRUISE
TOUR

HAGIA SOPHIA

Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox

patriarchal basilica, later a
mosque, and now a museum in
Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of
its dedication in 360 until 1453, it
served as an Eastern Orthodox
cathedral and seat of the
Patriarchate of Constantinople,
except between 1204 and 1261,
when it was converted to a Roman
Catholic cathedral under the Latin
Empire. The building was a
mosque from 29 May 1453 until
1931, when it was secularized. It
was opened as a museum on 1
February 1935

THE BLUE MOSQUE

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is an historical
mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly
known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles
adorning the walls of its interior.
It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the
rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques,
it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a
madrasah and a hospice. While still used as
a mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has
also become a popular tourist attraction.
The design of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is
the culmination of two centuries of both
Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church
development. It incorporates some
Byzantine elements of the neighboring
Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic
architecture and is considered to be the last
great mosque of the classical period. The
architect has ably synthesized the ideas of
his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming
size, majesty and splendour. It has one main
dome, six minarets, and other eight
secondary domes.

ANZAC COVE
Anzac Cove (Turkish: Anzak Koyu) is a small cove
on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. It became
famous as the site of World War I landing of the
ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army
Corps) on 25 April 1915. The cove is a mere 600
metres (2,000ft) long, bounded by the
headlands of Ari Burnu to the north and Little Ari
Burnu, known as Hell Spit, to the south.
Following the landing at Anzac Cove, the beach
became the main base for the Australian and
New Zealand troops for the eight months of the
Battle of Gallipoli.
The first objective for soldiers coming ashore in
enemy-held territory was to establish a
beachhead, that is, a safe section of beach
protected from enemy attack where supplies and
extra troops could be safely brought ashore.
Anzac Cove was always within 1 kilometre
(3,300ft) of the front-line, well within the range
of Turkish artillery though spurs from the high
ground of Plugge's Plateau, which rose above Ari
Burnu, provided some protection. General
William Birdwood, commander of Anzac, made
his headquarters in a gully overlooking the cove,
as did the commanders of the New Zealand and
Australian Division and the Australian 1st
Division. It was on 29 April that General
Birdwood recommended that the original landing
site between the two headlands be known as
"Anzac Cove" and that the surrounding, hitherto
nameless, area occupied by his corps be known
as "Anzac".

GALLIPOLI
PENINSULA
The Gallipoli peninsula is
located in Turkish Thrace (or
East Thrace), the European
part of Turkey, with the Aegean
Sea to the west and the
Dardanelles straits to the east.
Gallipoli derives its name from
the Greek (Kallipolis), meaning
"Beautiful City". In antiquity, it
was known as the Thracian
Chersonese.
It is especially famous in
Australia and New Zealand for
the failed Allied offensive on
Turkey in 1915 in World War I
known as the Gallipoli
Campaign.

Troy

Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, south of the
southwest end of the Dardanelles / Hellespont and northwest of Mount Ida. It is best known for being
the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the
two epic poems attributed to Homer. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey seems to show
that the name formerly began with a digamma. This was later supported by the Hittite form Wilusa.
Today, the hill at Hisarlik has given its name to a small village near the ruins, supporting the tourist
trade visiting the Troia archaeological site.[7] It lies within the province of anakkale, some 30km
south-west of the provincial capital, also called anakkale. The nearest village is Tevfikiye. The map
here shows the adapted Scamander estuary with Ilium a little way inland across the Homeric plain.

IZMIR
Izmir is a large
metropolis in the western
extremity of Anatolia and
the third most populous
city in Turkey. Izmir
metropolitan area
extends along the
outlying waters of the
Gulf of zmir and inland
to the north across Gediz
River's delta, to the east
along an alluvial plain
created by several small
streams and to a slightly
more rugged terrain in
the south. The ancient
city was known as
Smyrna, and the city was
generally referred to as
Smyrna in English, until
the Turkish Postal
Services Law of 1930
made "Izmir" the

IZMIR
zmir has almost 3,500 years of
recorded urban history and
possibly even longer as an
advanced human settlement.
Lying on an advantageous
location at the head of a gulf
running down in a deep
indentation midway on the
western Anatolian coast, the
city has been one of the
principal mercantile cities of the
Mediterranean Sea for much of
its history. Its port is Turkey's
primary port for exports in
terms of the freight handled and
its free zone, a Turkish-U.S.
joint-venture established in
1990, is the leader among the
twenty in Turkey. Its workforce,
and particularly its rising class
of young professionals,
concentrated either in the city
or in its immediate vicinity and
under either larger companies
or SMEs, affirm their name in an
increasingly wider global scale
and intensity. zmir is widely
regarded as one of the most
progressive Turkish cities in
terms of its values, lifestyle,
dynamism and gender roles.

The
House of
Virgin
Mary
The House of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic and Muslim shrine located on Mt. Koressos in the vicinity of
Ephesus, 7 kilometres (4.3mi) from Seluk in Turkey. The house was discovered in the 19th century by
following the descriptions in the reported visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (17741824), a
Roman Catholic nun and visionary, which were published as a book by Clemens Brentano after her death.
The Catholic Church has never pronounced in favour or against the authenticity of the house, but
nevertheless maintains a steady flow of pilgrimage since its discovery. The shrine has also gained the
Apostolic Blessing of the first pilgrimage by Pope Leo XIII in 1896, having been taken a positive attitude
towards the site and towards Emmerich's visions. Anne Catherine Emmerich was Beatified by Pope John Paul
II on October3, 2004.
Catholic pilgrims visit the house based on the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken to this stone
house by Saint John and lived there until her Assumption (according to Catholic doctrine) (or what would be
Dormition
The shrine has merited several papal Apostolic Blessings and visits from several popes, the earliest
pilgrimage coming from Pope Leo XIII in 1896, and the most recent in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Ancient
City :
Ephesus

Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the coast of Ionia, near present-day Seluk,
Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era. In the
Roman period, Ephesus had a population of more than 250,000 in the 1st century BC, which also made it one of
the largest cities in the Mediterranean world.
The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World. Emperor Constantine I rebuilt much of the city and erected new public baths. Following the Edict
of Thessalonica from emperor Theodosius I, the temple was destroyed in 401 AD by a mob led by St. John
Chrysostom.The town was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 614 AD. The city's importance as a
commercial center declined as the harbor was slowly silted up by the Cayster River.
Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may
have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th century Christian Councils, see Council of Ephesus. It
is also the site of a large gladiators' graveyard.
Today's archaeological site lies 3 kilometers southwest of the town of Seluk, in the Seluk district of zmir
Province, Turkey. The ruins of Ephesus are a favorite international and local tourist attraction

PAMUKKALE
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in
Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli
Province in southwestern Turkey. The
city contains hot springs and
travertines, terraces of carbonate
minerals left by the flowing water. It is
located in Turkey's Inner Aegean
region, in the River Menderes valley,
which has a temperate climate for
most of the year.
Travertine terrace formations at
Pamukkale, Turkey. May 21, 2011
The ancient Greco-Roman and
Byzantine city of Hierapolis was built
on top of the white "castle" which is in
total about 2,700 metres (8,860ft)
long, 600m (1,970ft) wide and 160m
(525ft) high. It can be seen from the
hills on the opposite side of the valley
in the town of Denizli, 20km away.
Tourism is and has been a major
industry. People have bathed in its
pools for thousands of years. As
recently as the mid-20th century,
hotels were built over the ruins of
Hieropolis, causing considerable
damage. An approach road was built
from the valley over the terraces, and
motor bikes were allowed to go up and
down the slopes. When the area was
declared a World Heritage Site, the
hotels were demolished and the road
removed and replaced with artificial
pools. Wearing shoes in the water is
prohibited to protect the deposits.

BURSA
Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is
the fourth most populous city in Turkey
and one of the most industrialized
metropolitan centers in the country.
Bursa was the capital of the Ottoman
State between 1326 and 1365. The city
was referred to as "Hdavendigar"
(meaning "God's Gift") during the
Ottoman period, while a more recent
nickname is "Yeil Bursa" (meaning
"Green Bursa") in reference to the parks
and gardens located across its urban
fabric, as well as to the vast and richly
varied forests of the surrounding region.
The ski resort of Mount Uluda towers
over it. Bursa has rather orderly urban
growth and borders a fertile plain. The
mausoleums of the early Ottoman sultans
are located in Bursa and the city's main
landmarks include numerous edifices built
throughout the Ottoman period.
Bursa also has thermal baths and several
museums, including a museum of
archaeology.
The shadow play characters Karagz and
Hacivat are based on historic
personalities who lived and died in Bursa.
Bursa is also home to some of the most
famous Turkish dishes such as skender
kebap, specially candied marron glacs,
peaches and lokum. Bursa houses the
Uluda University, and its population can
claim one of the highest overall levels of
education in Turkey. The historic towns of
znik (Nicaea), Mudanya and Zeytinba
are all situated in the Province of Bursa.

FETIH COLLEGE in ISTANBUL

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