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Anatolian watchtowers gather in a small town

Anatolian watchtowers gather in a small town

Safranbolu, a district in the Black Sea province of Karabük that is famous for its old houses, is displaying miniature watchtowers in an open area

2 Comment(s) 10/29/2012

Hasandağı Mountain prepares to host paragliders

Hasandağı Mountain prepares to host paragliders

Paragliders from Turkey and around the world will be invited to a paragliding festival on the secondhighest mountain of Central Anatolia, Hasandağı. Preparations for the festival are underway in a field at an elevation of nearly 2,000 meters

Comment(s) 10/8/2012

Rice harvesting season in Turkey’s northwest

Rice harvesting season in Turkey’s northwest

Near the Greek border in the northwestern province of İpsala, October is rice harvesting season. Five kilometers away from the main road that leads to Greece you find yourself in a rice landscape

Comment(s) 10/24/2012

Funding dispute shuts 124-year-old museum

Funding dispute shuts 124-year-old museum

Bosnia’s 124-year-old National Museum sealed its doors on Oct. 4 because the divided country’s authorities could not agree on how to fund it, and hundreds of people gathered in support of what they see as a cultural symbol.

Comment(s) 10/6/2012

E-campaign to encourage tourism

E-campaign to encourage tourism

Southern Aegean hoteliers promote regional tourism through promotional short films on social media websites as Europeans especially read comments on social sharing websites before going on holiday

1 Comment(s) 10/20/2012

Dubai to build Taj Mahal replica

Dubai to build Taj Mahal replica

A replica of India's world-famous Taj Mahal, four times the size of the original, is to be built in Dubai as what is to be billed as the world's grandest wedding venue, one of its developers said.

1 Comment(s) 10/5/2012

İpsala border keeps all the abandoned things

İpsala border keeps all the abandoned things

I visited İpsala last week and walked around the village. It is a small town and the first impression you get is that there is not so much to do. But, while walking around I always find something interesting

1 Comment(s) 10/17/2012

Trabzon after the new coastal road

Trabzon after the new coastal road

Nowadays, people in the Black Sea region generally speak and complain about two closely related problems: The natural coastline with its beautiful cozy beaches has disappeared, and there is not as much fish as there used to be

2 Comment(s) 10/3/2012

Rare volcanic formations to serve tourism

Rare volcanic formations to serve tourism

With the launch of a new project, 80 million year old lava columns on the coast of Güzelcehisar in the Black Sea province of Bartın...

1 Comment(s) 10/16/2012

Colorado "Frozen Dead Guy" festival to go on with or without corpse

Colorado "Frozen Dead Guy" festival to go on with or without corpse

The frozen corpse that has inspired a Colorado town's whimsical "Frozen Dead Guy Days" celebration may soon be put on ice somewhere else...

Comment(s) 9/27/2012

Hobbit tourism boost New Zealand trips

Hobbit tourism boost New Zealand trips

For millions, the Lord of the Rings films turned the country into Middle-earth, and as the premiere of a second trilogy approaches, tour operators are getting ready for another tourist bonanza.

Comment(s) 10/15/2012

Soup’s on in pleasant center of little island

Soup’s on in pleasant center of little island

Long one of the north Aegean’s favorite destinations for its sea and quaint town center, Bozcaada also plays host to a food festival featuring culinary specialties particular to the island at the end of the Dardanelles

Comment(s) 9/26/2012

Safari tours lure nature enthusiasts to Hacettepe

Safari tours lure nature enthusiasts to Hacettepe

Hacettepe University’s Beytepe campus is home to hundreds of animal and plant species. The university has started safari tours on the campus in an attempt to show the richness to the world

Comment(s) 10/9/2012

World’s biggest coffee pot:

World’s biggest coffee pot:

Turkish coffee, cooked in the pot, was served to citizens.

Comment(s) 9/25/2012

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