After a night in Greece we drove straight into Turkey and stopped at a campsite (Londra Camping) just outside of Istanbul. Our drivers had talked us into taking a short detour along the Mediterranean coast rather than driving straight through the center of the country. Here's the route map:
We spent a few days in Istanbul to see the main sites and get our last taste of Europe.
The Topkapi museum has some cools stuff. The Maltese Falcon?
A nice rose garden.
And some early Christian relics.
It used to be a palace.