Intercultural Trip to Turkey – Aug 1 - Aug 11, 2008

Another traditional IDC intercultural trip to Turkey took place between Aug 1st and Aug 11th, 2008. This time IDC hosted a group of educators and a mayor. The group had opportunity to visit some schools, see many historical sites, have dinner with local families, etc. They got to know the Turkish culture very closely. Some of the important sites visited included Hagia Sophia, Ephesus, Blue Mosque, House of Virgin Mary, underground city and carved chapels in Cappadocia. The cities that were included on the trip were Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir, Antalya, Konya and Cappadocia.

Some pictures of this wonderful experience:


At the Miniaturk Models Park


Taking off for the bout tour on Bosphorus


Yeni Mosque as seen from Golden Horn in the evening


At the Kariye Museum, an old church


At the terrace at Topkapi Palaca


Blue mosque as seen through the windows of Hagia Sophia


With some students at a private school in Bursa


With some students at a private school in Bursa


In front Celsius Llibrary in Ephesus


After a dinner with local families in Izmir


At a school in Antalya


Sarcophaguses in Antalya Archaeology Museum


City view in Antalya


Lunch at Duden waterfall in Antalya


At the 1800 year old Aspendos Theatre in Antalya


Another view of Aspendos Theatre in Antalya


At the gate of an old Seljuk University in Konya


Konya style Turkish pizza


Undergound city


Group picture in Cappadocia


Our group visited the Authors and Journalists Foundation in Istanbul


Shopping in Spice Bazaar


Group picture after a dinner with families in Istanbul


Entering the Dolmabahce Palace


Inside the Dolmabahce Palace


500th Year Jewish Museum


Model of the celestial globe in the Museum of History of Science and Technology in Islam, constructed at the observatoryof Maragha in 1279 CE and kept in Dresden since 1562.


Istanbul Archaeology Museum


Detail of a sarcophagus in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum


Our group attended a live concert by Ottoman military band


Dinner with some other families last night in Turkey