Turkey, a great country:
- cheap accomodations
- great people (learn some Turkish before your trip it will open doors and lower prices!)
- lots of historical and authentic places (some crowded some not)
Check out these useful resources for info:
- 'Turkey' or 'Middle East' guidebooks by Lonely Planet
- 'Turquie' guidebook by Le Guide du Routard (for French speaking folks)
and 2 other books available in Turkey (written in Turkish and English):
- 'The undiscovered places of Turkey'
- 'The little hotel book'
both written by Sevan and Müjde NISANYAN (Boyut Yayin Grubu edition).
For people with some Turkish check out this <a href="http://www.leylek.com/arac
/ajanda/telefon/Liste.asp">site</a> for useful phone numbers (airport, car rental....).
(Map from Lonely Planet Website)