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Year 2000 Cultural Tour Encounter Turkey Encounter Turkey - Year 2000Application and Information
Please print with your web browser, fill out, and mail with your check to the address below. 1. Name.......................................................................................................... 2. Mailing Address........................................................................................... ........................................................................................... 3. Telephone and fax numbers.......................................................................... 4. Professional interests................................................................................... 5. Special interests in Turkey…....................................................................... 6. Health problems, if any................................................................................ 7. Your flight departs from New York (JFK) at 5:40 pm on Monday, April 10, and arrives in Istanbul the following morning at 10:35 am. You can arrange connecting flights from any U. S. city at no additional cost. (San Diego departure is at 6:45 am.) Return to JFK is at 4:05 pm on Saturday, April 22, the day before Easter Sunday. (San Diego arrival is at 10:09 pm.) 8. Please enclose a deposit of $200 made out to "Center for World Music" and send to Dr. Robert E. Brown, Center for World Music, 4417 Shade Road, La Mesa CA 91941, to ensure a place in the tour and a seat on the plane. The number of participants will be limited, with selection made on a first come, first serve basis. For a guaranteed seat, and the best fare, please remit a check for $1,795.00 made out to the Center for World Music by the deadline of February 20. After that date we lose our special group rate and the price of the tour and workshop will increase to #1,845. The final date for full payment is one month before departure, May 10. Tour (all travel, accommodation, transfers, breakfasts): $1,795.00 ................ Increased fare after April 1: 150.00…………... *Single supplement (optional): 300.00................. Total enclosed is $............................on (date).......................... Still owed $.......................... *You may indicate if you have a preferred roommate for the tour. If not, we will assign twin-bedded rooms to those who have not selected the single supplement. Preferred roommate to share tour accommodations........................................ An information sheet with more details about our departure, recommended clothing, health considerations, Indonesian etiquette, etc., will be sent to you later. In the meantime, some advance suggestions are covered on the next page. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The Center for World Music has been offering cultural tours to Indonesia and India since 1976. Since 1994, Dr. Robert Brown, organizer of the Encounter Turkey tour and workshop, has been leading special tours in Istanbul for Semester at Sea, a round-the-world floating university organized by the University of Pittsburgh. These have included many of the special events that will be a part of Encounter Turkey--the visit to a dervish meeting, a banquet in a magnificent 16th Century setting at the S¸leymaniye Mosque complex, interactive sessions with players from the famous mehter band that represents Turkey around the world, a lively night in a taverna, Ottoman cooking classes, as well as guided tours of some of Istanbul’s great museums and mosques. In Istanbul Dr. Brown works closely with Kamil G¸ller, a fine arts specialist associated with the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. This past November, they offered nine tours for groups of students, faculty, and senior passengers of Semester at Sea, ranging in size from 8 to 350 participants. As in the yearly Indonesia tours, the emphasis is on interaction with local people, and a relaxed atmosphere that ensures a maximum of pleasant experiences. Most participants have enjoyed this approach in the past, so we plan to maintain it in Turkey. The Turkish people are known for their unflagging hospitality, warmth and honesty. You will feel safe and secure in Turkey. By using common sense you can avoid the minor illnesses that can occur on a tourist itinerary abroad, while enjoying some of the most delicious and wholesome cuisine in the world.. We leave time for shopping on the tour, and there are many bargains to be had in Turkey, especially in carpets and other woven materials, textiles and clothing, leather goods and shoes, brassware, decorated ceramic tiles, examples of calligraphy and marbled paper (an Ottoman specialty), and a wide range of other local handicrafts. Before you board the flight in New York, you will be required to have a passport valid for at least an additional six months. Tourist visas good for three months are issued to citizens of most North American or European countries at the port of entry. The current cost of the visa is about $35.00. No shots are required, but you may wish to check with your doctor for his/her recommendations. As previously stated, detailed information will be sent out later to all participants, offering advice about climate, clothing, packing, and health, as well as some additional departure information. April, by the way, is a delightful time of year to visit Istanbul, as well as the extensive Greek archaeological remains at Ephesus. Each participant is responsible for personal accident, health and travel insurance and by signing below acknowledges the intention to provide it. Your signature absolves the Center for World Music and its Directors of any future responsibility for illness or accident during the period of the tour. Signed.......................................................................Dated................................ If you have any questions, please write them below.
If there is sufficient interest, the Center for World Music plan to offer one or more arts and crafts workshops in conjunction with the Encounter Turkey tour. Please check off which of these offerings are of interest to you at this point, and rank them in order of interest (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.). Click on the photo gallery to see shots from some previous tours.
Interested Rank Activity _______ _____ Carpets and Weaving _______ _____ Ottoman cooking class and visits to markets and bazaars _______ _____ Islamic calligraphy _______ _____ Turkish folk dancing _______ _____ Marbled paper making _______ _____ Playing drums and cymbals in a Turkish mehter band Please mail to: Dr. Robert E. Brown, President |