ExploreTurkey Est. 1998 · Online Archive of Anatolia

The classic guide to Anatolia's ancient world

Ancient cities, Byzantine mosaics, Ottoman palaces and the turquoise coast — documented page by page since 1998, and restored for a new generation of travellers.

Aspendos · Cappadocia · Ephesus · Hagia Sophia · Lycia · Topkapi

Antalya & Lycia Coast

Ancient cities of the Turkish Mediterranean: Aspendos, Perge, Termessos, Patara and more.

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Cappadocia

Fairy chimneys, rock-cut churches and underground cities of central Anatolia.

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Lycia

The Lycian civilization: tombs, city-states and the Mediterranean's most storied coastline.

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Blue Voyage

The classic gulet cruise along Turkey's turquoise coast, cove by cove.

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Mevlana & Konya

Rumi, the Whirling Dervishes and the Seljuk heritage of Konya.

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Chora (Kariye)

The finest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes in Istanbul's Chora Church.

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Ephesus

The grandest classical city of the Aegean: temples, terraces and the Library of Celsus.

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Hagia Sophia

1,500 years of architecture and mosaics in the world's most famous dome.

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Pamukkale & Hierapolis

White travertine terraces and the Roman spa city above them.

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Topkapi Palace

Courts, treasury and the Harem of the Ottoman imperial palace.

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