Turkey 🇹🇷 in 8 days: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Troy, Edirne and Bursa

On our first trip to Turkey, we did the typical first timer's itinerary spending 3 days each in Istanbul and Cappadocia. In the remaining days, we hired a car and drove around the Northwest part of the country. In this vlog we show you all the places we visited, where we stayed and how we moved around between the sites. Being vegetarians, we also show you what the options are for vegetarians when travelling around the country. We also try to present the history behind the sites in as concise form as possible. This was the first time I spoke Turkish on camera. Hope I did not murder the language beyond recognition.

Trip date: August 2024

Travel blog: https://www.travel-notes.org/istanbul...
Hotel/Car rental reviews: https://www.travel-notes.org/istanbul...
Car rental in Cappadocia: https://www.avecrentacar.com/tr/
Balloon ride company: https://www.royalballoon.com/

Turkish history podcast: https://www.turkishhistorypodcast.com/
History of byzantine emperors:    • Byzantine Emperors  

Channels to learn Turkish:
1) ‪@teacheraliyilmaz‬
2) ‪@EasyTurkish‬
3) ‪@LearnTurkishTheEasyWay‬

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:42 Day 1 Cappadocia - Goreme
07:01 Day 2 Cappadocia - Ihlara Vallley
09:50 Day 3 Balloon Ride
13:21 Day 4 Edirne
17:39 Day 5 Troy
21:06 Day 6 Bursa
24:57 Day 7 Istanbul - Topkapi
29:15 Day 8 Istanbul - Dolmabahce
31:23 Conclusion
31:41 Top 10 sites in Turkey

Wikipedia credits:
01) Hittite Map: By Ennomus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
02) Roman Empire Map: By Tataryn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
03) Rome-Byzantine Map: By AKIKA3D - Own work using:File:Roman_empire_395.jpgFile:REmpire_Dalmatia.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
04) Sultanate of Rum Map: By Gabagool - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
05) Ottoman Empire Map: By Chamboz at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
06) Byzantine Empire Map: By Bigdaddy1204 (talk · contribs) - This file was derived from: ByzantineEmpire867AD4lightpurple.PNG:, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
07) Dardanelles Map: By User:Interiot - Modified from File:Vertrag sevres otoman.svg, created by Thomas Steiner., CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
08) Prusias I: By PHGCOM - Own work by uploader, photographed at the British Museum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
09) Bithynia Map: By Ennomus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
10) Osman I: By Ottoman miniature painting - Badisches Landesmuseum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
11) Orhan: By Unknown author - wow Turkey website.Image: http://wowturkey.com/tr90/Metehanzade..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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