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Turkey

While costs are rising, Turkey remains one of the Mediterranean’s bargain-basement destinations.

Check your Midnight Express stereotypes at the door - this is a rapidly modernising country with one foot in Europe and one in the Middle East.

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More than Istanbul’s many mosques, bazaars and the unmissable Bosphorus view, Turkey has biblical landmarks and contemporary art, remote monasteries and beaches scattered with Roman tombs, mountains for skiing and dry desert plains, hot fiery kebaps and cooling music.

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Minarets at sunset, Istanbul.
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Istanbul

More than Ottoman minarets and beguiling bazaars, Turkey’s cultural capital is also fashionable and progressive. Spanning two continents and divided by the Bosphorus, the city has a firm foot in Europe as well as respect for its past.

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Modern Ankara.
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Ankara

Old and new coexist in the birthplace of modern Turkey. Ankara is littered with Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archaeological sites. Wander down narrow streets past crammed-together houses in the old quarter; then make for the wide boulevards lined with fashionable boutiques.

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