PRACTICAL ANATOLIAN GUIDE

Whilst we were preparing our "Anatolia Travel Guide" namedbook, we tried to cover knowledge needs of travelers came to Turkey,collages who are beginners and domestic travelers who wish to learnmore along with their visits. In the book, basic and practical informationgiven about Anatolia's cultural heritage, historical past and richnessleft by Anatolian civilizations.The work your are handling though is not completely an academicsurvey book, tackled subjects were given from primary sources orby experts of the subjects and due to deep survey on museum manuscriptsand inscriptions. In this context all information given in thisbook based on confidential sources.We aimed to provide a PRACTICAL MANUEL GUIDE for professionaltourist guides and travelers. The work has been prepared by threeprofessional tourist guides and their all experiences and accumulatedknowledge have been transferred into this work. Another importantsubject is that, these three guides have Master degrees onTourism, Social Sciences and Islamic Theology and this specialtymade the book an inter-disciplinary work.Considering the need of travelers and guides the book has beenprepared both in Turkish and English languages. The work has beentranslated into English by Ismail Kase and redacted and controlled byan expertise team. Also each chapter has been controlled by relatedexperts.The work consisted of seven main chapters. First Chapter;Anatolian Geography, Second Chapter; Anatolian Civilizations, ThirdChapter; History of Turks and History of Ottoman Empire, FourthChapter; Christianity in Anatolia and Frescoes, Fifth Chapter; Islamand Mosques in Anatolia, Sixth Chapter; Art in Anatolia and SeventhChapter; Unknown Secrets of Anatolia tackled with and importantsubjects are underlined. Moreover to ease travel in Anatolia anupdated Turkey Tourist Map has been attached to the book.Anatolian soils beside its natural beauties, filled with historicaland cultural richness. Tackling with these richness one by one meansto disappear in ocean. Considering this fact, we tried to tackle withessential subjects without deepening into details. Related to the tackledsubjects we have tried to underline vital data, nowadays this isnot a completed work, even though is an unabridged work and allyour comments and wishes will be evaluated throughout next editionsand the most needed and vital subjects will be added into work dueto your contributions.We wish this work,' Practical Anatolian Guide may fill a space,may become a confidential source, assistant, practical travel friendand MANUEL GUIDE for needed people.