It is not a tourist guide. It is more a memoir. The writing flows very easily and enjoyable in the first part of the book, while the writer is in Turkey as a Peace Corp teacher. It was nice to know how the people are and their everyday lives. The second part could have been shorter. The book lost interest when the writer visits many cities to collect information only to be published in his Tourist Guides Book. Very small mention (very!) about the other minorities that lives in Turkey such as: Armenian, Kurds, etc... ( )