Sunday market
A friendly vendor works the crowd at the Sunday market on the edge of Izmir's affluent Alsancak neighborhood.

Around Basmane
A mother and daughter watch the late afternoon activity on a Saturday in the old neighborhood of Basmane, one of the most traditional in the otherwise ultramodern boomtown of Izmir.

Fethiye, Turkey August 2002
As temperatures creep above 100-degrees Fahrenheit in Lycia, the frigid waters that cut Saklıkent Gorge out of the granite mountains keeps temperatures in the gorge comfortable.
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Marmaris, Turkey
Olive trees provide much more than their fruit. This woman is gathering branches from pruned trees to feed her livestock.

Bafa Lake, May, 2001
Lake Bafa in the spring may be one of the most romantic places in the world.

Fethiye, August, 2002
No trip into Saklikent Gorge is complete without smearing your body with mud from the icy stream.
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İzmir, November, 2002
A train conductor waits to take his train from İzmir's Alsancak station to Ankara, 400 miles away.
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Datca
A woman is framed inside a stucco building as she enjoys the late winter sun in a village on the Datcha Peninsula, one of the most scenic areas on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.

BODRUM, Turkey, August 2002
Tourists from Sweden, Norway and Germany at a rave at a disco in Bodrum, Turkey.
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Fethiye, Ölüdeniz August 2002
You won't have much privacy during high season at Ölüdeniz, Turkey's world-famous beach. Calm seas, endless beaches and a summer season running through October draws crowds from all over Europe.

Bafa Lake, May, 2001
With wide beaches of white sand, this could be the Aegean coast. In fact, it's Lake Bafa, a huge freshwater lake in western Turkey near Bodrum. Around the lake, which was formed by an earthquake 5,000 years ago, are unspoiled ruins, old monasteries and qaint villages.

Bafa Lake, May, 2001
Sunrise over Lake Bafa in western Turkey.