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İSTANBUL İS THE CİTY OF THE DREAMS
10:38am
BST on August 2, 2009
Experience every corner of Istanbul
Istanbul means to explore; to explore means to enjoy... Wait not longer! In order to experience this beautiful city in the most thorough way possible, choose the most attractive tours to organize your visit...
To sip a sugary, frothy coffee while sitting next to the sea, enveloped by the incredible grasp of the Bosphorus, to capture both today and yesterday in the same embrace, to inhale this unparalleled city from the sky above, or to the sole hero of this enormous city yourself. But how? We have some recommendations.
“Bosphorus tours” are for you!
If you are interested in a Bosphorus tour, you should head directly to Eminönü. The tour boats that leave from IDO Wharf travel gently up the Bosphorus, making a few stops at areas on the Asian Side, and eventually make their way to Anadolu Kavağı. After stopping there for several hours, they return directly to Eminönü at 10.35, 12.00 and 01.35 a.m. These tours only occur in the summer months.
If you want to enjoy a night of entertainment on the Bosphorus, then you should apply to Mehtap Tours, which is organized by IDO and a variety of different companies. After taking one, you will be able to acquaint yourself with the beauties of the Bosphorus as far as one is able. Some tours take a break to dine on fish in areas such as Anadolu Kavağı and Rumeli Kavağı while others offer food accompanied by live music on the boat itself.
The bus is leaving... Don’t miss it!
City tours by bus are also available. These tours, which last a total of one hour and fifty minutes, allow you to be carried away by the entire beauty of the city all at once. These entertaining tours take place in double-decker buses, outfitted with open tops, leave from Sultanahmet Square at the top of each hour. They offer the easiest way for you to tour the city, and also provide you with detailed historical information about the city. These tours pass by sixty three different points on their route, from which you can view the important sights of the Historical Peninsula and the Bosphorus.
Among the Istanbul neighborhoods that these tours pass are Taksim, Tepebaşı, Şişhane, Unkapanı, Fener, Ayvansaray, Edirnekapı, Fatih, Şehzadebaşı, Unkapanı, Eminönü, Sirkeci, Cağaloğlu, Sultanahmet, Eminönü, Tophane and Kabataş. If you like, you can get off the bus at any of these stops, and board another bus when it passes.
In the summer months, these tours run from 11.00 a.m. to 05.30 p.m. You can purchase tickets from hotel reception offices, the ticket booths in Taksim and Sultanahmet, or when you board the bus. The price of the tour is 20 Euro for adults, 10 Euro for students and 12 Euro for the families with four people.
“The Sultan’s caiques” will astound you
Would you like to experience Istanbul from a caique? Caique tours, which have not lost any of their past charm, will surely add to your enjoyment of the Bosphorus. They are the favourite of all Istanbul lovers.
Istanbul’s caiques were used for transportation within the city during the Ottoman period. Occasionally even “Sultanic caiques” which were decorated in sterling gold and jewels and were used when the sultans had to carry out the duties of the throne at sea, made trips on the Bosphorus.
Although hundreds of years have passed, this tradition has not changed. The splendour of the sultanic caiques still attracts intense interest, and excites everyone who wants to experience Istanbul to the fullest.
For more detailed information:
Ph: (9)0212-296-5240 (4 lines)
web: www.sultankayiklari.com
A tour of Istanbul by dolmuş
Hurry up; let’s return to the Istanbul of the seventies, if only for a moment. In that era, dolmuş were the most common form of public transportation. In particular multi-colored American cars from from 1948 to 1956...
The dolmuş carry a total of six passengers, including the tour guide and the chauffeur. In then, you can make your way directly to and from such neighborhoods as Sultanahmet, Sirkeci, Sarayburnu, Ahırkapı, Çatladıkapı, Kumkapı, Kadırga, Langa, Beyazıt, Kapalıçarşı, İstanbul University, Şehzadebaşı, Süleymaniye, Vefa, Şehzadebaşı, Unkapanı, Zeyrek, Aksaray, Haseki, Cerrahpaşa, Esekapı, Samatya, Yedikule, Belgradkapı, Silivrikapı, Mevlanakapı, Topkapı, and Eminönü. And don’t worry if you forget to eat beforehand, a delicious feast of fish and bread awaits you in Samatya.
Ph: (9)0212-292-2874
Package tours
Exploring Istanbul is a wonderful experience, but can also be difficult. Therefore, we still recommend that you avail yourself of the professional services of many tourism and travel agencies.
Many companies that professionally organize special city tours offer package programs tailored precisely to your interests and desires. If you like, tourism agents can offer you professional tour guide services and organize all forms of transportation for you while you are in the city.
Once you have arrived in Istanbul, you can take advantage of these services by inquiring at your hotel or at a travel agent in the vicinity.
Experiencing the Istanbul skies with “Türkbalon”…
And now the time has come to view Istanbul from the sky...Though you may wonder whether such a thing is possible, if you visit Kadıköy, it certainly is. The Türkbalon (Turk Balloon) is Kadıköy’s Harbour Square (İskele Meydanı). It rises to a height of 200 metres, and allows you the unique pleasure of viewing Istanbul from a 360 degree bird’s eye perspective.
Istanbul means to explore; to explore means to enjoy... Wait not longer! In order to experience this beautiful city in the most thorough way possible, choose the most attractive tours to organize your visit...
To sip a sugary, frothy coffee while sitting next to the sea, enveloped by the incredible grasp of the Bosphorus, to capture both today and yesterday in the same embrace, to inhale this unparalleled city from the sky above, or to the sole hero of this enormous city yourself. But how? We have some recommendations.
“Bosphorus tours” are for you!
If you are interested in a Bosphorus tour, you should head directly to Eminönü. The tour boats that leave from IDO Wharf travel gently up the Bosphorus, making a few stops at areas on the Asian Side, and eventually make their way to Anadolu Kavağı. After stopping there for several hours, they return directly to Eminönü at 10.35, 12.00 and 01.35 a.m. These tours only occur in the summer months.
If you want to enjoy a night of entertainment on the Bosphorus, then you should apply to Mehtap Tours, which is organized by IDO and a variety of different companies. After taking one, you will be able to acquaint yourself with the beauties of the Bosphorus as far as one is able. Some tours take a break to dine on fish in areas such as Anadolu Kavağı and Rumeli Kavağı while others offer food accompanied by live music on the boat itself.
The bus is leaving... Don’t miss it!
City tours by bus are also available. These tours, which last a total of one hour and fifty minutes, allow you to be carried away by the entire beauty of the city all at once. These entertaining tours take place in double-decker buses, outfitted with open tops, leave from Sultanahmet Square at the top of each hour. They offer the easiest way for you to tour the city, and also provide you with detailed historical information about the city. These tours pass by sixty three different points on their route, from which you can view the important sights of the Historical Peninsula and the Bosphorus.
Among the Istanbul neighborhoods that these tours pass are Taksim, Tepebaşı, Şişhane, Unkapanı, Fener, Ayvansaray, Edirnekapı, Fatih, Şehzadebaşı, Unkapanı, Eminönü, Sirkeci, Cağaloğlu, Sultanahmet, Eminönü, Tophane and Kabataş. If you like, you can get off the bus at any of these stops, and board another bus when it passes.
In the summer months, these tours run from 11.00 a.m. to 05.30 p.m. You can purchase tickets from hotel reception offices, the ticket booths in Taksim and Sultanahmet, or when you board the bus. The price of the tour is 20 Euro for adults, 10 Euro for students and 12 Euro for the families with four people.
“The Sultan’s caiques” will astound you
Would you like to experience Istanbul from a caique? Caique tours, which have not lost any of their past charm, will surely add to your enjoyment of the Bosphorus. They are the favourite of all Istanbul lovers.
Istanbul’s caiques were used for transportation within the city during the Ottoman period. Occasionally even “Sultanic caiques” which were decorated in sterling gold and jewels and were used when the sultans had to carry out the duties of the throne at sea, made trips on the Bosphorus.
Although hundreds of years have passed, this tradition has not changed. The splendour of the sultanic caiques still attracts intense interest, and excites everyone who wants to experience Istanbul to the fullest.
For more detailed information:
Ph: (9)0212-296-5240 (4 lines)
web: www.sultankayiklari.com
A tour of Istanbul by dolmuş
Hurry up; let’s return to the Istanbul of the seventies, if only for a moment. In that era, dolmuş were the most common form of public transportation. In particular multi-colored American cars from from 1948 to 1956...
The dolmuş carry a total of six passengers, including the tour guide and the chauffeur. In then, you can make your way directly to and from such neighborhoods as Sultanahmet, Sirkeci, Sarayburnu, Ahırkapı, Çatladıkapı, Kumkapı, Kadırga, Langa, Beyazıt, Kapalıçarşı, İstanbul University, Şehzadebaşı, Süleymaniye, Vefa, Şehzadebaşı, Unkapanı, Zeyrek, Aksaray, Haseki, Cerrahpaşa, Esekapı, Samatya, Yedikule, Belgradkapı, Silivrikapı, Mevlanakapı, Topkapı, and Eminönü. And don’t worry if you forget to eat beforehand, a delicious feast of fish and bread awaits you in Samatya.
Ph: (9)0212-292-2874
Package tours
Exploring Istanbul is a wonderful experience, but can also be difficult. Therefore, we still recommend that you avail yourself of the professional services of many tourism and travel agencies.
Many companies that professionally organize special city tours offer package programs tailored precisely to your interests and desires. If you like, tourism agents can offer you professional tour guide services and organize all forms of transportation for you while you are in the city.
Once you have arrived in Istanbul, you can take advantage of these services by inquiring at your hotel or at a travel agent in the vicinity.
Experiencing the Istanbul skies with “Türkbalon”…
And now the time has come to view Istanbul from the sky...Though you may wonder whether such a thing is possible, if you visit Kadıköy, it certainly is. The Türkbalon (Turk Balloon) is Kadıköy’s Harbour Square (İskele Meydanı). It rises to a height of 200 metres, and allows you the unique pleasure of viewing Istanbul from a 360 degree bird’s eye perspective.
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APRIL 23 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
12:22pm
BST on April 23, 2009
Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people" M. Kemal Atatürk
APRIL 23 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
This national day (23 April National Sovereignty and Children's Day) in Turkey is a unique event. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, dedicated April 23 to the children of the country to emphasize that they are the future of the new nation. It was on April 23, 1920, during the War of Independence, that the Grand National Assembly met in Ankara and laid down the foundations of a new, independent, secular, and modern republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Following the defeat of the Allied invasion forces on September 9, 1922 and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, 1923, Ataturk started his task of establishing the institutions of the new state. Over the next eight years, Ataturk and his followers adopted sweeping reforms to create a modern Turkey, divorced from her Ottoman past. In unprecedented moves, he dedicated the sovereignty day to the children and entrusted in the hands of the youth the protection of this sovereignty and independence.
Every year, the children in Turkey celebrate this "Sovereignty and Children's Day" as a national holiday. Schools participate in week-long ceremonies marked by performances in all fields in large stadiums watched by the entire nation. Among the activities on this day, the children send their representatives to replace state officials and high ranking bureaucrats in their offices. The President, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Ministers, provincial governors all turn over their positions to children's representatives. These children, in turn, sign executive orders relating to educational and environmental policies. On this day, the children also replace the parliamentarians in the Grand National Assembly and hold a special session to discuss matters concerning children's issues.
Over the last two decades, the Turkish officials have been working hard to internationalize this important day. Their efforts resulted in large number of world states' sending groups of children to Turkey to participate in the above stated festivities. During their stay in Turkey, the foreign children are housed in Turkish homes and find an important opportunity to interact with the Turkish kids and learn about each other's countries and cultures. The foreign children groups also participate in the special session of the Grand National Assembly. This results in a truly international Assembly where children pledge their commitment to international peace and brotherhood.
The importance of April 23 as a special day of children has been recognized by the international community. UNICEF decided to recognize this important day as the International Children's Day.
This article was distributed to the guests of the first April 23 Children's Day on University of Missouri-Columbia Campus, which was organized by the Turkish Students' Association in April, 1992.
APRIL 23 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
This national day (23 April National Sovereignty and Children's Day) in Turkey is a unique event. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, dedicated April 23 to the children of the country to emphasize that they are the future of the new nation. It was on April 23, 1920, during the War of Independence, that the Grand National Assembly met in Ankara and laid down the foundations of a new, independent, secular, and modern republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Following the defeat of the Allied invasion forces on September 9, 1922 and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, 1923, Ataturk started his task of establishing the institutions of the new state. Over the next eight years, Ataturk and his followers adopted sweeping reforms to create a modern Turkey, divorced from her Ottoman past. In unprecedented moves, he dedicated the sovereignty day to the children and entrusted in the hands of the youth the protection of this sovereignty and independence.
Every year, the children in Turkey celebrate this "Sovereignty and Children's Day" as a national holiday. Schools participate in week-long ceremonies marked by performances in all fields in large stadiums watched by the entire nation. Among the activities on this day, the children send their representatives to replace state officials and high ranking bureaucrats in their offices. The President, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Ministers, provincial governors all turn over their positions to children's representatives. These children, in turn, sign executive orders relating to educational and environmental policies. On this day, the children also replace the parliamentarians in the Grand National Assembly and hold a special session to discuss matters concerning children's issues.
Over the last two decades, the Turkish officials have been working hard to internationalize this important day. Their efforts resulted in large number of world states' sending groups of children to Turkey to participate in the above stated festivities. During their stay in Turkey, the foreign children are housed in Turkish homes and find an important opportunity to interact with the Turkish kids and learn about each other's countries and cultures. The foreign children groups also participate in the special session of the Grand National Assembly. This results in a truly international Assembly where children pledge their commitment to international peace and brotherhood.
The importance of April 23 as a special day of children has been recognized by the international community. UNICEF decided to recognize this important day as the International Children's Day.
This article was distributed to the guests of the first April 23 Children's Day on University of Missouri-Columbia Campus, which was organized by the Turkish Students' Association in April, 1992.
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