Turkey, region by region
Two continents, seven regions and seas on three sides. Point at a pin, then click to open everything we know about the place: tours, where to eat and stay, what to see.
Where most journeys begin
Postcards from Turkey
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Istanbul
Istanbul spreads across Europe and Asia on both shores of the Bosphorus. Explore the…
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Cappadocia
Cappadocia is a Central Anatolian region where wind and water cut volcanic tuff into…
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Ephesus
Selçuk is the town beside the ancient ruins of Ephesus and holds the Ephesus…
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Pamukkale
Pamukkale and Denizli, from the white travertines and the Roman spa city to red…
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Antalya
Kaleiçi, the walled old town of Antalya, surrounds an ancient harbor that is now…
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Bodrum
Bodrum stands on ancient Halicarnassus, with a Knights of Saint John castle, the Mausoleum…
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Turquoise Coast
The Turquoise Coast of Lycia: Ölüdeniz, Patara, Kaş and the sunken city of Kekova,…
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Mardin
The old town steps down a hill in yellow limestone. Beyond it lie Deyrulzafaran,…
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Bursa
Bursa grew up around early Ottoman mosques, inns and tombs. Its 2014 World Heritage…
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Konya
Konya is the city where Rumi is buried and a former Anatolian Seljuk capital.…
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Fethiye
Fethiye is a harbor town on the site of ancient Telmessos. Lycian rock tombs…
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İzmir
Izmir sits at the end of a long gulf on Türkiye's Aegean coast. Its…
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Trabzon
Capital of the Komnenos rulers from 1204 to 1461, on the Black Sea, with…
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Alanya
Alanya is a coastal town in Antalya province with a Seljuk castle on a…
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Ankara
Once Ancyra, a Galatian capital and a Roman provincial center, Ankara now holds Anıtkabir,…
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Ayvalık
Ayvalık lies on Türkiye's Aegean coast in Balıkesir province. In the 19th century it…
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Bolu
Yedigöller's seven landslide lakes, Lake Abant and Gölcük, the old towns of Mudurnu and…
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Çanakkale
Çanakkale stands on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles. Its Ottoman town grew around…
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Çeşme
Çeşme takes its name from its spring-fed fountains, çeşme in Turkish. Its 1508 castle…
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Dalyan
Dalyan takes its name from the fishing weirs across a reed-lined channel in Muğla…
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Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır's walls and Hevsel Gardens form a World Heritage site, inscribed in 2015, and…
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Edirne
Edirne's Selimiye complex joined the World Heritage List in 2011. The center holds early…
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Erzurum
The old city of Erzurum holds the Double Minaret and Yakutiye madrasas, and the…
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Gaziantep
Gaziantep keeps the Roman floors of Zeugma, a quarter of old hans and coppersmiths'…
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Giresun
A Black Sea city with an island 1.6 km (1 mile) offshore, a castle…
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Göcek
Göcek is a small harbor town in Fethiye district. Activity centers on the seafront,…
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Hatay
Hatay province on the Syrian border, home to Antakya, ancient Antioch on the Asi…
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Kars
Kars keeps the basalt buildings of the Russian period, lies 42 km from the…
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Kaş
Kalkan, the Blue Cave, Kaputaş and Patara lie along the coast west of Kaş,…
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Kuşadası
Ships berth at Kuşadası, and Ephesus lies in Selçuk in İzmir province. Plan a…
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Marmaris
Marmaris lies on a bay ringed by pine-covered hills in Muğla province. Its castle…
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Rize
Rize Çayı has been a protected designation of origin since 2021. Behind the tea…
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Şanlıurfa
Göbeklitepe joined the World Heritage List in 2018. A visit adds the Taş Tepeler…
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Sivas
Seljuk and Ilkhanid madrasas near one city square, the UNESCO-listed Great Mosque and Hospital…
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Van
Van lies near the eastern shore of Lake Van, with the Urartian castle of…
The seven regions
