Ardahan
Ardahan travel guide: frozen Lake Çıldır, Şeytan Castle above the Karaçay canyon, Ardahan Castle, the Damal…
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Lakes
Turkey's lakes, including Lake Van, Lake Salda and Lake Tuz. Several are unlike anything in Europe: one is the size of a small sea and too alkaline to drink, another has white mineral shores that look nothing like a normal lakeshore. Each entry covers what to expect and when to go.
This category lists 5 places in Türkiye on istambul.com, including Salt Lake, Lake Salda, Lake Tuz, Lake Sapanca and Golden Horn.
Artabel Lakes
Artabel Lakes Nature Park in Torul, Gümüşhane: 18 high mountain lakes in a 5,859-hectare protected area.…
Artvin
Artvin travel guide: the Çoruh gorges, medieval Georgian churches, Borçka and Şavşat Karagöl, Macahel and the…
Ayn Zeliha Lake
Ayn Zeliha Lake in Şanlıurfa: the sacred fish pool named after Nimrod’s daughter Zeliha, with tea…
Balıkesir
Balıkesir travel guide: Ayvalık and Cunda Island, Mount Ida’s national park, Antandros, Kuşcenneti bird sanctuary, thermal…
Balıklıgöl
Balıklıgöl in Şanlıurfa: the Pool of Abraham with its sacred carp, Ayyubid and Ottoman mosques and…
Bingöl Mountains
The Bingöl Mountains near Karlıova: the glacial lakes behind the name Bingöl, summer pastures, the Kala…
Bingöl
Bingöl travel guide: the floating islands of Solhan, the lakes and pastures of the Bingöl Mountains,…
Bitlis
Bitlis travel guide: Ahlat’s Seljuk tombstones and kümbets, the Nemrut crater lake, Bitlis castle and madrasas,…
Bolu
Bolu travel guide: Lake Abant, Yedigöller National Park, Gölcük, Ottoman Mudurnu, skiing at Kartalkaya, hot springs,…
Borçka Karagöl
Borçka Karagöl in Artvin: a landslide lake in dense forest below the Karçal Mountains, a nature…
Cilo-Sat Mountains
Cilo-Sat Mountains in Hakkari: Reşko (4,135 m), Türkiye’s largest glaciers, the Cilo-Sat lakes, trekking routes, permits…
Düzce
Düzce travel guide: the Roman theatre and museum at Konuralp, Güzeldere and Samandere waterfalls, Akçakoca’s beaches,…
Elazığ
Elazığ travel guide: the old hilltop town of Harput, its castle and leaning-minaret mosque, Lake Hazar,…
Floating Islands Lake
Bingöl’s Floating Islands Lake (Yüzen Adalar) at Hazarşah near Solhan: islands of vegetation that drift across…
Gökpınar Lake
Gökpınar Lake near Gürün, Sivas: a clear turquoise spring lake with trout farms and diving, the…
Golden Horn
The Golden Horn, also known as Haliç in Turkish, is a natural harbor and estuary located…
Hakkari
Hakkari travel guide: Cilo-Sat glaciers and Reşko peak, the Zap valley, Meydan Madrasa, Berçelan plateau, flights…
İğneada Floodplain Forests
İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park: flooded longoz woods, five lakes and Black Sea dunes near the…
Karagöl–Sahara National Park
Karagöl–Sahara National Park near Şavşat, Artvin: the forest lake of Şavşat Karagöl and the Sahara plateau…
Kırşehir
Kırşehir travel guide: Cacabey Madrasa, Ahi Evran’s tomb, the Kaman-Kalehöyük museum and Japanese garden, Seyfe Lake,…
Kızılırmak Delta
Kızılırmak Delta near Bafra: a Ramsar wetland with over 300 bird species, observation towers, feral horses,…
Kuşcenneti National Park
Kuşcenneti National Park on Lake Manyas near Bandırma: 239 bird species, pelicans and heron colonies, the…
Lake Abant
Lake Abant near Bolu: a 1,328 m mountain lake and national park since 2022, with endemic…
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