All roads lead to Turkey (Vacations)

ny daily news ^ | 4-22-2015 | Turkish Consulate General in New York

[Citizen Zed]

Party, party, party!

[fhayek]

I dunno. If I take a vacation to another country, I think I will make a point of staying in Christendom.

[dfwgator]

[thorvaldr]

Armenians are dying to go there.

[dfwgator]

Why would anyone go to a Muslim country?

[DannyTN]

There are 148 countries that are not majority muslim. I’d think that’s at least 148 vacation destinations before I’d visit Turkey. But of the 49 countries that are Muslim, Turkey might be high on the list, if I ever gave visiting a muslim country any thought at all.

[DannyTN]

LOL!

[clee1]

+1

[SkyDancer]

Turkey is very interesting in a Christian sort of way. There’s Ephesus for one, Pergamon for another... lots of places that Apostle Paul visited and preached and lots of Christian sites where NT stuff happened.

[M Kehoe]

I did the tour in ‘77-78. Care of U. Sam.

It was beautiful. Have some great pics of TU.

5.56mm

[Rockpile]

Speaking of Turkey, Operation Nemesis was an enjoyable experience for some.

[NotSoFreeStater]

My Armenian blood keeps me away.

[BluH2o]

Visited Izmir Turkey on two Med cruises back in the mid-60's while serving in the USMC. From Izmir we sailed down the west coast of Turkey to the Bodrum/Marmaris area and pulled a amphibious landing exercise. We spent approximately 2 weeks in the field training.
Fast forward some 45 years and my wife and I flew into Istanbul to meet up with a cruise ship. We arrived in Istanbul a few days early before boarding our ship. From there we sailed thru the Sea of Maramara, the Dardanelles (past Gallipoli which this year is commemorating the 100 year anniversary of the WWI battle fought there between the British allies ... mostly ANZAC units and the Turks) with our first port of call Kusadasi, Turkey (near Ephesus). Latter we sailed on to Rhodes, Greece then to Bodrum, Turkey. Great trip and one I would recommend. Istanbul is a fascinating city.

[I want the USA back]

Never. No holocaust-denying towelhead haven will ever see me.

[Bigg Red]

Ditto!

[ziravan]

I was stationed there and lived there for a year.

No, thanks.

It’s a craphole.

Our base slogan: “It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here!”

[steve86]

Visited Ephesus when I was 17 and it was a high point of my life.

[ziravan]

My biggest regret living in Turkey?

I should have taken the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation tour of the nude beaches in Greece while I was there.....

[martin_fierro]

For millennia, Turkey’s Marmara has been a physical and figurative bridge between Eastern and Western cultures, religions, and histories. It was here, at this crossroad of civilization, where Persian King Xerxes built his famed bridge of boats over the Dardanelles for his conquest of Europe. Here, on the treacherous waters of the Bosphorus, Jason led the Argonauts to find the Golden Fleece. Up against the legendry Walls of Troy, an impossible beauty launched a thousand ships and a wooden horse destroyed an ancient people.

* yawn * whattaya done lately?

[Cronos]

Instead of Turkey, go to Greece — they need the money. Or head to Lebanon or Spain for the sun.