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Türkiye

If you're planning a vacation in a country that's a unique blend of cultures and history,…

Hatay Vacation Guide

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

İskenderun City Guide

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

Antakya City Guide

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

Nevşehir Vacation Guide

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

Avanos City Guide

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

Ürgüp City Guide

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

Ankara Vacation Guide

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

Gaziantep Vacation Guide

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

Çanakkale Vacation Guide

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

Gökçeada, Çanakkale

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

Bozcaada (Tenedos), Çanakkale

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

Muğla Vacation Guide

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

Milas City Guide

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

Marmaris City Guide

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

Fethiye City Guide

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

Bodrum City Guide

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

Konya Vacation Guide

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

İzmir Vacation Guide

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

Selçuk City Guide

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

Çeşme City Guide

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

Şanlıurfa Vacation Guide

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

Denizli Vacation Guide

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

Buldan City Guide

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

Mardin Vacation Guide

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

Midyat City Guide

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

Edirne Vacation Guide

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

Antalya Vacation Guide

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

Kemer City Guide

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

Alanya City Guide

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

Bursa Vacation Guide

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

Amasya Vacation Guide

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

Istanbul Vacation Guide

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

Hatay Archaeology Museum

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

Church of Saint Peter, Hatay

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

Vespasianus Titus Tunnel, Antakya

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

Habib’i Neccar Mosque

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

Zelve-Paşabağlar Archaeological Site

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

Çavuşin Village, Nevşehir

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

Zelve Monastery, Nevşehir

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

Kaymakli Underground City, Nevşehir

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

Haji Bektash Veli Complex, Nevşehir

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

Derinkuyu Underground City, Nevşehir

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

Göreme Historical National Park

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

Ankara Aviation Museum

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

Kocatepe Mosque, Ankara

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

State Art and Sculpture Museum, Ankara

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

Hamamönü, Ankara

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

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara

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

Ankara Castle

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

Hacıbayram, Ankara

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

Rumkale, Gaziantep

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

Liberation Mosque, Gaziantep

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

Gaziantep Castle

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

Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep

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

Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology

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

Yesemek Open Air Museum, Gaziantep

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

Troy, Çanakkale

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

Gallipoli Peninsula Historical Site

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

Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial

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

Bozcaada Castle, Çanakkale

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

Babadağ, Muğla

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

Lake Bafa, Muğla

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

Kaunos Ancient City, Muğla

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

Iztuzu Beach, Muğla

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

Dalyan, Muğla

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

Labraunda archaeological site, Milas

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

Hecatomnus Ancient Site, Milas

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

Marmaris Castle, Marmaris

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

Nimara Cave, Marmaris

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

Heaven Island, Marmaris

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

Letoon Archaeological Site, Muğla

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

Likya Way

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

Butterfly Valley, Fethiye

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

Tomb of Amyntas, Fethiye

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

Ölüdeniz, Fethiye

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

Museum of Underwater Archaeology, Bodrum

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

Bodrum Castle

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

Saint Paul Catholic Church, Konya

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

Konya Ince Minare Stone and Wooden Works Museum

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

Çatalhöyük Neolithic City

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

Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden

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

Konya Archaeological Museum

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

Alaaddin Mosque, Konya

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

Aziziye Mosque, Konya

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

Selimiye (Sultan Selim) Mosque, Konya

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

Mevlana Museum, Konya

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

Sille Turkish Village, Konya

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

Mordoğan Beach, İzmir

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

Ilıca Beach, İzmir

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

Birgi Çakırağa Mansion, İzmir

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

Saint Helen Catholic Church, İzmir

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

Yalı Mosque (Konak Mosque), İzmir

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

Salepçioğlu Mosque, İzmir

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

Hisar Mosque, izmir

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

History of İzmir Art And Sculpture Museum

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

İzmir Ethnography Museum

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

Pergamon Acropolis Ancient City, İzmir

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

İzmir Archeology Museum

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

Smyrna Ancient City, İzmir

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

Saint Polycarpe Church, İzmir

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

Kadıfekale, İzmir

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

İzmir Clock Tower

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

Ephesus, Selçuk / İzmir

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

Şirince Willage, Selçuk

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

İsa Bey Mosque, Selçuk

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

Altınkum Beach, Çeşme / İzmir

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

Eşek Island, Çeşme

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

Ilıca City, Çeşme

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

Çeşme Castle, İzmir

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

Harran, Şanlıurfa

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

Göbeklitepe, Urfa

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

Kapalıçarşı, Şanlıurfa

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

Ulu Camii, Şanlıurfa

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

Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

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

Haleplibahçe Museum Complex, Şanlıurfa

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

Halil ür-Rahman Cami, Şanlıurfa

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

Balıklıgöl, Şanlıurfa

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

Laodicea on the Lycus, Denizli

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

Pamukkale City Guide

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

Hierapolis, Denizli

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

Zinciriye Madrasa, Mardin

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

Zeynel Abidin Mosque and Tomb, Mardin

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

Keldani Church, Mardin

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

Mardin Ulu Mosque

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

Mardin Museum

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

Latifiye Mosque, mardin

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

Kasımiye Madrasa, Mardin

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

Mor Hananyo Monastery, Mardin

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

Mardin Castle

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

Syriac Catholic Church, Mardin

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

Midyat Museum, Mardin

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

İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park, Edirne

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

Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

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

Karaağaç Railway Station, Edirne

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

Grand Synagogue of Edirne

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

Uzunköprü Bridge, Edirne

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

Discovered Muradiye Mosque in Edirne

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

Old Mosque, Edirne

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

Üç Şerefeli Mosque, Edirne

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

Selimiye Mosque, Edirne

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

Balkan Wars Museum, Edirne

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

Beydağları Coastal National Park, Antalya

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

Düden Waterfall, Antalya

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

Hıdırlık Tower, Antalya

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

Explore the Ancient City of Xanthos

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

Discover the Ancient City of Simena

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

Arycanda Ancient City

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

Karain Cave, Antalya

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

Yivliminare Mosque, Antalya

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

Yivliminare, Antalya

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

Hadrian’s Gate, Antalya

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

Elmali Museum

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

Guide to the Ancient City of Phaselis

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

Church of St. Nicholas in Myra

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

Guide to the Ancient City of Myra

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

Guide to Lara Beach

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

Perge Ancient City

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

Guide to the Ancient City of Patara

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

Termessos National Park, Antalya

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

Pergamon Ancient City

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

Explore Aspendos

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

Köprülü Canyon, Antalya

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

Konyaalti Beach

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

Antalya Museum

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

Cleopatra and Damlataş Beach

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

Olympos Aerial Tram, Kemer

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

Göynük Canyon

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

Alara Castle, Alanya

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

Red Tower (Kızıl Kule), Alanya

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

Damlataş Cave, Alanya

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

Alanya Castle, Antalya

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

Uludağ National Park, Bursa

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

Saitabat Waterfall, Bursa

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

Uludağ by Cable Car, Bursa

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

Irgandı Bridge, Bursa

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

Oylat Cave, Bursa

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

Yeşil (The Green) Tomb, Bursa

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

Panorama 1326 Bursa Conquest Museum

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

Gölyazı, Bursa

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

Oylat Thermal Spring and Mineral Springs

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

Cakiraga Turkish Bath, Bursa

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

Cumalıkızık Village, Bursa

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

Hüdavendigar City Park, Bursa

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

Sukaypark, Bursa

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

Gürsu Adrenaline Park, Bursa

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

French Church, Bursa

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

Hagia Sophia Orhan Mosque, Bursa

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

İznik Green Mosque, Bursa

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

Orhan Mosque, Bursa

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

Silk Bazaar, Bursa

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

Yıldırım Mosque, Bursa

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

Murad I, The Sovereign Mosque, Bursa

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

Yeşil Mosque, Bursa

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

Bursa Archeology Museum

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

Grand Mosque of Bursa

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

Maden Mosque, Amasya

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

The Clock Tower, Amasya

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

Bedesten (Covered Bazaar) of Amasya

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

The Kulliyyah of Bayezid II, Amasya

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

The Medresseh of Büyük Ağa

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

Museum of National Struggle and Congress Center

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

Private Museum of the Shahzadah, Amasya

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

Hazeranlar Mansion, Amasya

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

Amasya Museum of Archeology

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

Darüşşifa (Hospital)

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

Rock Tombs of Kings

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

Yalıboyu Houses, Amasya

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

Amasya Castle

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

Yıldız Palace, Istanbul

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

Yıldız Park, Istanbul

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

Gülhane Park, İstanbul

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

Kınalı Ada, İstanbul

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

Burgazada, İstanbul

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

Heybeliada, İstanbul

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

Büyükada, İstanbul

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

The Rüstem Pasha Mosque

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

The Chora Mosque (Kariye Camii)

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

Dolmabahçe Palace

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

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

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

Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

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

Topkapı Palace, İstanbul

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

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata

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

St. George’s Cathedral, Istanbul

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

Fatih Mosque, Istanbul

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

Şehzade Mosque, İstanbul

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

İstiklal Avenue

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

Beylerbeyi Palace, İstanbul

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

New Mosque, Istanbul

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

Eyüp Sultan Mosque

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

Ortaköy Mosque

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

Nuruosmaniye Mosque

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

Neve Shalom Synagogue

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

Blue Mosque, Istanbul

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

Aqueduct of Valens

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

Hagia Sophia

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

Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul

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

Emirgan Park (Emirgan Korusu)

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

Maçka Democracy Park, İstanbul

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

Belgrad Forest

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

Hamams

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

Topkapı Sarayı

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

Süleymaniye Mosque

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

Princes’ Islands

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

Haydarpaşa Garı

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

Yerebatan Sarnıcı

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

Maiden’s Tower (Kız Kulesi)

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

Galata Tower (Galata Kulesi)

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

Best Places for Shopping in İstanbul

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

What and Where to Eat in İstanbul?

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