Giresun
Giresun travel guide: Giresun Island, the castle, Kümbet and Bektaş yaylas, Şebinkarahisar, hazelnuts and food, plus…
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Museums
Museums across Turkey, from large provincial archaeology museums to single-site collections beside the ruins they came from. In many cases the best finds from a site are not at the site at all but in the nearest city museum, which is worth knowing before you plan a day.
This category lists 8 places in Türkiye on istambul.com, including Misis Mosaic Museum, Aksaray Museum, Afyon Archeology Museum, Adiyaman Museum, Adana Archeology Museum, Goreme Open Air Museum, Miniaturk and Hagia Sophia.
Gök Medrese
Gök Medrese in Sivas: the 1271 Seljuk madrasa of Sahip Ata, its carved portal, twin minarets…
Gök Medrese
Gök Medrese in Tokat: the 13th-century Seljuk madrasa and hospital of Muineddin Pervane, its tiles, Roman…
Goreme Open Air Museum
Goreme Open Air Museum is a UNESCO World Heritage site located near the town of Goreme…
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, the 6th-century Byzantine cathedral that became a mosque: its history, the upper gallery visitor…
Hatay Archaeology Museum
Hatay Archaeology Museum in Antakya: its Antioch and Daphne mosaics, the Antakya Sarcophagus, the Suppiluliuma statue…
Hatay
Hatay travel guide: Antakya (Antioch) after the 2023 earthquake, St Peter’s cave church, Titus Tunnel, Harbiye,…
Kahramanmaraş
Kahramanmaraş travel guide: the restored castle and Ulu Mosque, Eshab-ı Kehf at Afşin, Maraş ice cream…
Kaman-Kalehöyük
Kaman-Kalehöyük in Kırşehir: the mound excavated by a Japanese team since 1986, early steel finds, the…
Karadeniz Ereğli
Karadeniz Ereğli, ancient Herakleia Pontike: the Herakles caves, Ereğli Museum in the Halil Paşa Mansion, the…
Karaman
Karaman travel guide: Binbirkilise on Karadağ, Karaman Castle, the Hatuniye Madrasa, Yunus Emre's tomb, Taşkale granaries…
Karatepe-Aslantaş
Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum near Kadirli: the 8th-century BC gates, the Phoenician–Luwian bilingual, Halet Çambel, hours and…
Kars
Kars travel guide: the UNESCO ruins of Ani, Kars Castle, Russian-era streets, skiing at Sarıkamış, the…
Kırşehir
Kırşehir travel guide: Cacabey Madrasa, Ahi Evran’s tomb, the Kaman-Kalehöyük museum and Japanese garden, Seyfe Lake,…
Kurşunlu Mosque Complex
Kurşunlu Mosque Complex in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir: the 1517–1525 külliye of Çoban Mustafa Paşa, its Meerschaum Museum,…
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…
Malatya
Malatya travel guide: UNESCO-listed Arslantepe, Battalgazi's Seljuk mosque, Darende, Mount Nemrut from the north, apricots, and…
Malazgirt Battlefield
Malazgirt (Manzikert) battlefield in Muş: the 1071 Seljuk victory, the 2018 national historical park, the 26…
Miniaturk
Miniaturk on the Golden Horn: a park of scale models of Türkiye's landmarks, from Hagia Sophia…
Misis Mosaic Museum
Misis Mosaic Museum in Adana, Turkey, houses a collection of mosaics from the ancient town of…
Muş Museum
Muş Museum, opened in 2021 in a 1930s school: Urartian and Roman finds, Ottoman jewellery and…
Muş
Muş travel guide: the Malazgirt battlefield of 1071, the Muş tulip, Urartian fortresses, the city’s mosques…
Niğde
Niğde travel guide: Gümüşler Monastery, the Alaaddin Mosque, Hüdavend Hatun Tomb, ancient Tyana, Aladağlar treks, how…
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