Travel · Türkiye

• CityIstanbulA city on two continents, split by the Bosphorus into a European and an Asian side. Capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1453 to 1922 and today Türkiye's largest city.
• CityAnkara and AnıtkabirTürkiye's capital since 1923. Its emblem is Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
• CityKonya and the Mevlana MausoleumCapital of the Anatolian Seljuks and the city of Rumi. The green-domed mausoleum welcomes millions of visitors every year.
• CityBursa and CumalıkızıkThe first capital of the Ottoman state. "Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire" has been a UNESCO site since 2014.
• CitySafranboluA town that preserves Ottoman-era timber houses, baths and caravanserais. A UNESCO site since 1994.
• CityAntalyaTürkiye's tourism capital on the Mediterranean: the Kaleiçi old town, Hadrian's Gate and long beaches.

• MonumentHagia SophiaA vast domed building completed in 537: a church for nearly a thousand years, a mosque from 1453, a museum from 1934 and a mosque again since 2020.
• MonumentTopkapı PalaceThe palace where Ottoman sultans lived and ruled for about 400 years; a museum since 1924.
• MonumentEphesusAn ancient port city on the Aegean: the Library of Celsus, the great theatre and the site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders. A UNESCO site since 2015.
• MonumentGöbekli TepeStone circles raised about 11,600 years ago — among the oldest known monumental structures in the world. A UNESCO site since 2018.
• MonumentMount NemrutThe tomb-sanctuary of King Antiochus I of Commagene at 2,134 metres, with giant stone heads lined up on its terraces. A UNESCO site since 1987.
• MonumentSelimiye Mosque, EdirneThe mosque Mimar Sinan called his masterpiece (1568–1575). With its complex, a UNESCO site since 2011.
• MonumentGreat Mosque and Hospital of DivriğiA mosque-and-hospital complex of 1228–1229 whose carved stone portals are considered unique in the world. A UNESCO site since 1985.

• NatureCappadociaA land of "fairy chimneys" carved from volcanic tuff, rock-cut churches and underground cities. Göreme has been a UNESCO site since 1985.
• NaturePamukkale and HierapolisWhite travertine terraces formed by hot mineral springs, with the ancient city of Hierapolis above them. A UNESCO site since 1988.

• ShrineSüleymaniye MosqueOne of Istanbul's largest mosque complexes, built by Mimar Sinan for Suleiman the Magnificent in 1550–1557.
• ShrineSultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)A six-minaret mosque built in 1609–1617, its interior adorned with thousands of blue İznik tiles.

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Did you know?

• Hagia Sophia's dome rises 55 metres above the floor.

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• Göbekli Tepe is roughly 7,000 years older than the Egyptian pyramids.

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• Istanbul is one of the few major cities that lie in both Europe and Asia.

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