Turkey

General Kırıkkale is the capital of Kırıkkale Province in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey, in the Middle Kızılırmak section of the Anatolian interior. The city lies about 80 kilometres east of Ankara on the Ankara-Kayseri railway and on the main roads that link the capital …

General Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire during the Late Bronze Age, and its ruins lie in north-central Turkey beside the small town of Boğazkale, formerly Boğazköy, in Çorum Province. The site stands within the great loop of the Kızılırmak, the river known to the an …

General Cappadocia is a historical region of central Turkey, spread across the high volcanic plateau of Central Anatolia. The heart of the modern touristic region lies in Nevşehir Province, and the name is conventionally extended across the neighbouring provinces of Kayseri, Aksa …

General Cappadocia is a historic region of central Turkey on the high plateau of Central Anatolia, which here lies mostly above 1,000 metres. Rather than a single city, it is a broad landscape of valleys, ridges and small towns, falling today mainly within the province of Nevşehi …

General Mersin is a large port city on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey and the capital of Mersin Province, the territory once known as Icel. The urban area is made up of four central districts, Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir, which together hold more than a m …

General Anamur is a town and district of Mersin Province on the southern coast of Turkey, roughly 220 kilometres west of the city of Mersin along the Mediterranean shore. It is the westernmost district of the province, bordering on Antalya Province, and covers about 1,430 square …

General Anamur, the westernmost district of Mersin Province, lies on a small coastal plain where the western Taurus Mountains finally release the shore after their long run from the east. The cape south of the town, Cape Anamur, is the southernmost point of Anatolia, and the open …

General The route from Antalya to Demre follows the south-western coast of Turkey, where the Western Taurus Mountains fall steeply to the Mediterranean. Antalya stands at the head of the wide bay that carries its name, on the eastern edge of a plain that in antiquity belonged to …

General Demre is a coastal district of Antalya Province in southern Turkey, set on the Mediterranean shore of the Teke Peninsula in western Lycia. The district seat, the town of Demre, lies a short way inland on the southern edge of a broad, fertile plain, with the forested limes …

General Dalyan is a riverside town on the south-west coast of Turkey, a neighbourhood of the district of Ortaca in Muğla Province, lying between the better-known resorts of Marmaris and Fethiye. The 2022 census counted 5,829 inhabitants. The settlement stands where the Dalyan Çay …

General The country around Dalyan and Didim forms the south-western corner of the strip of Anatolia that the ancients knew as Caria, lying between Lycia in the south-east and Ionia beyond the Maeander river. Dalyan is a town of Muğla Province, set on the channel that links Lake K …

General Didim is a coastal town and district of Aydın Province on the Aegean coast of western Turkey, lying on the north shore of the Gulf of Güllük roughly halfway between the regional cities of İzmir and Bodrum. The district covers about 424 square kilometres and had a populati …

General The route climbs inland from the Aegean coast at Didim to the interior of Denizli Province in south-western Turkey, where the day's sights cluster around the village of Pamukkale. Pamukkale, whose Turkish name means cotton castle, is a natural and archaeological site roug …