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Yazılı Canyon Nature Park
The Yazılı Canyon Nature Park, roughly a 65km drive south of Eğirdir, protects a forested gorge deep in the Taurus Mountains, which separate the Lake District (ancient Pisidia) and the Antalya region (Pamphylia), and their unique climatic zones. From the parking area, follow a path
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Aslanlı Kapı
At Aslanlı Kapı, two stone lions (one rather poorly reconstructed) protect the city from evil spirits. This is one of at least six gates in Hattuşas 4000-year-old defensive walls, though it may never have been completed. You can see the best-preserved parts of Hattuşas fortificatio
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Uçhisar Castle
This tall volcanic-rock outcrop is one of Cappadocias most prominent landmarks and visible for miles around. Riddled with tunnels, it was used for centuries by villagers as a place of refuge when enemy armies overtook the surrounding plains. Climbing through its mazy core to the pa
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Sokullu Şehit Mehmet Paşa Mosque
Sinan designed this mosque in 1571, at the height of his architectural career. Besides its architectural harmony, the mosque is unusual because the medrese is not a separate building but actually part of the mosque structure, built around the forecourt. The interior walls and mimbe
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Trabzon Museum
The Italian-designed Kostaki Mansion (1913), built for a Russian merchant and mixing elements of rococo, art nouveau and neoclassical architecture, briefly hosted Atatürk in 1924 and again in 1937. One of the most beautiful museums in provincial Turkey, the ornate rooms, with paint
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Bursa Citadel
Some ramparts and walls still survive on the steep cliff, the site of Bursas citadel and oldest neighbourhood, Tophane. From Ulu Camii, walk west and up Orhan Gazi (Yiğitler) Caddesi, to reach the Hisar (Fortress). On the summit, a park contains the Tombs of Sultans Osman and Orhan
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Sultan Beyazıt II Camii
The graceful Sultan Beyazıt II Camii (1486) is Amasyas largest külliye (mosque complex), with a medrese, fountain, imaret (soup kitchen) and library. The main door, mihrab (niche in a minaret indicating the direction of Mecca) and pulpit are made of white marble, and its windows fe
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Phaselis
This romantically sited Lycian port was founded by colonists from Rhodes as early as the 7th century BC on the border between Lycia and Pamphylia. Its wealth came from the shipment of timber, rose oil and perfume.The extensive ruins are arranged around three bays, each with a dimin
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Bagnair Monastery
On the main road linking Kars with Ani, drive west until the village of Esenkent comes into view. About 200m before the Esenkent signpost, take the gravel road on the right. Drive 4.5km until you reach a first junction; continue straight ahead for about 1.8km and youll arrive at a
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Azapkapı Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii
This pretty mosque, designed by Sinan and built in 1577, is unusual in that it and the minaret are raised on a platform. Like Sinans Rüstem Paşa Camii over the Golden Horn (also on a raised platform), it was commissioned by Sokollu Mehmet Paşa, a grand vizier of Süleyman the Magnif
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Hıdiv Kasrı
Set in a gorgeous garden where masses of tulips and other flowers bloom in spring, this palatial art nouveau villa was built in 1906 as the summer residence of the hıdiv (khedive or viceroy) of Egypt, Abbas Hilmi II. Set atop a hill on the most dramatic promontory on the Bosphorus,
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İztuzu Beach
An excellent swimming beach, İztuzu (or Turtle) Beach is one of the Mediterranean nesting sites of the loggerhead turtle , and special rules to protect it are enforced.Although the beach is open to the public during the day, night-time visits – 8pm to 8am – are prohibited from May
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Antiphellos Ruins
Walk up hilly Uzun Çarşı Sokak, the Roman-era road that locals call Slippery Street, to the east of the main square to reach the Kings Tomb , a superb example of a 4th-century BC Lycian sarcophagus, which is mounted on a high base and has two lions heads on the lid. Antiphellos was
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Nuruosmaniye Mosque
Facing Nuruosmaniye Kapısı, one of several gateways into the Grand Bazaar, this mosque was built in Ottoman-baroque style between 1748 and 1755. Construction was started by order of Mahmut I and finished by his successor Osman III. Though it was meant to exhibit the sultans modern
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Alaaddin Camii
Set in an expansive walled courtyard, this mosque was constructed for Süleyman Pervane in 1267. It has been repaired many times; the local Candaroğlu emir added the marble mihrab (niche indicating the direction of Mecca) and wooden mimber (pulpit), sadly damaged when one of the thr
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Christ Church
The cornerstone of this Gothic-style Anglican church was laid in 1858 by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, known as The Great Elchi (elçi, meaning ambassador) because of his paramount influence in mid-19th-century Ottoman affairs. The largest of the citys Protestant churches, it was ded
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Menüçer Camii
With a tall octagonal, truncated minaret and six vaults, the Menüçer Camii was built by the Seljuk Turks in 1072. The blend of Armenian and Seljuk design resulted from the Seljuks employing Armenian architects and artisans. Distinctive features are the red-and-black stonework, and
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Izmir’s Churches
İzmir retains a number of churches that are still used by the Christian faithful, including the oldest Christian house of worship in the city, the Church of St Polycarp , built in 1625 with the permission of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. It honours the city’s patron saint martyr
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Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
The great Sinan put his stamp on the entire city, and this mosque, constructed in the 1560s next to the Edirnekapı section of the historic land walls, is one of his best works. Commissioned by Süleyman the Magnificents favourite daughter, Mihrimah, it features a wonderfully light a
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Olympos Ruins
The rambling ruins of ancient Olympos are scattered beside the trickling Ulupınar Stream and set inside a deep shaded valley that runs directly to the sea. Olympos devoutly worshipped Hephaestus (Vulcan), the god of fire, which may have been inspired by the Chimaera, an eternal fla
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