Rumkale
Rumkale on the Euphrates: cliff-top fortress, former seat of the Armenian Catholicos, reached by boat from…
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Historical Places
Ninety-two historical places across Turkey, the broadest category in this guide. It covers everything built and left behind: ruins, mosques, churches, castles, bridges, caravanserais and burial sites. If you know roughly where you are going but not what is nearby worth seeing, start here.
This category lists 92 places in Türkiye on istambul.com, including Yilan Castle, Yeni Kale, The Tomb Of Ahmedi Hani, Tas Kopru, Synnada Ancient City, Sultanhani Caravanserai, Sandıklı Castle and Perre Ancient City.
Rüstem Paşa Mosque
Rüstem Paşa Mosque in Tekirdağ: Mimar Sinan’s 1553 mosque above the sea, its courtyard, double portico,…
Safranbolu
Safranbolu, the UNESCO-listed Ottoman town: Çarşı bazaar, Cinci Han, Köprülü Mosque, house museums and Hıdırlık Hill,…
Sagalassos
Sagalassos, the Roman city high in the Taurus Mountains near Burdur: the Antonine Nymphaeum, the theatre…
Samsun
Samsun travel guide: the 1919 Bandırma landing, Kızılırmak Delta birdwatching, Amisos Hill, the wooden Göğceli Mosque,…
Sandıklı Castle
Sandıklı Castle, also known as Sandıklı Kalesi in Turkish, is a historical fortress located in the…
Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum
Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum: the Urfa Man, Göbeklitepe finds and replica, and the Amazon mosaics…
Şanlıurfa Castle
Şanlıurfa Castle on Dambak hill: two 3rd-century Corinthian columns, a rock-cut moat, Nimrod legend and current…
Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa travel guide: Göbeklitepe, Balıklıgöl, Harran’s beehive houses, Halfeti, the mosaic museum, Urfa food, how to…
Santa Ruins
Santa (Santa Harabeleri), Gümüşhane: nine abandoned stone hamlets and 1870s churches of a Greek community high…
Sardis
Sardis, capital of Lydia near Salihli: the Temple of Artemis, the restored gymnasium and synagogue, and…
Sarıkamış
Sarıkamış in Kars: skiing on crystal snow at Cıbıltepe, Scots pine forest, the Katerina hunting lodge…
Sarıkaya Roman Bath
Sarıkaya Roman Bath (Basilica Therma) in Yozgat: a 2nd-century Roman spa still fed by 45°C springs,…
Şarköy
Şarköy in Tekirdağ: Mürefte and Hoşköy wineries, the Kutman Wine Museum, Uçmakdere, Ganos, the 1876 Hora…
Satala
Satala at Sadak near Kelkit, Gümüşhane: base of Rome’s Fifteenth Legion, visited by Trajan in 115,…
Sebastopolis
Sebastopolis at Sulusaray, Tokat: a Hellenistic and Roman city with mosaics, an open-air display of columns…
Şebinkarahisar Castle
Şebinkarahisar Castle, Pompey’s Koloneia on a black rock in inland Giresun: its Roman, Mengücek and Ottoman…
Selge
Selge, the Pisidian mountain city in Köprülü Canyon National Park: its theatre, agora and the village…
Şeytan Castle
Şeytan Castle near Çıldır, Ardahan: a fortress on a rock spur above the Karaçay canyon, with…
Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex
Seyyid Battal Gazi Complex at Seyitgazi: a 1207 Seljuk shrine enlarged by Ottoman sultans, with Bektashi…
Sheikh Edebali Tomb
Sheikh Edebali Tomb in Bilecik: the grave of Osman Gazi’s mentor and father-in-law beside the Orhan…
Şifaiye Madrasa
Şifaiye Madrasa in Sivas: the 1217 Seljuk hospital and medical school of İzzeddin Keykavus I, his…
Siirt
Siirt travel guide: İbrahim Hakkı's tomb at Tillo, the Veysel Karani shrine, the tiled Great Mosque,…
Sinop Historical Prison
Sinop Historical Prison, built in 1887 inside the inner citadel and reopened as a museum in…
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