“Rainy Place” (Yağmurlu) Population: negligible Other name: Sumatar If you drive 18…
“Jethro’s City” Population: 1,400 Other name: Suayıpşehri Heading east from Harran towards Soğmater in the southeast of Turkey you will…
Where, you might wonder, did all the stones to build Harran come from? For most travellers Harran and the beehive houses are the…
Twenty-five km east of Harran in the Tek Tek Dağları national park lie the remains of the Han-el Ba’rür caravanserai built on the…
“Potbelly Hill” Barely known until the 2010s, the archaeological site at Göbeklitepe, near Şanlıurfa, hit the big-time when it featured in Newsweek as…
Seven km south-east of Karapınar lies Meke Gölü, a once lovely volcanic crater lake with an island in the middle of it rather…
Turkey’s oldest town? The most famous attraction near Konya is probably the Neolithic site and world heritage site at Çatalhöyük (Fork Mound), near…
Home to the Kastell …
Psidian Antioch For those who know their Bible history, Antioch ad Psidiam near Yalvaç is one of the great must-visit sites of Central…
“Sultan’s Han” Population:…