Some few centuries ago, there were 352 Greek cities on the Anatolian Peninsula; all are Turkish now with Turkish names, ever since the Muslim conquest of Constantinople. Interesting, for a philosopher, to think how different Turkey might be today if all of the Greek lights had not gone out in Anatolia. Do they read Homer in Turkey, for instance (you are quite near Troy), or are all things Greek (their ancient enemy, including Alexander) diparaged?

When Europe lost Greek thought in the 5C, eight hundred years of intellectual stagnation ensued. Do any Turks see a similar lesson for their culture, by the loss of Greek thought after the sack of Baghdad in the 13C?

Beautiful water; history everywhere. Hae a great time.