The hillside ruins of Labranda lie northwest of Milas (Mylasa) in beautiful wooded countryside but are only accessible via a road in a…
Other names: Cyramos, Hyramos, Ayaklı As you head out of Milas towards Söke you will pass the impressive ruins of a seemingly half-finished Temple…
Alternative name: Hellespont (Greek), Çanakkale Boğazı (Turkish) The Dardanelles is the 61km strait that connects the Aegean section of the Mediterranean to the…
Hacı Bektaş Veli was a Sufi thinker, originally from Khorasan in Iran, who arrived in Hacıbektaş (then the village of Sulucakarahöyük) in Central Anatolia some…
“Broken Castle” Population: 187,000 Expect no “broken castle” in Broken Castle. Instead, Kırıkkale is a modern town of concrete high-rises…
“New Foça” Population: 4,000 Old names: Phocaea (Greek), Foglia Nuova (Genoese) Just…
Seal country Population: 27,000 Market day: Tuesday Old names: Phocaea…
According to the World Bank, the population of Turkey was 85 million in 2022. Roughly 75% of the population now lives in towns,…
In the Middle Ages, the Cilician Kingdom of Armenia (Lesser Armenia) occupied much of the area north of the eastern end of the…
“Murad’s city” Population: 16,000 Old name: Perkri/Berkri If you’re travelling between Doğubayazıt and Van the most obvious place to break your journey…