KUSADASI AND EPHESUS ANTIQUE CITY,TURKEY

KUSADASI

 It is an Aegean port city with beautiful beaches and water front walkways. There are innumerable cafes and restaurants along water front serving Turkish food specially sea food.

Pigeon Island with a small fortress can be seen from the sea front. Kusadasi is known for the Ephesus Antique city

EPHESUS ANTIQUE CITY.

This is one of the most popular ancient sites of Turkey with many acres of carefully excavated ruins. The temple of Artemis was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and was the centre of Pagan religion for 15 centuries. The statue of many-breasted Artemis was the symbol of the temple but also of abundance, hunting and wild life and is today exhibited in the Selcuk Museum

Mark Antony and Cleopatra once rode through the streets of this city .St.John who was with Christ at time of his crucifixion, is said to have preached in the Great theater. Virgin Mary was brought here by St. John after the Crucifixion of Jesus and is said to have stayed in a small house outside the city.

Mosaic work on the floor

The Library Building

Statue outside the Library building

House of Virgin Mary

Statue outside the Library building

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Statue outside the Library building

Pigeon island,Kusadasi

Ladies beach, Kusadasi

Plaque near Virgin Mary's house

Prayer slips

Theater

Plaque at the entrance to Virgin Mary's house

Thus ends a hectic but enjoyable 8 days in Turkey. We left Kusadasi on a cruise in the Aegean Sea and visited Athens and some glorious islands.

In addition to the discipline and cleanliness I had mentioned earlier one more fact which I observed is that you do not see any police on the streets. In spite of this things move smoothly. People are really courteous and helpful. We really enjoyed our trip to Turkey.

India and Turkey had age old relationships which got affected due the support extended by Gandhiji to Khilafat movement. Gandhiji claimed that his support of the Khilafatists helped ensure Hindu-Muslim unity during the struggle.

With the formation of Pakistan later, unfortunately,Turkey became its active supporter.