Kars Castle
Kars Castle: the basalt citadel above the Kars River, rebuilt in 1153 and 1579, with the…
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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.
Kars
Kars travel guide: the UNESCO ruins of Ani, Kars Castle, Russian-era streets, skiing at Sarıkamış, the…
Kasımiye Madrasa
Kasımiye Madrasa in Mardin: the Artuqid-Akkoyunlu college with its courtyard pool, opening hours, history, how to…
Kastabala Ancient City
Hierapolis-Kastabala in Osmaniye: the colonnaded street, theatre and castle of the city of Artemis Perasia, with…
Kastamonu Castle
Kastamonu Castle: the Byzantine and Candarid citadel above the old city, its walls, gates, legend and…
Kastamonu
Kastamonu travel guide: the UNESCO-listed Mahmut Bey Mosque, the castle, Pompeiopolis, Küre Mountains canyons and Ilgaz,…
Kayalıdere
Kayalıdere, an 8th-century BC Urartian fortress near Varto in Muş: the 1965 excavation, the bronze lion,…
Kaymakli Underground City
Kaymaklı Underground City in Cappadocia: a multi-level city carved into soft volcanic rock, with stables, churches…
Kemaliye
Kemaliye (Eğin) in Erzincan: UNESCO-tentative timber houses above the Euphrates, the 1,000 m deep Dark Canyon,…
Kerkenes
Kerkenes near Yozgat: a 7 km circuit of Iron Age walls, the city of Pteria taken…
Kilis
Kilis travel guide: Ravanda Castle, Oylum Höyük, Mamluk mosques, Kilis tava and olive oil, plus how…
Kingdom of Pontus
The Kingdom of Pontus on Anatolia's Black Sea coast: Mithridates VI's wars with Rome, the royal…
Kırıkkale
Kırıkkale travel guide: the Seljuk Çeşnigir Bridge, Hasandede and Haydar Sultan shrines, the MKE Weapons Museum,…
Kırklareli
Kırklareli travel guide: Dupnisa Cave, İğneada floodplain forests, Kıyıköy, Vize Hagia Sophia, Mimar Sinan mosques, local…
Kırşehir
Kırşehir travel guide: Cacabey Madrasa, Ahi Evran’s tomb, the Kaman-Kalehöyük museum and Japanese garden, Seyfe Lake,…
Kıyıköy
Kıyıköy on the Black Sea: Byzantine walls, the rock-cut St Nicholas Monastery, river beaches and fish…
Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Caravanserai
Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Caravanserai at Vezirhan, Bilecik: a 17th-century Ottoman han for the grand vizier on…
Kozan Castle
Kozan Castle, also known as Kozan Kalesi, is a historical fortress located in the city of…
Kümbet Mosque
Kümbet Mosque in Kars: the 10th-century Church of the Holy Apostles below Kars Castle, with its…
Kurşunlu Mosque Complex
Kurşunlu Mosque Complex in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir: the 1517–1525 külliye of Çoban Mustafa Paşa, its Meerschaum Museum,…
Kuşkayası Monument
Kuşkayası Monument near Amasra: a Roman road memorial of Claudius's reign, with a figure, eagle and…
Kütahya Castle
Kütahya Castle on Hisar Tepesi: a 70-tower fortress with Roman, Byzantine, Germiyanid and Ottoman phases, views…
Kütahya Tile Museum
Kütahya Tile Museum: tiles and ceramics in the 1411–1412 imaret of the Germiyanid ruler Yakup II,…
Kütahya
Kütahya travel guide: the Roman city of Aizanoi, hand-painted tiles, the castle and Germiyan Street, thermal…
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