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 Ankara first achieved prominance as a crossroad of civilizations. Akuwash, the Hittite name for the city, was established over 3000 years ago at the intersection of 2 trade routes. The Phrygians moved in after the decline of the Hittite empire and then Alexander the Great arrived in captured the city... More |
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| Antalya |
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 Antalya is one of the most breath-taking cities of Turkey because of its spectacular location between the Taurus Mountains rising to 3086 meters just behind the coastline and the sparkling Mediterranean. It is accepted as a brilliant jewel surrounded by Termessus, Side, and Aspendos; the ancient cities of history and legends...More |
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| Cappadocia |
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 One of the best preserved ancient cities is the city of Aphrodisias near Aydin. The city of Aphrodisias contains a clover shaped church dating from the Byzantine period. A crypt was found in the adjacent cemetery which is strongly believed to be that of a saint. In an excavation done in Aphrodisias in 1961 a palace believed to be the seat of a Cardinal was discovered at a site near the ancient odeon...More |
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| Edirne |
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The province was founded by Odris tribe originated from Trak race in the 5th century B.C as a city and was called with different names during history by different nations. The province was conquered by Murat I in 1361 and the name “Edirne” was given in this empror’s reign. Because of its strategic location, Edirne had been the second capital of the Ottoman Empire for 92 years until the conquest of Istanbul in 1453... More
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| Ephesus |
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 Well-known from earliest times, this city was established on the delta of what is now called the Lesser Menderes River. The sheltered harbor of that period was the beginning of a royal road at the gate of Susa, the capital or the Persian Empire, which secured the city its importance... More |
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| Istanbul |
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 Due to her geographic location, Istanbul has always been a settlement area from early ages onwards. Besides connecting the two continents, Europe and Asia, Istanbul has become a center where various cultures and religions survived and combined with each other... More |
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| Kuşadası |
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 The early settlements in Kuşadası is by the Lelegians and Carians who moved from the central Anatolia around the year of 3000 BC. They were the establishers of a colony on the skirts of Pilav Mountain in Kuşadası and founded the cities Ania and Melia...
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| Kütahya |
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 Kütahya (kur-TAHH-yah) rests beneath a ruined hilltop fortress in Aegean Turkey just about equidistant from Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Konya and Pamukkale. Kütahya is known for its beautiful colored tiles and pottery... More |
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| Nemrut |
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 At the junction of the Eastern and Western civilizations, Nemrut Dagi (Mount Nemrut) is one of the most astounding sites in Turkey: A collection of colossal statues on a remote mountain 2150m high, adorning the temple and tomb of King Antiochus. Unknown until 1881 when an Ottoman geologist discovered these 10 metre-high stone heads, archaeological work began in 1953 to uncover their history... More |
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| Pamukkale |
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 A magical and spectacular natural site, unique in the world, Pamukkale is a fairyland of dazzling white, petrified castles. Thermal spring waters laden with calcareous salts running off the plateau's edge have created this fantastic formation of stalactites, cataracts and basins...
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| Safranbolu |
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 The known history of Safranbolu, located near the north western Black Sea coast of Anatolia, dates back as far as 3000 BC. Once a city of Romans, Safranbolu has hosted many civilizations including the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman Empires throughout its history... More |
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| Trabzon & Rize |
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 Trabzon’s recorded history begins around 746 BC, when colonists originally from Miletus came here and founded a settlement with its acropolis on the Trapeza. The exiled Byzantine court ruled the city until 1461, when Ottomans conquered the area. The restored 13th century Byzantine church, used for centuries as a mosque and now turned into the Ayasofya Museum and the Sumela Monastry, built on steep rocks 54 km south of Trabzon are the jewels of Trabzon.With its modernized port; Trabzon is today a shipping centre exporting foodstuffs, livestock and tobacco... More |
