{"id":10160,"date":"2020-05-05T10:18:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=10160"},"modified":"2020-05-05T12:31:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T16:31:52","slug":"turkey-learning-home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/turkey-learning-home-2","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Organize your art supplies and get painting! Pick a particular location you\u2019ll visit on your trip and compare your artwork to photos of the location when you return. Consider painting the historical <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/europe\/turkey\/articles\/the-history-of-istanbuls-blue-mosque-in-1-minute\/\">Blue Mosque<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/pergamon\/\">Ruins of Pergamon<\/a>, the ancient <a href=\"http:\/\/aphrodisias.classics.ox.ac.uk\/stadium.html\">Aphrodisias stadium<\/a>, or the colorful sights of the Grand Bazaar.<\/p>\n<p><em>Not a painter? Check out this\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y6e6LD7de-0&amp;list=PLtDo8pqqBnWpdjMEhxbaUzKvnknq0h8Ss\"><em>virtual tour<\/em><\/a><em> of Turkey&#8217;s Hagia Sophia Museum.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Turkey include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mustang (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Winter Sleep (2014)<\/li>\n<li>A Touch of Spice (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Muhsin (1987)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Study some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study the history of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/38191-ancient-troy.html\">archaeological site of Troy<\/a> (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/Temple_of_Artemis_at_Ephesus\/\">Temple of Artemis<\/a>, or the significance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Topkapi-Palace-Museum\">Topkapi Palace<\/a>. Then, tour some of Turkey\u2019s ancient history and modern marvels with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r8rZQKXijb8\">virtual reality video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Turkey: A Short History <\/em>by Norman Stone<\/li>\n<li><em>Constantinople: City of the World\u2019s Desire<\/em> by Philip Mansel<\/li>\n<li><em>Anatolian Days and Nights: A Love Affair with Turkey, Land of Dervishes, Goddesses and Saints<\/em> by Joy E. Stocke<\/li>\n<li><em>Turquerie: An Eighteenth-century European Fantasy<\/em> by Haydn Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a cooking class with your travel group, or consider a group outing to a restaurant that offers your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try <a href=\"https:\/\/cooking.nytimes.com\/recipes\/1017925-pistachio-baklava\">baklava<\/a> (layered pastry dessert), sis kebap (skewered street meat), kofte (meatballs), <a href=\"https:\/\/ozlemsturkishtable.com\/2014\/07\/kiymali-pide-turkish-flat-bread-with-ground-meat-and-vegetables\/\">pide<\/a> (flatbread), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldfoodstory.co.uk\/recipe\/kumpir\">kumpir<\/a> (stuffed baked potato).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call up a friend and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/abroad\/12-extraordinarily-useful-turkish-phrases\/\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>You can cross continents underground!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/notebook\/27-images-prove-istanbul-instagrammable-city-planet\/\">Istanbul<\/a>\u00a0may be Europe\u2019s largest city, but half of it actually extends into Asia. More than a century after a sultan dreamed of a rail link beneath the Bosphorus Strait, Turkey opened the Marmaray metro line in 2013. The former imperial city is also home to the T\u00fcnel, a short funicular that\u2019s the second-oldest continuously running underground railway after London\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get painting! Pick a particular location you\u2019ll visit on your trip and compare your artwork to photos of the location when you return. Consider painting the historical Blue Mosque, the Ruins of Pergamon, the ancient Aphrodisias stadium, or the colorful sights of the Grand Bazaar. Not a painter? <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/turkey-learning-home-2\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10086,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10160","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10161,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10160\/revisions\/10161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}