The Tomb Of Ahmedi Hani
The Tomb of Ahmedi Hani is dedicated to the memory of one of the most significant…
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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.
Thyateira
Thyatira (Akhisar) in Manisa, one of the Seven Churches of Revelation: the Roman remains excavated at…
Tillo
Tillo (Aydınlar) near Siirt: the tomb of İbrahim Hakkı and İsmail Fakirullah, the Kale-i Üstad equinox…
Tios
Tios (Tieion) at Filyos, Zonguldak: a 7th-century BC Milesian colony, birthplace of Philetaerus of Pergamon, with…
Titus Tunnel
Vespasianus Titus Tunnel at Çevlik, Samandağ: the Roman channel that saved Seleucia Pieria’s harbour, its inscriptions,…
Tokat Castle
Tokat Castle: the Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman citadel on the rock above Tokat, its dungeon and…
Tokat
Tokat travel guide: Gök Medrese, Taşhan and the Seljuk old town, Ballıca Cave, Niksar and Sebastopolis,…
Topkapi Palace
Topkapı Palace, home of the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years: the courtyards, Harem, Treasury and…
Toprakkale Castle
Toprakkale Castle near Osmaniye: Abbasid, Crusader, Armenian and Mamluk basalt fortress at the Çukurova crossroads, its…
Trabzon
Trabzon travel guide: Sumela Monastery, the Hagia Sophia of Trebizond, Uzungöl and the high plateaus, with…
Troas
Troas, or the Troad, is the region of north-western Turkey around ancient Troy — in Canakkale…
Troy
Troy near Çanakkale, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: its many layers of settlement, the walls of…
Tunceli
Tunceli travel guide: Munzur Valley National Park, the sacred Munzur Springs at Ovacık, Pertek Castle on…
Tyana
Tyana at Kemerhisar, Niğde: the Hittite Tuwanuwa and Roman city, birthplace of Apollonius, with its 2nd-century…
Ünye Castle
Ünye Castle near Ünye, Ordu: a Pontic and Trebizond fortress on an extinct volcanic hill, with…
Urartu
Urartu, also known as the Kingdom of Urartu or the Kingdom of Van, was an ancient…
Uşak Archaeology Museum
Uşak Archaeology Museum and the Karun Treasure: Lydian gold looted in 1966, returned from the Met…
Uşak
Uşak travel guide: the Karun Treasure of Lydian gold, Ulubey Canyon and its glass terrace, Blaundos,…
Veysel Karani Shrine
Veysel Karani Shrine at Baykan, Siirt: the tomb and mosque of Uwais al-Qarani on the Diyarbakır–Bitlis…
Vize Hagia Sophia
Vize Hagia Sophia, the Little Hagia Sophia: a 6th-century Byzantine church turned mosque, plus Vize Castle…
Xanthos
Xanthos, the Lycian capital near Kınık, on the UNESCO list with the Letoon: its pillar tombs,…
Yakutiye Madrasa
Yakutiye Madrasa in Erzurum: the 1310 Ilkhanid college with its carved lion portal and tiled minaret,…
Yalova
Yalova travel guide: Termal hot springs, Atatürk’s mansion and Yürüyen Köşk, Karaca Arboretum, Sudüşen Waterfall, beaches,…
Yeni Kale
Yeni Kale near Kahta in Adıyaman: a medieval castle above the Kahta River gorge, on the…
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