Turkey is a country steeped in history, and there are plenty of historical monuments and UNESCO World Heritage Sites to explore during your visit to this vast and varied nation.    Described by travelsupermarket.com as having “a com…

A tomb featuring intricate mosaics has been found in the archaeologically rich Selçuk district of İzmir. Archaeologists uncovered 55 skeletons buried in five graves and 18 pieces of delicate 1,700-year-old golden jewelry. Austrian Archaeologic…

What connection does the remote, mountain-top archaeological site of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey have with contemporary London? The answer, of course, is a lifelike head of the emperor Hadrian, part of a nearly five-meter-high statue of the ru…

What a strange little town Bergama is! Home to some of Turkey’s finest Hellenic and Roman remains, it has still managed to miss the big-time boat as regards attracting independent travelers and has to make do instead with busloads of tourists w…

Any traveler that has ever considered a trip to Turkey has at least heard of Cappadocia. It is a famous place because of its strange, early Christian history and unique, subterranean architecture. It is a sparse landscape of unsurpassed beauty and bo…

With its climate, natural wonders and a historical past that goes back thousands of years, the province of Mugla attracts the attention of everyone who goes there or even hears about it. And on these autumn days, when tourists want to enjoy not only…

Taking a vacation in the tiny village of Kapikiri on the shores of Bafa Lake is rather like staying in a giant farmyard. It's a place where you fall asleep to the sound of a barn owl screeching across the rooftops and wake to the crow of the rooster …

Some of the biggest names in blues music took to the stage at Turkey's only blues festival, the 19th edition of the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival, on Tuesday in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. The festival, held in Demirok facilities, brought toget…

According to Ancient Greek mythology, the gods, under the whimsical leadership of their king Zeus and queen Hera, lived high up on Mt. Olympos, where they plotted the tricks they played on the mortals living beneath them. Several different places ha…

The ruffled waters of Homer's "wine-dark sea," the Aegean, wash gently against a waterfront lined with impressive 19th-century neoclassical buildings, punctuated by the tall brick-chimneys of old Greek factories. To the northwest, beyond t…

Trabzon, in Turkey's remote northeastern corner, may be a fascinating, vibrant city, but the sad truth is that for most visitors it's merely a stepping stone on the way to their real target: Sümela, an extraordinary monastery that clings to the …

Situated on the very southernmost fringes of the formidable Toros (Taurus) Mountains -- with little more than low limestone spurs, clawing their way like broken fingers into the flat expanse of the Mesopotamian plain -- is the bustling bazaar city of…