Turkey I visited Turkey while my parents were stationed there. I learned so much, it was one of the most enjoyable, and educational vacations I have ever had because it offered so much in terms of history, religion, culture and warm people.
Turkey has a historical richness like few other countries.
You can't help but notice it, really, it's everywhere. It is rightly called a cradle of civilization because so many cultures have left their legacies here. The Ottoman Empire was based here, Greek and Roman cities flourished here and the Selcuk Turks and Hittites were also there before them. Even on my first day in Turkey I saw a small cemetary where the Romans had destroyed the Greek headstones that had been there previously. I saw the Roman aqueducts in Istanbul, the underground city built by the Early Christians in Cappadoccia, the Bedouins weaving carpets, the exquisite Ottoman palaces and stunning mosques in Istanbul.