Originally Posted by SKUP

Bodrum is great but a lot of tourists over there. But a place to be. Small streets, lot of shops and more restaurants than you can visit in a few weeks. You better google this, too much information to share in a thread on GFY.

Istanbul: Now we are talking. What you can and should not miss is the Great bazar. This is sort of the heart of Turkey. A maze of small streets with literal thousands small shops. Don?t miss the Topkapi Palace, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque (also called the blue mosque) and make sure you make a boattrip on the Bosporus. You can?t miss the Galata bridge (the connection between two parts of town) and walking over it (lots of fishermen there) it will bring you to the district with the name Sultanahmet. Well, google this as well, it is too much ;-).

Turkish people are very friendly and hospitable. But they love your money. Paying in Euro?s won?t be a problem / is preferred.

If you like golf, the Instanbul Golf Club is great and you should spend a week or so in Belek. If I recall this well, they have over 15 courses by now.