History, archaeology, travel and shopping tips, personal memoirs – for fifteen years, in late 1980s and 1990s, Toni M. Cross contributed a weekly column on life in Turkey to the newsletter, Ankara Scene. This book presents 59 of her articles, illustrated in the manner of the originals, to share with a larger public her unique voice, her marvelous writing, and her great love of Turkey. Archaeologist Toni M. Cross directed the Ankara branch of the American Research Institute in Turkey from 1979-2002. Charles Gates is senior lecturer of archaeology and art history at Bilkent University, Patricia W. Ülkü, an educator at the DoDDS George C. Marshall School in Ankara, 1967-2000, and Ben Claasz Coockson, a free-lance illustrator and author.
“This book is a fitting tribute from her close friends to Toni Cross, whose humane, warm, and witty personality is reflected through her life-long engagement with the culture and people of Anatolia and modern Turkey. Toni had the precious gift of toning down hard facts of erudition with penetrating and ‘laughing' eyes, making them accessible to all she came into contact with, whether amateurs, young students, or esteemed scholars. Her natural curiosity and love to share opened new windows for many.”
Suna Güven, Professor of Architectural History, Middle East Technical University
İçindekiler
Remembering Toni M. Cross
Preface
Editing the Graphics
Ankara and Environs
Welcome to Ankara
One Night at the Körfez
Roaming around Ankara: Spas, Sports, Recreation & Restaurants
Ambling around Ulus (with Patrica Leiser)
Ankara's Imperiled Temple (with Emine Caner and Pamela French)
The Mosques of Ankara
Çankaya Köşkü
Does Ankara Sometimes Get your Goat?
Bayram Byways
The Düğün and the Muhabbet: Traditional Turkish Entertainment
A Note on City Weddings
The Beauty of Bathing (with Patricia Leiser)
Unraveling Turkish Textiles
Happy Holidays in Ankara!
Get Away Weekends: Short Trip Ideas
The Black Sea . . . and Beyond:
The Black Sea Coast and Eastern Turkey
The Black Sea Coast from Samsun to Trabzon
What's Doing In . . . The Black Sea Coast from Ünye to Trabzon
The Yayla of Giresun
Living the Mediaeval Life
A Letter to Tuncer
The Empire of Trebizond
One Day for Trabzon
Three Monasteries of Maçka
What's Doing In . . . The Black Sea Coast from Trabzon to Hopa
The Valley of the Çoruh
The Kingdoms of Kars and Ani
Ani, At Last
The Heights above Sarıkamış
The Long Road to Sarıkamış
The Battle of Sarıkamış
The Owner of Mount Ararat
The Palace of Earthly Delights
The Land of Battles
GAP: Between the Past and the Future in Southeastern Turkey
Central Anatolia
The Land of Hatti
Hattusha
Yazılıkaya
The Romans in Anatolia, Part 1
The Romans in Anatolia, Part 2: "Mithridates, He Died Old"
Visiting Amasya and Tokat, Part 1: Amasya
Visiting Amasya and Tokat, Part 2: Tokat
Mevlana and the Whirling Dervishes
The Lake District (with Gary Leiser)
The Roses of Isparta
Afyon and the Phrygian Highlands
Western and Southern Coasts
The Hillside Houses at Epheus: Living the Good Life in Roman Asia
Bodrum for the Bayram
Saint Nicolas, Bishop of Myra
Cruising the Turquoise Coast
A Ten-day Cruise from Marmaris to Finike
Just the Facts . . . about Travel in Turkey: Fethiye to Antalya, by car
"Within-the-Citadel" - The Kaleiçi of Antalya
Modern History: Ottomans and the Struggles for Turkish Independence
Ottoman Images
August 30: Zafer Bayramı / Victory Day
Victory in Afyon, I: The Martyrs of Giresun
Victory in Afyon, II: The Harvest of War
Cumhuriyet Bayramı - October 29 - Turkish National Day
Straight Facts on the Straits: Before and After the Montreux Convention
American Archaeologists in Turkey
A Century of Archaeology in Turkey: the American Contribution
