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Büyük Kale
Although most of the Büyük Kale site has been excavated, many of the older layers of development have been re-covered to protect them, so what you see today can be hard to decipher. This fortress held the royal palace and the Hittite state archives.
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Castle
One block south of the towns Archaeology Museum, turn right onto Şeyh Şaban Veli Caddesi and follow the road up to the scant remains of Kastamonus castle. Parts of the building date from Byzantine times, but most belong to Seljuk and Ottoman reconstructions.
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Fortress
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Silifke Museum
To the east of Silifkes centre, on the main road heading to Taşucu, this local museum showcases Roman figures and busts. The collection also includes ancient coins and jewellery, amphorae and pottery, and tools and weapons from the Roman and Hellenistic eras.
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Murat I (Hüdavendigâr) Camii
The unusual mosque (1366) features a barrel-vaulted Ottoman T-square design, and includes ground-floor zaviye (dervish hostel) rooms. The only visible part of the 2nd-floor facade gallery, originally a medrese, is the sultans loge (box), above the mosques rear.
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Hallacdere Monastery
The columned church of this rock-cut monastery complex contains unusual decorative features. Look for the animal heads on the column capitals and the human figure sculpted onto the wall. Its just off the main road into town, 1km northeast of Ortahisar centre.
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İzmir Mask Museum
Tucked away in an old house on a street filled with bars, this little museum spread over three floors has an interesting collection of ceremonial and decorative masks from around the world as well as death masks of the great and the not so good (Mao, Trotsky etc).
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Manisa Museum
Originally constructed as an imaret (soup kitchen), the Manisa Museum houses some fine mosaics and other important finds from Sardis as well as ethnographic collections. The exhibits on traditional Turkish eski yazı (old writing) calligraphy is especially good.
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Emir Han
Bursa was on the Silk Road, and camel caravans lodged at Emir Han, entered at the rear of Ulu Camii. Drovers and merchants slept and did business upstairs, their precious cargo stored in the ground-floor rooms. The courtyard tea garden has a fine old fountain.
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Ağzıkara Hanı
The Ağzıkara Hanı, 16km northeast of Aksaray, was built between 1231 and 1239. From Aksaray a taxi will charge about ₺50 for the run there and back. You can also catch any bus heading to Nevşehir, jump off here, and flag another down when youre finished.
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Gaziantep City Museum
Interactive displays and foreign-language audioguides showcase the story of baklava and Gazianteps history of shoemaking. Relax with a tea, coffee or cold beer in the Bayazhans courtyard cafes. Theres also occasional live music, and stalls selling local crafts.
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İsa Bey Camii
At the base of Ayasuluk Hill, this imposing mosque (1375) was built in a post-Seljuk/pre-Ottoman transitional style, when Selçuk was capital of the Aydın Emirate. It contains a bust of its patron, the Emir of Aydın, and is open to visitors (except at prayer times).
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Büyük Çakıl Beach
For swimming, head for Büyük Çakıl, a relatively clean beach 1.3km from Kaș town centre. Although its largely pebble-based, theres a few metres of sand at one end. There are shaded cafes for refreshments, which also rent out sun-loungers and sun-shades.
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Ak Han
Ak Han (circa 1251) is a well-preserved Seljuk caravanserai with a beautifully carved gateway. Youll find it en route to the cave Kaklık Mağarası from Pamukkale. It is located just off the Denizli–Kaklık highway, about 1km east of the Pamukkale turn-off.
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Painting and Sculpture Museum
The Painting and Sculpture Museum showcases the cream of Turkish artists. Ranging from angular war scenes to society portraits, the pieces demonstrate that 19th- and 20th-century artistic developments in Turkey paralleled those in Europe, with increasingly abstract form.
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Ortahisar Castle
Slap in the middle of Ortahisars town centre, this 18m-high rock outcrop was used as a fortress in Byzantine times. Reopened after a restoration project stabilised the crumbling edifice, you can now climb the precarious stairways to the top and admire the glorious view.
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Open Palace
This fine rock-cut monastery complex has a cluster of churches, refectories, dormitories and a kitchen, all carved out of fairy chimneys and dating from the 6th and 7th centuries. Its signposted off the main Gülşehir–Nevşehir road, about 4km before Gülşehirs town centre.
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Sakıp Sabancı Museum
The wealthy suburb of Emirgan is home to the impressive Sakıp Sabancı Museum , which hosts international travelling art exhibitions. The museum is home to one of İstanbul’s most stylish eateries, Müzedechanga, which has an extensive terrace and magnificent Bosphorus views.
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Sultan İsa (Zinciriye) Medresesi
Dating from 1385, the complexs highlight is the imposing recessed doorway, but make sure you wander through the pretty courtyards, lovingly tended by the caretaker, and onto the roof to enjoy the cityscape. The tea garden is a top spot to sit and survey Mardins beauty.
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Dibek Sofrası
Nearby abandoned Yakaköy (between Yalıkavak and Ortakent), the Dibek Sofrası complex contains a museum, art gallery, restaurant and vineyard. It exhibits Ottoman antiques such as jewelled daggers, antique fountain pens and ornate coffee cups collected by the owners.
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