Williams has explored the length and breadth of the Roman Empire in a converted Scottish fishing trawler, filmed the life and voyage of Christopher Columbus, tracked the route of Charles Lindbergh from San Diego to Paris, filmed the entire Expedition of Lewis & Clark from Virginia to the mouth of the Columbia River, filmed the lifelong travels of ST. PAUL which is now on the Reader's Digest Editor's list and has recently created a film that has captivated audiences everywhere.  It is entitled, THE BIBLICAL TREASURES of TURKEY, which is now on a nationwide show tour.

Williams' father was the author, David Wynn, who wrote the best seller THE WORLD MY OYSTER (Rich & Cowan-London) where he relates his journeys on camel caravans in Turkestan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan in the 1930s.  Williams’ said, "My father was a real adventurer and was purported to be the very first American to enter Afghanistan. Let me quote from his book, page 287;  'I was resolved to go to Samarkand, to go along the route of Marco Polo and that of Alexander the Great to India, through the Khyber Pass.' My father traveled these routes on foot and camel and lorry." Williams said. "When I talked with my father about his vagabond days where he collected vast material for his books, I asked him if I should try to enter those areas.
 
He flat out told me, 'No!'   He said, “Those regions have not joined the rest of the world. They are tribal and totally lawless.” 

 My father then advised, “If you really want to see that part of the world, you must go to TURKEY.  It is a sleeping giant and one of the more fascinating countries on earth. The Turkish people will welcome you and you will quickly learn that they wrote the book on hospitality.  “My father was a linguist and spoke 17 languages. He wrote his books by using a pen name of David Wynn, which was suggested to him by George Bernard Shaw,” Williams said.  His real name was Edwin Williams.

Williams continued, "I entered Turkey for the first time in 1963 and went straight to Topkapi Palace. I stood on the terrace and looked out at the most beautiful scene. The Golden Horn was just below with hundreds of colorful wooden fishing boats; the Bosphorus was directly out in front of me rushing out of the Black Sea toward the Sea of Marmara to my right.  Asia was less than two miles away and I was on the threshold of a whole new career...filming Turkey!"

Williams said, "I made my first film, THE JOYS OF TURKEY in 1979 and I traveled all through the country on local busses carrying nine cases of film equipment. For some reason I did not know that ancient TROY is in Turkey! I found myself walking through Miletus, an ancient city that gave all American cities their city plan. Sometimes, I found myself stranded on lonely country roads but always some Turk would come along and offer me a ride into the village or help me get to a bus stop.  The Turks make sure that every traveler is looked after.  They simply do not allow a stranger to be stranded or uncomfortable. If fact, they don't even consider us strangers. We are their honored guests! And now, the Turkish bus system is the most modern in the world.  Beautiful new busses and bus stations that have all the attributes of a grand supermarket and a shopping mall!”

”My second film of Turkey was entitled PAUL’S JOURNEYS and it took about eleven years before I finally was able to finish that film. Whew, I really had to search for all the sites where PAUL was doing his work as an Apostle. It has been on the Reader’s Digest Editor’s Choice in their catalogues for five years. People really love that story. It is now easily obtained by going to Amazon.com and just type in the title.  But, make sure you get PAUL’S JOURNEYS by Robin D. Williams.” 

The National Geographic Society has been showing his films on their lecture series for 30 years and Williams' films are shown in select auditoriums and theaters throughout the U.S.A. and Canada.  "I always appear with my films, so that people can ask questions and meet the filmmaker.  It is highly educational, especially for me," he laughed.

The film begins in ancient Constantinople where the story of “The Conquest of 1453” is revealed. 

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BIBLICAL TREASURES highlights the lives of ST. PAUL and ST. JOHN and the Virgin Mary. They all resided in Asia Minor. (Modern day Turkey).  Williams’ is known for his ability to find the actual locations where important events from history and the Bible took place. The film explores the daily life of the ancient Romans in EPHESUS.  "The Austrian archaeologists found a cave above the ancient city that just might be where St. Paul lived while he was in Ephesus for two and a half years," Williams said. 

We asked Williams for some of the important aspects of his film and he immediately said, “Meeting the monks in the mountain monasteries still speaking the language of Jesus, Aramaic, will always stay with me as well as walking the same ancient highways that ST. PAUL and MARCO POLO used to travel across Asia.” 

Williams said, “In the ancient city of Tarsus, I was delighted to see that the Turkish archaeologists have uncovered the shops where SAUL talked to his neighbors as a youth, working as a tent maker with his father.  To be able to film the actual church where Barnabas and Paul were to depart on their journeys! That was fabulous. I followed them down the River Orontes to the Port of Seleucia and bade farewell!” 

“Turkey is a huge treasure chest.  It contains the most enriching sites.  It will change your life, let me tell you,” Williams said with a sigh.  “Turkey gives total satisfaction to my mind. It has more interesting places to see than you ever dreamed. On top of all the places that entertain your thinking process, Turkey has the most beautiful coastline on the planet.” 

The story covers every corner of Turkey and allows the audience to see places that have never been filmed before.

Robin D. Williams will introduce the film and meet members of the audience after the show.