Understanding Turkey

Your guide to all the beauty, opportunities, and challenges of visiting Turkey during the holy month of Ramadan

Let this be your guide to visiting the many mosques, churches, monasteries, synagogues, and tombs of Turkey!

Some of our thoughts and recommendations from our experiences learning Turkish and a few first steps you can take from in your home country or in Turkey.

Your introduction to the different types of visas available to choose from when coming to Turkey

An overview of museums and museum passes in Turkey.

Some tips to help you avoid being the obnoxious foreigner and enjoy Turkey!

How to get around in Turkey so that you can explore more of what this country has to offer!

An introduction to some of Turkey’s stranger foods and drinks

Take a peek below the surface into the meaning behind some of the everyday objects and actions here.