Talking Turkey
Caught between East and West
Location
Ankara (1 night)
Cappadocia (4 nights)
Ephesus (3 nights)
Istanbul (6 nights)
Dates
Spring 2009
Works
Elif Shafak’s The Bastard of Istanbul and Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red
Program Description
Elif Shafak, one of Turkey’s most outspoken writers, confronts her country's violent past in this “deftly spun tale of two families - one Armenian-American and the other Turkish - who are burdened by dark secrets and historical tragedies rooted in a common Istanbul past.” – The Economist
Nobel-prize winning Orhan Pamuk’s "While My Name Is Red has a many-layered plot -- including a murder mystery and a love story -- its thematic value is threefold: to provide a glimpse into an Islamic society, to understand the global tensions that exist when one empire waxes while another wanes, and to point out the cyclical nature of history." - Char Simons, Christian Science Monitor
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Accommodation
Fees
$4,500 Cdn
$745 Cdn – single supplement
Fees include
- All books and customized guidebook
- 9 book discussions or informal talks
- All transfers
- 14 nights’ accommodation
- Welcome Cocktail
- Transportation by Modern A/C Vehicle (Except Istanbul)
- Baggage Handling at hotels
- 14x Breakfast and 9x Dinners and 5x Lunches
- English speaking Professional Tour Guide, Specialist on
- Literature and History Tours (Day 1 to Day 9)
- All entrances Fees
- All applicable Taxes
- Tips at the hotels, for guide and driver
- Domestic flights (Ankara – Izmir and Izmir – Istanbul)
- The tour does not include flights to and from Turkey or alcoholic beverages.
Note: We encourage you to register before March 1 due to the high demand for our preferred accommodations and our need to make non-refundable deposits to secure them.
