History and Culture of Bingol
Bingöl sits quietly inside the long story of eastern Anatolia, a land of empires, migrations, and mountain communities that have made their own way for centuries.

Bingöl sits quietly inside the long story of eastern Anatolia, a land of empires, migrations, and mountain communities that have made their own way for centuries.

Most travellers to eastern Turkey pass Bingöl by, and that is precisely the reason you should stop.

Bitlis is a province where history sits in layers, from the ancient fortress on its rock to the medieval cemetery by the lake.

Bitlis is eastern Turkey at its most dramatic: a medieval city squeezed into a river gorge, beneath a castle on a volcanic rock, with Lake Van and its volcanoes beyond.

Bolu is a province where history and legend share the same mountains.

Bolu is the green surprise of northwest Turkey.

Nigde’s history is written in layers on the same small piece of ground.

Nigde sits quietly on the southern edge of Cappadocia, close enough to the fairy chimneys to be convenient and far enough from the crowds to feel like a discovery.

History in Karabuk comes in two speeds.

KarabĂĽk is a province of two faces, and both of them are worth your time.

Rize is a province whose history is written in its landscape.

Rize is the greenest province of Turkey, a narrow strip where the Black Sea meets mountains that rise to nearly four thousand meters in less than fifty kilometers.
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