“Black Spring” town Population: 36,000 Old name:…
Taurus Mountain stopover Population: 32,700 Old name: Claudiopolis For the time being, Mut, a small…
Mountainside monastery Signposted as a church two km east of the main Karaman-Mut road, Alahan is a particularly awe-inspiring Byzantine archaeological site. It…
Capital of the Karamanoğlu Emirate Population: 175,400 Old name: Laranda Market day: Wednesday Right in the heart…
Last resting place of the Mevlana Population: 1,250,000 Old names: İconium, Darulmülk, Rum,…
Heart of Turkey’s rice-growing country Population: 30,500 Old name: Pimolisa North of Çorum along…
Forgotten slice of olde-worlde Anatolia Population: 17,600 Old names: İskila (Hittite), Blocium, Direklibel With time on…
Hittite base camp Population: 1,500 Pretty little Boğazköy (also known…
Lesser known Hittite site In 2003 archaeologists started digging in the farmland three km outside the village of Ortaköy, southeast of Çorum, in…
Turkey’s chickpea capital Population: 216,000 Çorum is hardly an obvious holiday destination although it’s…