- “To see the land of Homer, Virgil and Dante, one of the first great civilisations, is temptingly near.” – Agatha Christie, 1934.
- “For the first time in my life, I saw a sunrise which I felt commanded to describe unconditionally.” – Mark Twain, 1869.
- “Istanbul… on every side the buildings seemed to mount into the blue sky: places of worship, palaces, towers, obelisks, all striving to win the gaze from her; as if, in fatigue, they all had said: ‘Come, rest your eyes on me’.” – Honoré de Balzac, 1835.
- “In Turkey, we didn’t have an aid program. We did everything through diplomats.” – John le Carré, 2010.
- “Turkey was influenced by the Roman Empire, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, and Byzantines.” – Orhan Pamuk, 2003.
- “Constantinople has walls within walls and consternation within consternation.” – Jean de Joinville, 1309.
- “The Turkish landscape is surely one of the most beautiful in the world.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, 2007.
- “They even walked behind a camion laden with dead mules and dead horses, with the waggons hauling the guns, with the columns of foot-soldiers.” – Ernest Hemingway, 1940.
- “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.” – John Adams, 1787.
- “The Turk, it is the most beautiful Apparition that has descended from the spheres since the days of the Prophet.” – Victor Hugo, 1859.
WANDERLIST: Ten great travel quotes about Türkiye
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