History and Culture of Kas
The history of Kaş reaches back to the ancient Lycians, and the town’s story runs through the ancient city of Antiphellos, the centuries of the coast, and the modern Mediterranean life.
History and Culture of Foca
The history of Foça reaches back to the ancient world, and the town’s story runs through the seafaring Phocaea, the Genoese centuries, and the modern fishing life.
History and Culture of Alacati
The history of Alaçatı runs from the Ottoman centuries through the population exchange and the modern revival, and the town’s story is written in the stone houses, the windmills, and the traditions of the region.
History and Culture of Datca
The history of Datça reaches back to the ancient world, and the peninsula’s story runs through the Carian cities, the Ottoman centuries, and the modern quiet.
History and Culture of Marmaris
The history of Marmaris reaches back beyond the resort, and the town’s story runs through the ancient Caria, the Ottoman centuries, and the modern tourism era.
History and Culture of Fethiye
Fethiye is the gateway to the Lycian world, and its history runs through the ancient, the Byzantine, the Ottoman, and the modern layers of the Turquoise Coast.
History and Culture of Cesme
Çeşme is the town of the fountains and the fortress, and its history runs through the ancient, the Genoese, the Ottoman, and the modern layers of the Aegean coast.
History and Culture of Kusadasi
Kuşadası is the gateway to one of the richest historical regions on earth, and the town’s own story runs through the ancient, the Byzantine, the Ottoman, and the modern layers of the Aegean coast.
History and Culture of Bodrum
Bodrum carries one of the deepest histories of the Turkish coast, and the town that is known for its yachts and its beaches was once the city of Halicarnassus, the home of the historian Herodotus and the site of…
History and Culture of Ortahisar
Ortahisar is the fortress town of Cappadocia, and its history is written in the rock.
History and Culture of Urgup
Ürgüp’s history is written in its stone and its vineyards: the old town of the Ottoman mansions, the rock-cut dwellings of the region, and the wine tradition that the volcanic soil has fed for the centuries.
History and Culture of Avanos
Avanos’s history is written in its clay: the red earth of the Kızılırmak that the town has shaped for thousands of years, from the Hittite era through the present day.
