Rating: 
Summary: Pleased
Review: The cover of this guide is a good ice breaker for your trip. Just comment why in the world would they choose it and immediately you will have people to talk to, no matter where in Turkey you are. But don't judge a book by its cover. Lonely Planet is usually the best guide around and this is a good example of that. I spent 3 weeks in Turkey and not once did I feel I needed info not available in the guide. Maps are abundant and contrary to other reviewers, I find that there is enough history for those interested in traveling to learn (it is a travel guide after all, not a history book) [overall I would guess there are say 30 pages of history in the book].Why 4 stars and not 5? I felt the writers were too enthusiastic about everything, and that made it hard on the traveler to decide what was worth visiting and what wasn't. Let's face it, every location is not the most attractive town in Turkey, yet the authors claim that for way too many towns. So take their praise with a grain of salt and you will be fine. Also, the amount of hours bus trips take are not all that precise. (+-20% in my experience).
Rating: 
Summary: Excellent guide
Review: The cover of this guide is a good ice breaker for your trip. Just comment why in the world would they choose it and immediately you will have people to talk to, no matter where in Turkey you are. But don't judge a book by its cover. Lonely Planet is usually the best guide around and this is a good example of that. I spent 3 weeks in Turkey and not once did I feel I needed info not available in the guide. Maps are abundant and contrary to other reviewers, I find that there is enough history for those interested in traveling to learn (it is a travel guide after all, not a history book) [overall I would guess there are say 30 pages of history in the book]. Why 4 stars and not 5? I felt the writers were too enthusiastic about everything, and that made it hard on the traveler to decide what was worth visiting and what wasn't. Let's face it, every location is not the most attractive town in Turkey, yet the authors claim that for way too many towns. So take their praise with a grain of salt and you will be fine. Also, the amount of hours bus trips take are not all that precise. (+-20% in my experience).
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Summary: Best guidebook for Turkey
Review: The only reason I didn't give it a 5 star rating is that so much changes in Turkey that it's inevitable that some of the information (specifically the places to stay listings) in this edition will be a little outdated. I used Tom and Pat's book a month ago and it was excellent. Some of the criticism from previous reviews say that it's not written by someone familiar with Turkish people. Well, I think the book does a good job balancing what concerns and information "westerners" are looking for, and giving a general sense of what the Turkish people and culture are like. Like any other adventure, it's up to the individual to go beyond the guidebook instead of having everything spelled out like a novel...what would be the point of travelling? I emailed Tom on some updates and he assured me that they are already in the 1999 edition coming soon. As far as my experience with the LP series, the Turkey guide ranks with the best of them. Highly recommended if you're going to this incredible country!
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Summary: Bad Design, bad content
Review: This book really disappointed me, I have found it full of mistakes and incorrect information. The cover looks attractive, but that's all, don't expect any more of it. I have read all the guide books about Turkey, and need a good one go for Blue Guide, Fodor's, Michelin, Bedeakers'.
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Summary: THE guide to Turkey
Review: This is the only guide to Turkey a backpacker could need. The recommendations - once again - are spot on. Lonely Planet seem to have a better feel for this market than any of the other travel guides, both from the readers' point of view and from the places that they cover. I ran into some complaints from pansiyon owners in Turkey about the tactics used by some of the other guides when reviewing hotels - and some of the ethically questionable practices they took part in to include hotels in their guides. Not so Lonely Planet, apparently. The only real quibble I had with this guide was some of the snide asides - and the frequent references to whether certain places were suitable for women seemed a little excessive. Other than that - high praise, as with all other Lonely Planet guides.
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Summary: Great guide to Turkey
Review: Turkey is a big country with a lot of major attractions, from bustling coastal resorts to sites of ancient historical significance. This book does a very good job presenting information about all these subjects. If you're only going to Istanbul then you're better off with a book dedicated to that city (such as the outstanding Eyewitness travel series book on Istanbul), but for travel in other areas of the country this should serve you well.
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Summary: Good work but needs some corrections!
Review: Very good work! But it requires some updates and corrections. It is obvious that it has been written by someone who is not from the Turkish culture. If the book goes through a critical reading of a Turkish expert, I am sure, it will be much better.
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Summary: If you only take one guide book, this is the one.
Review: We just returned from a marvelous vacation in Turkey and found that Tom Brosnahan's Lonely Planet Travel Guide was far and away our most helpful resource in preparing for, and traveling in this fascinating country. It is very clearly written, and takes into consideration the different types of travelers who go to Turkey. The maps, tips on making connections between cities, discussions of social customs, recommendations for places to eat and stay, all were most helpful. We are looking forward to a return trip to Turkey, and we will be taking along the soon-to-be- published 6th edition of the Lonely Planet Guide. It is sure to be indispensable.
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Summary: Bad Design, bad content
Review: when I went to Turkey last year this book appeared to be owned by every other traveller we met. It is a very useful guide - particularly for travel links. My only complaint is that it fails to ever go beyond being a typical tourist sightseeing guide. If you can, take the excellent Rough Guide to Turkey as well. It is much better on the history, culture and food of Turkey.
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Summary: a useful but colourless guide
Review: when I went to Turkey last year this book appeared to be owned by every other traveller we met. It is a very useful guide - particularly for travel links. My only complaint is that it fails to ever go beyond being a typical tourist sightseeing guide. If you can, take the excellent Rough Guide to Turkey as well. It is much better on the history, culture and food of Turkey.
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