| As a popular tourist destination many people | | | | Muslim religions for centuries. During biblical times |
| thinking of taking family holidays, Turkey believe | | | | the region was a crossroads of civilization and |
| that there is a little of the country that hasn't yet | | | | home to the Patriarch Abraham. You would be |
| been explored. The beaches of Bodrum, the | | | | forgiven for thinking that little has changed since |
| Aegean at Antalya and the culture of Kas have all | | | | this time; the Sunday church services are still |
| been extolled to the foreign visitor and as such | | | | conducted in Aramaic (the language of Jesus) and |
| people from all over the world are flocking to | | | | the main industry is traditional agriculture and |
| take a holiday in Turkey. | | | | irrigation. |
| However, there is a corner of Turkey that | | | | The first stop on your family holidays, Turkey, |
| remains hidden to the rest of the world; the | | | | should be Harran with its beehive shaped mud |
| southeast. Bordering Iran, Syria and Iraq this is an | | | | houses. This was where the Patriarch Abraham |
| area where many are reluctant to take their | | | | lived before moving onto towards the Promised |
| family holidays. Turkey, however, is relatively safe | | | | Land. It also believed that Adam and Eve set foot |
| from the threat of terrorism and whilst the FCO | | | | in Harran after being expelled from the Garden of |
| advises against all travel to certain states in the | | | | Eden. The famous beehive shaped houses are |
| southeast, the destinations mentioned below are | | | | thought to have stood for at least 3,000 years |
| all safe for travel. Though, as always, guests are | | | | and were constructed entirely without the use of |
| advised to remain vigilant and be aware of their | | | | wood. On your family holidays, Turkey your |
| surroundings. | | | | children are likely to be fascinated by these |
| While the southeast remains unpopulated by the | | | | unusual structures and how cool they are inside, |
| tourist market taking family holidays, Turkey, it | | | | despite the surrounding desert temperatures. |
| has attracted pilgrimages of Christian, Jewish and | | | | |