History and Culture of Bursa
Bursa is the city where the Ottoman story begins.
History and Culture of Antalya
Antalya is the capital of the Turkish Riviera, and its history reaches deep into the ancient world — the city was founded in the 2nd century BC, and it has been the great port of the Mediterranean coast for two…
History and Culture of Izmir
Izmir is the great port of the Aegean, and its history reaches deep into the ancient world — the city was founded as Smyrna, one of the great cities of the Greek world, and it has been a harbor and a crossroads…
History and Culture of Ankara
Ankara is the capital of modern Turkey, but its history reaches far deeper than the Republic — the city was an ancient settlement of the Hittites, a Phrygian city, a Roman capital, and an Ottoman town before…
History and Culture of Istanbul
Istanbul is one of the great historic cities of the world — a city that has been the capital of three empires, the seat of the Roman, the Byzantine, and the Ottoman worlds, and the meeting point of the…
History and Culture of Sanliurfa’s Balikligol
Balıklıgöl is the heart of Şanlıurfa, the city of prophets — and one of the most sacred and storied places in the region.
History and Culture of Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world — a place that has rewritten the understanding of human history.
History and Culture of Harran
Harran is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world — a town on the Mesopotamian plain whose history reaches back to the dawn of civilization, and whose culture has carried a living tradition…
History and Culture of Mardin’s Old City
Mardin’s old city is one of the most layered places in Turkey — a golden medieval city built on a hillside above the Mesopotamian plain, where the civilizations and the faiths of the region have accumulated for…
History and Culture of Safranbolu
Safranbolu is one of the great historic towns of Turkey — a perfectly preserved Ottoman city that is not a museum but a living place, where the houses of the 18th and 19th centuries are still homes, and the…
History and Culture of Sumela
Sumela is one of the most extraordinary monuments in Turkey — and one of the most storied.
History and Culture of Ayder Plateau
Ayder looks like a landscape without a history — a green valley in the mountains, the way it might have been for centuries.
