Topic
Great Outdoors
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99 pieces on this topic
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Place · Şanlıurfa
Birecik Bald Ibis Colony
The Birecik bald ibis colony on the Euphrates: the legend of Noah and the Mecca pilgrims, the fall of the last wild…
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Place · Marmaris
Sedir Island
Sedir Island, Cleopatra's Island, in the Gulf of Gökova near Marmaris: a beach of rare round white grains, the walls, theater and…
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Place · Istanbul
Yoros Castle
Yoros Castle above Anadolu Kavağı: a Byzantine and Genoese fortress at the mouth of the Bosphorus, with views to the Black Sea…
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Place · Black Sea
Uzungöl
Uzungöl, the long lake in the mountains south of Trabzon: how a landslide made it, the walk around the shore, the wooden…
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Place · Istanbul
Emirgan Park
Emirgan Park on the Bosphorus: one of Istanbul's largest parks, with ponds, rare trees, three wooden pavilions of an exiled Khedive and…
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Place · Istanbul
Yıldız Park
Yıldız Park in Beşiktaş: the old imperial garden of Yıldız Palace, one of Istanbul's largest parks, with Ottoman pavilions turned cafés, two…
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Place · Aegean
The Evliya Çelebi Way
The Evliya Çelebi Way: a 600 km riding, hiking and cycling route that follows the 17th-century traveler's pilgrimage of 1671 from Hersek…
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Place · Central Anatolia
The Phrygian Way
The Phrygian Way, Frig Yolu: a 506 km marked hiking and cycling trail on three routes from Seydiler, Yenice Çiftliği and Gordion…
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Place · Marmara
Kuşcenneti National Park (Bird Paradise)
Kuşcenneti National Park on Lake Manyas near Bandırma: Turkey's Bird Paradise since 1959, with more than 270 bird species, nesting Dalmatian pelicans,…
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Place · Black Sea
Zilkale
Zilkale in the Fırtına valley of Rize: a medieval castle on a crag in the cloud forest, with walls, a chapel and…