basak's VirtualTourist Home Page

Merhaba (Hi),

I am very glad that you visited my travel page. I started to make it in 2006. I hope i will be able to add as much information as possible beneficial for your travels.

I mostly travel in Europe. I've also been to Japan and the US. I think i can help you more in providing information about my home country rather than the places abroad. However, any question about any place is welcomed.

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me and my sister

me and my fellow traveller

I like travelling with friends or family. My best friend is my twin sister Pinar. Unfortounately, we did not have oppurtunity to travel together a lot until last year. Now, we live togther with her and i hope we will be travelling a lot. Lastly, we traveled Chicago together. Here is a photo from our chicago trip.
What do you think, do we look alike?

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Dancing at Chez Ali, Marrakesh

What is new ? (2007)

Unfortounately i am too lazy to make good VT pages lately. Here is the list of place i've seen in last days.

23-31 July Pinar and me had a great vacation at Fethiye, Mugla.
April 23rd (children's day), i've visited Adana

31 December 2006 - 01 January 2007I was at Alacati for the new year.

In December 2006 I've visited Konya, Sille and enjoyed it very much.....

June 23: I flied to Morrocco for a week. This was my first time in Africa. I liket it a lot. I couldn't make VT pages yet.

June 17: Pinar and me visited Safranbolu for a friend's wedding The next day i also visited Amasra and Devrek.

May 29: This sunday i stayed at Ankara and visited Altinpark (Golden Park)

May 08: I am in Bursa again. At the weekend, i've been to several nice places in Brusa including, Gölyazi Village, Suuctu Falls. I also added some new restaurant recommendations.

16 April: I flied to Seattle, USA to stay for a week. This time my fellow traveller is my mom. We will attend a meeting here. But we have 2 free days before the meeting. We spent our first free day on tulip gardens and second day we were at Pike Market and at Space Needle.... I liked this city a lot.

02 April: On Sunday, i went to Istanbul again to enjoy the city with my sister. Of course it was very tiring to travel for hours and going back to Ankara same night....However, this travel gave us oppurtunity to see the redbuds of Istanbul

29 March: I've been to Istanbul for a business trip, but after the meeting i had time to walk down Istiklal Street and take some photos. Would you like to see them?

05 March: We have visited Ataturk's Moseleum and the Museum in it. If you ever come to Ankara, you must not miss it.

26 February: I was in Bursa, with my family during the last week. On Sunday, i visited Zeytinbagi and Kumyaka They are lovely small towns of Bursa near by the sea.

19 January-22 January: It is another religous festival, the Sacrificial Festival in Islamic world. I've been to Adana, Mersin, Hatay, Gaziantep during the holiday. I've already made my Adana VT pages!!! You can find more information about Kurban Bayrami (The Sacrifice Feast) here

01 January 2006: Yes, we do celebrate the New Year in Turkey. Happy New Year to everyone.

25 December 2005: I was at Bursa, having a barbecue party on Uludag at the last week of 2005. Click here to learn more..

10 November 2005: It is Ataturk Comomeration Day in Turkey. Have a look at my Turkey-Local Customs Tip about it.

07 November: Ramadan ended and we celebrated the sugar fest between 3-6 November. You can find information about Sugar fest on Local Customs Tip section. During the holiday i had oppurtunity to go to Istanbul and visit some museums and art galleries. Please visit Istanbul pages to learn more abour Toy Museum, Modern Art Museum, Piere Loti, Kariye Museum and Miniaturk.