History and Culture of Tunceli
Tunceli, known for most of its history as Dersim, is a province that carries its past in everything it does.

Tunceli, known for most of its history as Dersim, is a province that carries its past in everything it does.

Tunceli sits in the heart of the Munzur mountains, and its day trips run in two directions: inward, into the province’s own valleys and high country, and outward, to the neighboring lands of Elazığ and the great…

Tunceli’s food is the cooking of a mountain province with a strong sense of itself.

Tunceli’s accommodation is honest and modest, like the province itself.

Tunceli, the province of the Munzur mountains, offers experiences rather than monuments.

Tunceli, the province long known as Dersim, is unlike anywhere else in Turkey.

Iğdır is the easternmost corner of Turkey, a broad, hot plain at the foot of Mount Ararat, and its history is written in the tension between its land and its position.

Iğdır’s position on the map makes it a natural base for some of eastern Turkey’s most spectacular day trips.

Iğdır’s cooking is the cooking of a hot, fertile plain at the foot of a great mountain.

Choosing where to sleep in Iğdır is simpler than in most Turkish provinces, because the choices are few and honest.

Iğdır is the kind of destination that rewards people who know what they are looking for.

Most travelers who reach Iğdır arrive by accident, on the way to Mount Ararat or the ruins of Ani, and then discover that the easternmost corner of Turkey deserves more than a fuel stop.
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