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Hatay is a Turkish province situated on the southeastern side of the Mediterranean.

İskenderun is located on the eastern Mediterranean coast on the Gulf of İskenderun, at…

Antakya, historically known as Antioch, is the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost…

The province of Nevşehir is one of the major cities of Cappadoccia Region and displays a…

Avanos is a town and district of Nevşehir Province in the Cappadocia region of Central…

Ürgüp is a town and district in Nevşehir province in the Cappadocia area of Central…

Ankara is the bustling capital of Turkey, located in the heart of Anatolia. It is a…

Gaziantep, once and still informally known as Antep, is one of the oldest inhabited cities…

Çanakkale is an important city and seaport. It lies on the southern shore of the…

Gökçeada is the largest island of Turkey with a surface of 279 square kilometers. The…

Tenedos, or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the…

Muğla is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the District of Menteşe…

Milas is an ancient city and the seat of the district of the same name in Muğla Province…

Marmaris is a port city and tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, located in Muğla…

Fethiye is a tourist town with an international atmosphere. It has an excellent marina and…

Bodrum is the site of the ancient city of Halikarnassus, the location of the famous…

Konya, situated on the southwestern side of the Central Anatolian Plateau, is a city…

İzmir is a city teeming with life, boasting a population of nearly 4 million, most of…

Selçuk is a town in İzmir Province in the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is located 2…

Çeşme is a sea-side resort town on the Aegean coast, 85 km west of Izmir. It lies on the…

Urfa (also Şanlıurfa, formerly Edessa) is a city in Southeastern Anatolia, and the…

Denizli, a vibrant industrial city in the south-west of Turkey, sits at the eastern end of…

Buldan is a town and district of Denizli Province located in Turkey's inner Aegean Region.

Mardin is a city in southeastern Turkey. A city situated on the top of a hill, it is known…

Midyat is a town in the Mardin Province of Turkey. The ancient city is the center of a…

Situated at the border junction of three countries - Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria, Edirne…

As early as 150 BC, the city of Antalya has enticed travelers from far and wide, from Paul…

Kemer is a seaside resort and district of Antalya Province on the Mediterranean coast of…

Alanya; formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a district of Antalya Province on the…

Bursa is the fourth-largest city in Turkey, located in the Marmara region, and it serves as…

With a history dating back 7,500 years, Amasya is a quintessential Turkish city, brimming…

With a unique position straddling two continents, İstanbul has served as the capital city…

The Hatay Archaeology Museum is the archaeology museum of Antakya, Turkey. It is known for…

The Church of Saint Peter near Antakya (Antioch), Turkey, is composed of a cave carved into…

Exploring the Vespasianus Titus Tunnel is a must-have experience for anyone who is…

Habib-i Najjar Mosque is a historical mosque in Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey named after…

Zelve Archaeological Site Zelve was founded on the steep and northern slopes of Aktepe.

Çavuşin is a village in the district of Avanos in Nevşehir province in the Cappadocia…

The Zelve Monastery is a Byzantine-era monastery that was carved into the rock in…

Kaymakli Underground City is contained within the citadel of Kaymakli in the Central…

The Haji Bektash Veli complex is an Alevi Cultural Monument of the Republic of Turkey,…

Derinkuyu ("deep well") is a town and district of Nevşehir Province in the Central…

Göreme Historical National Park is a national park in central Turkey. It occupies an area…

Ankara Aviation Museum, Etimesgut (near highway to Istanbul). Various aircrafts, aviation…

The Kocatepe Mosque is the largest mosque in Ankara, Turkey. It was built between 1967 and…

The State Art and Sculpture Museum is a museum dedicated to fine arts and sculpture in…

Hamamönü, is a recently restored neighborhood with Ottoman style timber Ankara houses,…

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the…

Ankara Castle is an historic fortification in the city of Ankara, Turkey, constructed in or…

Hacı Bayram-ı Veli, whose real name was Numan-bin Koyunluca Ahmet was born in the…

Rumkale, also known as Urumgala, is a fortress on the Euphrates, located in the province of…

Liberation Mosque, formerly the St. Mary's Cathedral or Holy Mother of God Church, is…

Gaziantep Castle is a castle first built by the Hittite Empire as an observation point and…

Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in the town of Gaziantep, Turkey, is the biggest mosaic museum in the…

The Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology is an archaeological museum located in the city of…

Yesemek Open Air Museum is near Islahiye District, in the village known by the same name.…

Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, 30 kilometres…

The Gallipoli Peninsula Historical Site covers over 33,000 hectares in Gallipoli, Turkey.…

The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the service of about…

Bozcaada Castle is a castle in the Turkish island of Bozcaada (known as Tenedos before the…

Babadağ is a mountain near Fethiye, in Muğla Province, southwest Turkey. The mountain…

Lake Bafa also known as Lake Çamiçi and in earlier times the Vafi Sea is a lake…

Kaunos was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern…

İztuzu Beach is a 4.5 km long beach near Dalyan, in the Ortaca district of the Province of…

Dalyan is a town in Muğla Province located between the districts of Marmaris and Fethiye…

Labraunda is an ancient archaeological site five kilometers west of Ortaköy, Muğla…

Hecatomnus Mausoleum and Sanctuary is located in Milas District of Muğla Province, one of…

Marmaris Castle is located in Marmaris, Turkey. The castle was reconstructed by Suleiman…

Nimara Cave is located at the highest point of Heaven Island near Marmaris. Since ancient…

Heaven Island is a peninsula near the city of Marmaris, Turkey. Heaven Island is situated…

The Letoon, sometimes Latinized as Letoum, was a sanctuary of Leto located 4km south of the…

Lycia was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC…

Butterfly Valley is a valley in Fethiye district, Muğla Province, on the Mediterranean…

The Tomb of Amyntas, also known as the Fethiye Tomb, is an ancient Greek rock-hewn tomb at…

Ölüdeniz (literally Dead Sea, due to its calm waters even during storms; ) is a small…

In 1962 the Turkish Government decided to turn the castle into a museum for the underwater…

The Castle of St. Peter, also known as Bodrum Castle, is one of the main attractions of the…

Saint Paul Catholic Church Alaadin Tepesi, between the Alaadin and Zaafer tram stations. It…

It was built in 1258 between the years of -1279 by the vizier Ata Fahreddin Ali during the…

The UNESCO World Heritage site of Çatalhöyük, 41 kilometers southeast of the city of…

The butterfly house was built by the Municipality of Selçuklu next to the Selçuklu Flower…

Konya Archaeological Museum is a state archaeological museum in Konya, Turkey. Established…

The Alâeddin Mosque is not just a mosque, but a symbol of the rich history of Muslims in…

Aziziye Mosque or (Aziziye Masjid) is an Ottoman mosque in Konya, Turkey. It is well-known…

Selimiye Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Konya, Turkey. The domed library…

The Mevlâna Museum, in Konya, Turkey, started life as the dervish lodge (Tekke) of the…

Sille Subaşı is a small Turkish village, near the town of Konya. Sille Subaşı was one…

The village of Mordoğan, on the east coast of the Karaburun Peninsula, is rimmed by…

It's one of the most popular beach destinations in Izmir province and a favored summer…

There is a general belief that Çakırağa Mansion was built by Şerif Aliağa. It is one…

In Karşıyaka, Helen Church, once known as "Cordelia", is the first Catholic Church. The…

Yalı (Konak) Mosque, one of the most elegant mosques in İzmir significant with its glazed…

Salepçioğlu Mosque is a true testament to the rich history of Muslims in Konak Esnaf…

It is located in Fevzi Paşa Street in Hisarönü district of İzmir; for this this mosque…

Izmir Art and Sculpture Museum and Gallery was founded as a gallery in Kültürpark, on…

The İzmir Ethnography Museum is an ethnography museum in Izmir, Turkey, containing a…

Pergamon, which was added to the World Cultural Heritage list in 2014, has been subjected…

The first archaeological museum in İzmir was opened in 1927 in the Ayavukla (Gözlü)…

During the 4th century B.C, Anatolia had been under invasion of the Persians. Phillipos the…

It is one of the oldest buildings of Izmir, which is located in Konak district at the…

It’s the region, where the city of İzmir was rebuilt around Pagos Mountain (Velvet…

İzmir Clock Tower is a historic clock tower located at the Konak Square in the Konak…

Ephesus is a large archaeological site in Aegean Turkey and one of Turkey's major tourist…

Şirince, formerly Kirkince or Çirkince, is a village nestled on the hills in Central…

The İsa Bey Mosque, constructed in 1374–75, is one of the oldest and most impressive…

Altınkum Beach is on the south shore of the western headland of the Çeşme Peninsula, 9.5…

Formerly known as "GONI", today's Eşek Island is an hour away from Çeşme with yachts,…

Ilıca is a large resort area 5 km east of Çeşme to which it is attached…

It was built in 1508 and repaired by Sultan Beyazıt, son of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror…

Harran, historically known as Carrhae, is a rural town and district of the Şanlıurfa…

Göbekli Tepe is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of…

The Kapalı Çarşı is a "maze-like" covered bazaar area at the south end of Divan…

The 12th-century Ulu Cami, or congregational mosque, was probably built on the site of an…

Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum is a museum in Şanlıurfa (also known as Urfa),…

The Haleplibahçe museum complex is located near Balıklıgöl and occupies a 40-hectare…

The Halil ür-Rahman Cami, also called simply the Halil Cami, is a mosque and medrese…

According to legend, Balıklıgöl was formed by the prophet Abraham's confrontation with…

Laodicea on the Lycus was an ancient city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus…

Pamukkale, formerly known as Akköy, is a district and second level municipality in Denizli…

Hierapolis was originally a Phrygian cult centre of the Anatolian mother goddess of Cybele…

Sultan Isa Madrasa was built in 1385 by the last Artuqid Sultan, Melik Necmettin Isa bin…

This complex consists of Mosque, minaret, two tombs, (Tombs of Zeynelabidin and his sister…

Located in the city centre, approximately 100 meters east of Şahkulu Bey Konağı, the…

Mardin Ulu Mosque, one of the architectural examples of the Artuqid Period, is the symbol…

The Mardin Museum serves in two buildings, where the administrative units and the…

It is in the south of the Republic Square. The mosque was built by Abdüllatif bin…

The construction of the madrasa started in the Artuqid Period (11 th century) and…

Mor Hananyo Monastery is an important Syriac Orthodox monastery located three kilometers…

Mardin Castle is a 3,000 year old defensive fortification in the city of Mardin, Turkey. It…

The Syriac Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Christian jurisdiction originating in the…

Estel Inn is located in the Ulu Mosque Neighborhood, 2.2 km from the Midyat district…

The İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park, is a national park located within…

The Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography is a significant national museum in…

The Karaağaç station or before 1971 Edirne station was the name of the former railway…

Grand Synagogue of Edirne, aka Adrianople Synagogue is a historic Sephardi synagogue…

Uzunköprü, formerly Cisr-i Ergene, is a 15th-century Ottoman stone bridge over the Ergene…

The Muradiye Mosque is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey. The building is…

The Old Mosque, also known as Grand Mosque, is an early 15th-century Ottoman mosque in…

The Üç Şerefeli Mosque is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey. The Üç…

The Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque, which is located in the city of Edirne…

The Balkan Wars Museum is a museum in Gefyra, west of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia,…

Beydağları Coastal National Park, a.k.a. Olympos Beydagları National Park, is a national…

There are two waterfalls with the same name (Düden) in Antalya. This waterfall pours water…

The cylindrical tower rises 14 meters from a square base. It is believed to have been…

Xanthos is the place where the spirit of the Lycians’ freedom is the most intensely felt.…

The name Simena is mentioned firstly in written sources of Plinius. Presently Somena is…

The word Arycanda means the ‘place next to the high rock’ is the name of this…

Karain Cave, which sheds light on a dark period of humanity, is an important archaeological…

Yivliminare Mosque was one of the first Islamic buildings in Antalya, built during the…

The furrowed minaret, called Yivli Minare in Turkish, is one of the first Islamic buildings…

Hadrian's Gate is a triumphal arch located in Antalya, Turkey, which was built in the name…

Traces of Elmalı History The museum has been put into service by reorganizing Elmalı’s…

It is thought that Phaselis, located on a small peninsula extending to the Mediterranean…

St. Nicholas Church was first built in the 6th century after the death of St. Nicholas.…

The ancient city of Myra is an important one. It's located in the Demre district of…

If you are a regular in Antalya, you probably know Lara very well. But if you are new to…

Perge, which is the closest to the Antalya city center, ancient city is one of the…

Patara is an ancient city located on the west coast of Lycia, today the town of Kalkan in…

Termessos is a very well preserved ancient city located 17 km north-west of Antalya, in the…

Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and…

Phaselis or Faselis was a Greek and Roman city on the coast of ancient Lycia. Its ruins…

Köprülü Canyon is a canyon and a National Park in the Province of Antalya, Turkey.…

West of Antalya's town center, Konyaalti Beach is one of Antalya's two prime sweeps of…

The Antalya Museum or Antalya Archeological Museum is one of Turkey's largest museums,…

Cleopatra Beach near the Alanya Castle tops the list of the most beautiful beaches in…

The Olympos Aerial Tram, aka Olympos Cable Car, is an aerial lift of tramway type located…

Göynük Canyon is a canyon in Antalya Province, southwestern Turkey. The canyon is…

The Alara Castle, is a historic fortification located at Alanya district of Antalya…

The Kızıl Kule (Red Tower) is a historical tower in the Turkish city of Alanya.

Damlataş Cave is a cave in Alanya district of Antalya Province, in southern Turkey. The…

Alanya Castle is like an abstract of the history of Alanya, which has been a popular…

Mt. Uludağ is the highest mountain of the Marmara region. Its highest peak is Kartaltepe…

It is located in the district of Kestel. It is located 22 km from the city center and at an…

Bursa Cable Car, the first cable car line of Turkey, was opened in October 29, 1963. It was…

This bridge was built in 1442, during the reign of Murad II, by Hodja Muslihuddin, the son…

It is located at the point where Oylat Canyon ends, 1 km south of Hilmiye neighborhood, 17…

This mausoleum, which is the most known within “Yeşil” Kulliye complex, was built in…

It is a full panoramic museum located in Osmangazi district of Bursa, opened to visitors on…

The old name of Golyazi Village, which was established on a peninsula by the Uluabat Lake,…

Oylat Thermal Spring, located in İnegöl district of Bursa, is considered among the most…

This hamam was built by Çakır Aga, commissioned chief-officer responsible of Bursa’s…

It is an early Ottoman village located 12 kilometres on the Bursa Ankara highway to the…

The area of approximately 510 thousand square meters built on both sides of Nilüfer creek…

Sukaypark, is Turkey's first cable water ski facility. Sukaypark, a sports and living…

Adrenalin Park, which was created by Gürsu Municipality in Ericek, offers the opportunity…

This church is built in the late 19th century by tradespeople of French origin, living in…

It is believed that this structure, the tablet of which is not currently available, was…

There are two current epitaphs for the mosque. The construction of the mosque that was…

This majestic mosque that stands tall in the Orhan Kulliye complex holds great historical…

It was built by Sultan Bayezid II to bring income to the mosques and madrasahs in…

This mosque, which is the central structure of the “Yıldırım Kulliye” complex, was…

This mosque, which is the central structure of the “Hudavendigar Kulliye” complex, was…

As stated on the three-line epitaph board placed over its crown door and written in “celi…

Bursa Archaeological Museum, one of the first archaeological museums in Turkey, was founded…

Ulu Cami is the largest mosque in Bursa and a landmark of early Ottoman architecture, which…

Gümüş New Mosque, in Maden District of Gümüş Town, Gümüşhacıköy was oiginally…

The clock tower, right next to the Government Office, at the head of the bridge, was…

The covered bazaar which Hüseyin Ağa, one of the chief white eunuchs of Beyazid II, had…

The Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography is a significant national museum in…

Hüseyin Ağa, chief white eunuch of Sultan Beyazid II, had this medresseh built 1448. It…

Owing to its historical significance, Saraydüzü Kışlası, which Atatürk used as his…

This building, at the head of one of the oldest bridges of Yalıboyu and built on the walls…

The Mansion, constructed in 1865, is one of the exceptional civil architecture samples of…

The museum was founded in 1925 and has moved a number of times. Having moved to its present…

According to the epigraph placed upon the rather ornate portal, the hospital and the asylum…

The rock tombs of the Pontic kings who ruled Amasya in the Hellenistic period from 333 BC…

Amasya especially takes attention with Yalıboyu houses constructed along the shore of…

Amasya Castle is located on Mount Harşena which constitutes the northern horizon of the…

Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in…

Yıldız Park is a historical, urban park in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is…

Gülhane Park is a historical urban park in the Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey; it…

Kınalıada is the fourth smallest inhabited island in the Princes' Islands in the Sea of…

Burgazada, or Burgaz Adası (Burgaz for short), is the third largest of the Princes'…

Heybeliada, or Heybeli Ada, is the second largest of the Prince' Islands in the Sea of…

Büyükada, meaning 'Big Island' in Turkish, is the largest of the Princes' Islands in the…

The Rüstem Pasha Mosque in the Tahtakale neighborhood of the Fatih district of Istanbul,…

The Chora Mosque, also known as Kariye Camii, is an exceptional example of Muslim…

Dolmabahçe Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European…

Istanbul Archaeological Museums are a compound of museums which consist three major…

The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the…

The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district…

The Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata is the oldest extant Armenian Apostolic…

The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral…

The large Fatih Mosque is an Ottoman mosque off Fevzi Paşa Caddesi in the Fatih district…

The Şehzade Mosque is a true testament to the rich Muslim history of Istanbul, Turkey.…

Istiklal Avenue historically known as the Grand Avenue of Pera, in the historic Beyoğlu…

The Beylerbeyi Palace is located in the Beylerbeyi neighbourhood of Üsküdar district in…

The New Mosque, originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque, and later New Valide Sultan…

The Eyüp Sultan Mosque is in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, outside the city walls and…

The Ortaköy Mosque is a breathtakingly beautiful mosque situated in the district of…

The Nuruosmaniye Mosque is not just any regular mosque; it is a symbol of culture and…

Neve Shalom Synagogue is a synagogue in the Karaköy quarter of Beyoğlu district, in…

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is…

The Aqueduct of Valens was a Roman aqueduct system built in the late 4th century AD, to…

Hagia Sophia, is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The…

The Church of St. Anthony of Padua, alternatively known as Sant'Antonio di Padova Church or…

Emirgan Park is located in Sarıyer, a famous İstanbul district situated on the European…

Nestled perfectly into the heart of this metropole, Maçka Democracy Park offers the ideal…

Spanning between the districts of Sarıyer and Eyüp in İstanbul, Belgrad Forest is the…

Most of Istanbul's historical Turkish baths, known as Hamam and are quite an inevitable…

Topkapı Sarayı, or Topkapı Palace, was the seat of the Ottoman Empire in its capital,…

The rich history of İstanbul is incomplete without mentioning the magnificent mosques that…

The stunning archipelago of Princes’ Islands off the coast of İstanbul in the Sea of…

Across the Bosphorus in the hip neighbourhood of Kadıköy sits the old Haydarpaşa…

A lesser-known fact about the Byzantine Empire was its remarkably successful use of…

The Maiden’s Tower is located on a small islet near the Bosphorus Strait. It is not known…

Considered among the oldest towers in the world, the Galata Tower was first built in…

İstanbul is a city with thousands of years of cosmopolitan history. Its multicultural…

As a cultural melting pot, İstanbul has the most pleasant culinary scene to influence all…