A Turkish Adventure

A Turkish Adventure

to the sacred Goddess sites
and much, much more!

May 9 - May 25, 2008

With its ancient history and many layers of civilization, Turkey has much to share.

For example, did you know:

• All seven of the early churches were in Turkey, and Turkey was the first Christian nation.
  
  
• In this land of the ancient Akkadian cuneiform (a system of symbols applied by a sharpened reed on a flattened piece of clay later baked), each ruler kept an archive and scribes who translated letters to and from the native tongue. The oldest written history is found here.

• Turkey saw the rise and fall of the Hittites, Assyrians, Cimmerians (the biblical Gomer), the Scythians (the Biblical Ashkenaz), the Polemies and Seleucids.

• The Aramaic language (the language of Master Jesus) replaced the Akkadian cuneiform by the eighth century BCE. This change would serve to spread the gospel in the Gentile world.

• Turkey, the infant Christianity, struggled with both the religions of old and Judaism to become first the official, and later the exclusive, religion of the Roman Empire by the end of the fourth century CE.

Experience Turkey With Us - For An Adventure Of A Lifetime!

Situated on two continents (Europe and Asia) and inheritor of a great history where we can still witness the remnants of five civilizations, Istanbul is one of the most fascinating capitals of the Orient.

The antique Constantinople became Byzantium in the 4th Century. In 1453, the city passed from Christianity to Islam with the rule of Ottoman Sultans and a new name, Istanbul. Its urban profile has since then been symbolized by the minarets of its mosques. You will plunge to the heart of the history of the old Istanbul, and you will discover its principal Byzantine and Ottoman monuments.

Grand Bazaar, the largest of its kind with 17 gates, 65 streets and 4000 shops, in addition to its historical importance. Barter for colorful kilims, leather goods, pottery and jewelry. Constructed in the 1660's as part of the imperial mosque complex, with its shop rents going to support the upkeep of the mosque as well as its schools, hospitals, baths and public fountains. Merchants sold such things as cinnamon, gunpowder, rabbit fat, pine gum, peach pit powder and many folk remedy ingredients.

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