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Bakircilar Çarşisi
Gazianteps labyrinthine bazaar includes the Zincirli Bedesten , now restored and full of metalworkers and shoemakers. Excellent food markets include mini-mountains of spices and graceful garlands of dried chillies. South of the Zincirli Bedesten, in the Elmacı Pazarı area, is the o
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Pınar Pazarı
If around on any Sunday between July and October, buy apples, cheese, yoghurt or even a goat at this village market from the Yörük Turks, who descend from their mountain redoubts to hawk their wares and stock up for winter. In the old days, wily Yörük mothers would use these public
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Kozan Castle
Towering above the surrounding plains, stunning Kozan Castle stretches some 900m along a narrow ridge. It was built by Leo II in the late 12th century. Inside the castle is a mess of ruined buildings, but continue upward to the many-towered keep on the right. On the left is a massi
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Gülbahar Hatun Camii
Sultan Selim I the Grim, the great Ottoman conqueror of Syria and Egypt, built this mosque southwest of the bazaar in 1514 in honour of his mother, Gülbahar Hatun. Next to it are a tea garden and reconstructed wooden serender (granary). Its a pleasant walk west from the centre over
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Hierapolis Archaeology Museum
Housed in former Roman baths, this excellent museum exhibits spectacular sarcophagi from Laodicea and elsewhere; small finds including jewellery, oil lamps and stamp seals from Hierapolis and around; and in the third room, its entrance watched by a sphinx, friezes and Roman-era sta
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Ünye Castle
About 7km inland from the town stands Ünye Castle, a ruined fortress founded by the Pontics and rebuilt by the Byzantines, with an ancient tomb cut into the rock face below. Catch a minibus (₺2) heading to Kaleköy or Akkuş on the D850 road to Niksar and Tokat, and ask to be dropped
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Ehmedek
As you walk up towards Alanya Castle, the road passes a turn-off for the village of Ehmedek, which was the Turkish quarter during Ottoman and Seljuk times. Today a number of old wooden houses still cluster around the fine 16th-century Süleymaniye Camii , the oldest mosque in Alanya
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Sobesos
At the ancient city of Sobesos, signposted from Şahinefendi village, the various sections of the Roman baths can easily be distinguished. There are also some fine Roman mosaics, a mummy and a Byzantine church , built during renovations of the Roman city in the late 4th century. The
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Çavuşin Old Village Ruins
Walk up the hill through the new part of Çavuşin and continue past the main square to find the old village ruins. Carved into the steep cliff face here is a labyrinthine complex of abandoned houses that you can wander through by climbing up the cliff path. The timeless ambience has
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Azize Barbara Şapeli
Byzantine soldiers carved the 11th century Azize Barbara Şapeli (Chapel of St Barbara), dedicated to their patron saint who is depicted on the left as you enter. They also painted the mysterious red ochre scenes on the roof – the middle one could represent the Ascension; above the
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Aziz Basil Şapeli
From the museum ticket booth, follow the cobbled path until you reach this chapel dedicated to Kayseri-born St Basil; one of Cappadocias most important saints. In the main room, St Basil is pictured on the left; a Maltese cross is on the right, along with St George and St Theodore
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Konyaaltı Plajı
Neither of Antalyas two beaches have much to recommend them - at least not as far as silken sand nor paradise views are concerned. For a good dose of well-rounded beach culture amusement, head to Konyaaltı Plajı; it can be accessed by taking the tram to its final stop (Müze), and t
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Namık Kemal House
Another house museum celebrating a great man, this time Tekirdağs most famous son, Namık Kemal (1840–88). A nationalist poet, journalist and social reformer, Kemal had a strong influence on Atatürk, who called him the father of my ideas. Exhibits in the 19th-century timber and ston
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Edirne Archaeology & Ethnography Museum
Behind the Selimiye Mosque is this museum with two sections: one archaeological and the other ethnographic. Highlights of the archaeological section include Thracian funerary steles featuring horsemen. The ethnographic section showcases carpets, embroidery, textiles, calligraphy an
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Gök Medrese
Constructed after the fall of the Seljuks and the coming of the Mongols by Pervane Muhinedin Süleyman, a local potentate, the 13th-century Gök Medrese has also served as a hospital and a school.Very few of the buildings gök (sky-blue) tiles are left on the facade, but there are eno
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Kayseri Castle
The monumental black-basalt walls of Kayseri castle were first constructed under the Roman emperor Gordian III and were rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Justinian 300 years later. The imposing edifice you see today, though, is mostly the work of 13th-century Seljuk sultan Alaattin
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Alibey Kudar Etnografya Galerisi
From Güre, follow the brown signpost and head 2.5km north into the hills to find Alibey Kudar Etnografya Galerisi in Tahtakuşlar village. Jumbled exhibits such as a domed tent frame and ancient wagon provide an insight into the local villages inhabited by descendants of Turkmen peo
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Çeşme Fortress
This Genoese fortress, whose dramatic walls dominate the town centre, was built in 1508 and repaired by Sultan Beyazıt II, son of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror (Mehmet Fatih), to defend the coast from attack by pirates. Later, the Rhodes-based Knights of St John of Jerusalem also mad
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Aynalı Kilise
From the Open-Air Museum entrance, a 1km walk uphill along Müze Caddesi brings you to the signposted trail leading down to the little-visited Aynalı Kilise. The main chapel is adorned only with simple red ochre geometric decorations, but the real highlight here is shimmying through
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Church of St Gregory (Abughamrentz)
This rotunda-shaped church topped by a conical roof dates from about 994. It was built for the wealthy Pahlavuni family by the same architect as the Church of the Redeemer. On the 12-sided exterior, a series of deep niches are topped by scallop-shell carvings; above them, the windo
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