The Castle of the Hospitaller Knights of St. John occupies the tip of the wedge-like peninsula at the center of Bodrum. It is a splendid incarnation of medieval western military architecture, built at a time when the European Middle Ages were over, and castles of this type were fast becoming objects of nostalgia. Its massive conglomeration of courtyards, turrets, galleries and sunken gardens is best explored in the stillness of noon. Once the crowds have gone, the air is filled with the hum of the bees and the screech of the cicadas.
http://sailturkey.com/bodmuseum.htm


Turkey’s Underwater Tunnel to Take On Earthquakes.

Turkey is in the midst of building a rail tunnel and a vehicle tunnel that will connect Asia and Europe through the Bosporous Strait. While the rail tunnel is expected to be completed in 2009, the vehicle tunnel will be taking bids shortly, and its expected completion date is 2011.

http://inventorspot.com/articles/turkeys_underwater_tunnel_take_e_9779