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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 915.61044 EAN: 9789812587138 ISBN: 9812587136 Label: Insight Guides Manufacturer: Insight Guides Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 437 Publication Date: 2008-06 Publisher: Insight Guides Studio: Insight Guides Sales Rank: 26886 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Book Description: One of over 400 titles in the Insight series, Insight Guide Turkey. This 438-page book includes a section detailing Turkey's history, 6 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from the amazingly varied cuisine to the stupendous Bosphorus skyline, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus many lovely photographs and 21 maps. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - For anyone with Turkish friends.This book is unmistakably useful as a guide for tourists visiting Turkey, but it will be of value also to all of us with Turkish friends. Turks are Middle Easterners, but not like most of their neighbours. This book sweeps away suppositions and errors and presents the Turks' history, culture, beliefs and ways in a clear and readable manner. Rating: - Insightful Guide!!The Insight Guide to Turkey has breathtaking photos, and exceptionally well-written essays about the country, its history, geography, politics and peoples. I read this book in preparing to host a Turk at my house. I was seeking an appreciation of the country and its culture. What I got was a fascinating read (I couldn't put it down) and a very balanced view, in addition to a great history lesson. I am left with a desire to see this country and meet its people! Rating: - Cross cultural lifeline.Insight guides offer a rich history, political analysis and cultural insight to the countries they cover. By using locally based writers they get the insiders view of what the various camps believe in. For a discerning traveller who wants to know about the country, the people, geography, food, industry etc and for those who wish to travel independently, this is the book to read. It is not tourist guide which says stay here, eat this menu, see this statue. All that is left to the standard tourist guide writers. If you never travel to a country, you can know it through the insight guide. Because Muslim and Turkish cultures are so different from ours (and Turkish is different to Arabic Muslim) it is important to be aware of the behaviours ... Read More: |
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