IMAGES OF WESTERN TURKEY  ©David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D. Professor of Biology and Chemistry University of Cincinnati Clermont College, Batavia OH 45103
Temple of Athena, at sunrise, Assos	This page has been accessed  times since 19 September 2003.  Created 19 September 2003	The Suliman Mosque (Blue Mosque) faces the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul

These pictures were taken during a whirlwind eight days in Western Turkey, starting in Bodrum in Southwest Turkey and working our way up to Istanbul.  It was especially exciting to see many of the sites which were seminal in the early history of science, such as Cos, Samos, Miletus, the Meander River, Ephesus, Pergamon, Lesbos, Assos and Troy.
Jill Fankhauser, a historian of science, served as an excellent guide to these sites, and we gathered many pictures which should be valuable to her History of Science class. The actual images are large, and are linked to separate index pages listed below.  We will have MUCH more to say about our experiences, but I must first say that the Turkish people are marvelously hospitable, warm, helpful and attractive.  Their culture is among the most ancient in the Western world, and we felt privileged to be able to spend some time in this land with its fantastically rich history.
 

	Assos			Troy, site of the ancient city overlooking  the Dardanelles
	Bergama (known as Pergamum in  ancient times)			Biga, on the South side of the Sea of Marmara
	The Acropolis of Bergama			Izmir, very large crowded city
	Aesclepion of Bergama			Bodrum, on the South-West  corner of Turkey
	Ephesus			Istanbul
	Selcuk			Mosques of Istanbul
	Selcuk Cheese Factory			Sailing on the Bosphorus