[SunkenCiv]

Sorry, I missed that cockeyed character in the topic title.

The emphasis in this archaeological project is to bring in tourism, sounds like the pre-Morsi approach in Egypt. There'd be more tourism in Turkey if it were safe for women and girls to walk from the hotel to the restaurant.

The Yenikapi keyword:

• Intact 5th century merchant ship found in Istanbul
• Stone Age skeletons uncovered during tube tunnel excavations
• Nautical Archaeology Takes A Leap Forward
• 1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Port Discovered
• DIGGING TO BYZANTIUM: Turkish Tunnel Project Unearths an Ancient Harbor
• Treasure (Archaeology) Dig Threatens Bosphorus Rail Link

[wildbill]

It appears that Erdogan is intent on reversing the policies begun by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 toward changing Turkey into a modern secular and democratic state.

This is surprising since Turkey has had almost 100 years of secular government. However, it seems to be relapsing back to a government that leans toward the religious beliefs of Islamism.

The question is whether this movement sweeping throughout the Middle East is analogous to the Counter-Reformation in Europe and will be a final gasp of theocratic governments on a short term basis or will last for a significant period of time.

[kabumpo]

It might be if they weren’t wearing shorts and a bikini top. I was there several times in my twenties, and never had a problem - I dressed modestly.