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Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast (Moon Handbooks) Paperback – October 26, 2010

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Turkey resident Jessica Tamtürk guides travelers to the highlights of Istanbul and the Turkish coast, from exploring the world-class shopping and dining of Istanbul's Kadiköy district to relaxing on the golden sands of Altinkum's beaches. Tamtürk also offers unique trip ideas, including Outdoor Adventures in Turkey, Retracing History, and Gastronomica. Complete with details on sampling papalina in Ayvalik, hiking the Turquoise Coast's Lycian Way, and touring the architectural marvels of the Thracian Peninsula, Moon Istanbul and the Turkish Coast gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

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488 pages
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English
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Moon Travel
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October 26, 2010
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5.5 x 0.75 x 7.5 inches
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9781598801750
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Throughout the 1990s, Jessica Tamtürk's infatuation with Turkey was only nourished through her family's annual one- to three-month-long trip there every summer. Eventually she and her family decided to move there--when they arrived in Istanbul in 2005, it was for good.
Before she moved to Turkey, Jessica spent years as a features/beat/breaking news reporter, proofreader, and editorial writer in a Southern California newsroom. She has generated geopolitical editorial content for Fortune Magazine's Special Sections and features centered on Istanbul for The Guide Istanbul, and her recent involvement in editing and rewriting Portraits of Turkey, a 100-page glossy that was used as the country's business card during the 2007 Cannes Lions Festival, was yet another chance to deepen her knowledge of Turkey.
For the last 15 years, Turkey has continued to capture Jessica's heart: she has become one of its citizens, which has afforded her a privileged experience of the country and its people. Her deepest wish is to share the uniqueness that is Turkey and the hospitality of its people while passing along the remarkable itineraries and sensory experiences she's enjoyed the most during her time there.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1598801759
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moon Travel (October 26, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 488 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781598801750
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598801750
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 7.5 inches

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- #163 in Istanbul Travel Guides
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Belgian-born, California-raised, award-winning journalist and travel writer Jessica Tamtürk returns to her roots by delving into one of her passions – food!

Amazing Cheesecakes: 70 of the Most Popular Recipes + Tips On How To Perfect Them is her first venture in the literary side of the culinary world. This title is the initial ePublication of Tamtürk's budding Amazing series, a collection of thoroughly researched, tried-and-true recipes, as well as the guarded secrets of chefs and cooking professional.

As a journalist during her more than two decades in the Golden State, Tamtürk received regional distinction for her investigative articles on education and crime. From there, she went on to focus on her passions―the written word and Turkey―in various print and online publications, including Transitions Abroad, Istanbul Guide, and Fortune Magazine. This exposure led to the publication of two travel books on Turkey: Moon: Istanbul & The Turkish Coast and Moon: Cappadocia.

Before her adventures with pen and paper (or, rather, her Mac's keyboard!), Tamtürk toiled for more than a decade in some of Los Angeles' finest restaurants. From launching and management to even cooking – Lebanese mezes, French pastry to Italian pasta (you name it!), there's virtually no cuisine she's not nuts about replicating (and, of course, eating!). She added Turkish food (in all of its sublime renditions) to her arsenal, thanks to a gracious, phenomenally loving mother-in-law and her avid foodie curiosity.

Tamtürk now shares her time between the culturally vivid metropolis of Istanbul and the small water-lapped, olive haven of Pelitköy on Turkey's Aegean Coast. The mother of two, she can either be found writing, reading, cooking, or walking her chocolate lab.

Hope you enjoy reading and using my books as much as I had fun researching and writing them!

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HomefreeUSA

Too many errors

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2011

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Been using this guidebook for two weeks in Istanbul, along with Lonely Planet & Rick Steve's
Prefer those two. Reviews in Moon have not been as spot on although
I really favored Moon's Indonesia guide.

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Reeshiez

Horrible Food Recommendations

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2011

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We bought two books for our Istanbul trip - this book and Rick Steves Istanbul. We found this book almost useless and after the first two days we stopped carrying it with us. It has horrible food recommendations. We went to two restaurants recommended by this book - Kitchenette and Balikci Sabahattin. Kitchenette was horrible and Balikci Sabahattin was mediocre and overpriced. We almost went to two other restaurants recommended by this book - Haci Abdullah and Vesta Balik but changed our minds since both were completely empty compared to the other restaurants nearby. Two stars for covering the Princes Islands and the Asian side of Istanbul.

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Like Traveling with a Trusted Native-Born Friend

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2011

If you want a guide book for trip planning this is the one...the only one! I took 4 different guidebooks with me to Istanbul and used 2 others through Turkey. I can definitively say that the Moon is heads and shoulders above the rest. The reason for this is the simple fact that the author has an intimate (read native) knowledge of every spot covered. Additionally she provides clarity and knows what most travelers are looking for in the way of destinations, sights, hotels, and restaurants.

There are must sees in Istanbul and this book directs you to them. There are also things in Istanbul that other books direct you to in order to fill pages and to seem comprehensive. These are largely a waste of valuable time. Instead the Moon guide selects a few unique and intriguing out of the way locales in the city that are really charming. By way of comparison, I also followed the advice to out of the way neighborhoods of the competing guides--Istanbul Encounters and Istanbul Day by Day --with strikingly disappointing results .

As far as restaurants go...we stayed in Sultanamet in Istanbul for 2 weeks, trying all sorts of restaurants. In retrospect those mentioned in the Moon guide were by far the most authentic and had the best food. The ones mentioned in the Moon Guide were filled with locals whereas most of the others from the other guides, with tourists. We always got to meet locals at these restaurants and this in itself made the trip much more scintillating. The author herself is a local.

Use this guide as a compendium to Istanbul and your trip will be very very special.

As far as the rest of Turkey goes, the coast is the part that is of interest to most tourists. It is spectacular. But the book, although it covers the Turkish coast beautifully, is not only about the coast because it covers Cappadocia (my favorite area in Turkey) as well as Ephesus and other inland destinations of tourist interest.

Some specifics--
Unlike other guidebooks that recommend perhaps 20 restaurants per neighborhood or town, the Moon guide recommends only about 3 (per neighborhood)---but these are the 3 you want to know about. The same with the hotels. You can absolutely trust the recommendations.

For example-- My wife and I were exploring back streets of Gurup in Cappadocia and met a friendly man named Ishmael. After speaking a while he mentioned he owned a restaurant and invited us there (of course he was interested in drumming up business but he was genuinely warm). We later took him up on the offer and had a great, inexpensive, authentically home-cooked Turkish meal (prepared by Ishmael) on the rooftop terrace of his restaurant overlooking the city's lights from atop its highest hill. Ismael, seeing we were in a romantic mood, brought us a candle and made the entire evening special with his warmth. The next morning I checked the Moon guide and his restaurant was one of the three (of perhaps a hundred in existence) that was recommended. It mentioned the warm hospitality of the owner! What can I say? The author wrote from first hand experience and was exactly on target.

Also, I love hiking and this was the only book to give exacting details of a hike in the Ihlara Valley -- a National Park rivaling some in Utah. Not to be missed!

These are 2 examples of how the book was absolutely on target, but to cover all, I would have to type out the entire book for you.

The entire book is like this. It directs you to where you would want to go and fails to mention the places that are forgettable and to avoid. By comparison, the Lonely Planet and Rough Guides have so much info that you have to just take your chances with no way to discern if option A or B or C is better. Believe me, some of the options in these guides are to be avoided! The Moon guide, like a native born friend, helps you through the maze of choices. When visiting a foreign country as diverse as Turkey, this is essential. Trust this book.

You might find that the book lacks a highly detailed map of Istanbul. These are readily available at any Hotel in the town and are much better and up to date than any maps in any guidebook.

Another review mentioned errors without giving any examples. I used the book cover to cover while in Turkey and not only did I not encounter errors but the book seemed to know all of the little nuances. Absolutely a great guidebook.

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