West Asia
Turkey
Bridges over the Bosphorus Strait
- Bosphorus Bridge (First Bosphorus Bridge)
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge (Second Bosphorus Bridge)
- Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge (Third Bosphorus Bridge)
Istanbul Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Canal
Istanbul Airport
M11 to airport
Visa
evisa
Istanbul Must See
- Hagia Sophia
- The Blue Mosque
- Dolmabahçe Palace
- Taksim Square
- Topkapi Palace Museum
- Sultanahmet, the center of old Istanbul
- Suleymaniye Mosque
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum
Iran
Iran is the only official Shia nation of the world.
波斯波利斯 Persepolis 设拉子东北 51 公里“善心山”（Mountain of Mercy）之下，曾经是波斯帝国的首都，大约在前 560 年由居鲁士二世所建造 前 331 年被征服者亚历山大大帝焚城
Iraq
Holy cities for Shia muslims: Karbala/Najaf (about 75km apart; both south of Baghdad)