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.
History and Culture of Igdir
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.
History and Culture of Ardahan
Ardahan is a province that history used hard.
History and Culture of Bayburt
Bayburt sits in the northeast of Turkey, the river town on the Çoruh with the castle above, and its history is the long story of the frontier routes: the ancient settlement on the roads between the Black Sea and…
History and Culture of Hakkari
Hakkari sits in the far southeast of Turkey, in the mountain country at the meeting of the borders with Iraq and Iran, and its history is the long story of the highland frontier: the ancient peoples of the…
History and Culture of Sirnak
Şırnak sits in the far southeast of Turkey, in the mountain country between the Tigris and the frontier, and its history is the long story of the borderland: the ancient peoples, the medieval emirates, the…
History and Culture of Siirt
Siirt is a city of deep layers, where the history of the region runs from the earliest settlements of the river valleys to the scholarly mysticism of the eighteenth century and the living traditions of today.
History and Culture of Kilis
Kilis is a border city with a long memory.
History and Culture of Canakkale
Few regions on earth pack as much history into one small area as the Canakkale region.
History and Culture of Kirklareli
Kirklareli is the quiet keeper of Thrace’s history, a border province whose story stretches from the ancient Thracians through the Byzantine and Ottoman centuries to the borders of the modern republic.
History and Culture of Edirne
Edirne is a city built on layers of history that most travelers only glimpse.
History and Culture of Burdur
Burdur is a small provincial city with an enormous archaeological hinterland.
