Books and Links

Guide Books

Blue Guide to Istanbul, WW Norton, New York

Knopf Guides: Istanbul

Insight Guides: Turkey

Cadogan Guides: Turkey

Fodor's Turkey

Map

Freytag & Berndt Turkey Road Map

Suggested Reading

Strolling through Istanbul, John Freely, Redhouse Press, Istanbul 1983

Turkey Unveiled, Nicole & Hugh Pope. The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 1977

Turkish Reflections, Mary Settle, 1991

Turkey's Religious Sites, Anna G. Edmonds

Historical & Archaeological Books

Anatolia: Cauldron of Cultures (Lost Civilizations, Vol. 23), Dale M. Brown

Anatolia in the Second Millennium BC (Iconography of Religions Section 15- Mesopotamia and the Near East), M.N. Van Loon, 1997

Ancient Turkey: A Travellers History of Anatolia, Seton Lloyd, 1989

Catalhoyuk A Neolithic Town in Anatolia, J. Mellaart

Early Turkey: An Introduction to Archaeology of Anatolia from Prehistoric through the Lydian Period., Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Jean Blackburn, 1996

The Hittites and their Contemporaries in Asia Minor, J.G.Macqueen

Early Highland Peoples of Anatolia, Seton Lloyd

The Kingdom of the Hittites, Trevor Bryce

Ecology and Empire: The Structure of the Urartian State, Paul E. Zimansky

Mausolus, Hornblower

The Historical Archaeology of Northern Caria, Ronald T. Marchere

Ancient Ruins and Civilizations of Turkey, Ekrem Akurgal, Istanbul 1970

The Troad, John M. Cook, Oxford 1973

Hattusa, The capital of Hittites, Kurt Bittel

Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia, Lynn Rolley, 1986

Aphrodisias, Kenan Erim, Istanbul 1989

Dynastic Lycia: A political history of the Lycians and their relations with foreign powers, C. 545 - 362 BC., Antony G. Keen, 1998

Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, George E. Bean

Aegean Turkey, George E. Bean

Turkey's Southern Shore, George E. Bean

Turkey Beyond Meander, George E. Bean

History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia, George Perrot

The Ionians and Hellenism, A study of the Cultural Achievements of the early Greek Inhabitants of Asia Minor., C.J.Emlyn - Jones

Architectural Books

How the Greeks Built Cities, R.E.Wycherley

General Links

www.tourismturkey.org
The Turkish Tourism office in New York. A comprehensive site about Turkey.

www.travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
U.S. State Department's Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheet.

Archaeology Links

Troy
Official website of the German Archaeological Team excavating the well-known site of the Iliad of Homeros.

Çatalhöyük
Official website of Çatalhöyük, the first urban settlement in the world.

Interactive Museum of Turkey
A brilliant website of virtual tours of museums in Turkey including Topkapi Palace, Dolmabahçe Palace, Rahmi Koç Museum, etc.

Alisarhöyük
An abstract from the Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research by Ronald L. Gorny.

Bakla Tepe Excavations
Comprehensive information on the excavations made at an early settlement of Ionia.

Liman Tepe
A comprehensive site about the ongoing excavations at Liman Tepe, another early settlement of ancient Ionia.

TAY Project
An ongoing project to build a comprehensive database of all archaeological sites in Turkey.

Priene: The Apogee of the Hellenistic Domestic Architecture in Anatolia
An article by Lale Ozgenel.

Anatolian Archaeology on the Net
A long list of Anatolian archaeological web sites.

Archaeological Sites & Photos

Comprehensive Archaeological Photos and News.

Nevali Cori

Excavations at Nevali Cori, revealed clues that the Neolithic Age had started between 12,000 and 10,000 B.C. in this site, at least 500 years earlier than at Catalhoyuk and Hacilar.

Patara
Lycian city where Santa Claus was born, center for Lycian league that inspired American Constitution

Archaeology links provided by Archaeologist Umit Isin

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