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Travel · Türkiye

Cities, monuments, nature, shrines, leisure and wellness spots: places worth visiting across the Turkic world.

Sights and monuments

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.Read more →
MonumentTopkapı PalaceThe palace where Ottoman sultans lived and ruled for about 400 years; a museum since 1924.Read more →
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.Read more →
MonumentGöbekli TepeStone circles raised about 11,600 years ago — among the oldest known monumental structures in the world. A UNESCO site since 2018.Read more →
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.Read more →
MonumentSelimiye Mosque, EdirneThe mosque Mimar Sinan called his masterpiece (1568–1575). With its complex, a UNESCO site since 2011.Read more →
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.Read more →