Home to Osman Hamdi Bey Population: 600 Old name: Dakibyze It isn’t always necessary…
Cappadocia’s deepest underground city Population: 11,000 Old name: Malakopi Derinkuyu is a sleepy…
Other names: Pinale, Artymnesos Favourite son: St Nicholas of Myra (AKA Santa Claus) The archaeological site at Pınara near Fethiye is something of…
You’ll see him here, you’ll see him there, you’ll see him just about everywhere. Those busts and statues gracing the main square in…
Home of the black rose Population: 400 (Eski Halfeti); 8,500 (Yeni Halfeti) The opening of the Birecik Dam on the…
The City of Aphrodite Other names: Stavropolis, Eski Geyre Aphrodisias, the “City of Aphrodite”, is a wonderful archaeological site deep in the countryside…
Centre of the rose industry Population: 248,000 Market day: Wednesday and Sunday Festival: Rose harvest,…
“Small Shore” (Yakacık) Population: 36,900 Old name: Baiae (Hellenistic) Market day: Wednesday ***The Hatay was terribly damaged by the earthquakes of 2023. As…
Population: 30,000 Once a famous beauty spot drawn by the likes of the 19th-century British artist William Bartlett, Belen, on the summit of…
Hatay beach resort Old name: Rhosus (Roman) South of İskenderun in the Hatay, the road runs along the coast to Arsuz. Part of the modern…