Population: 9,200 Old names: Fertakaina, Bartakina, Aydınyurt Fertek is little more than a leafy suburb of Niğde, the sort of place to which…
“The Great Barracks” Population: 5,700 …
Population: 40,000 Old name: Poros Market day: Tuesday Southwest of Niğde, Bor is a pretty, leafy small town whose marketplace stands over what was…
“Shore Spring” Population: 2,800 Old names: Malmistra, Mampsista, Mansista, Mansis, Mopsuestia, Mopsus East of Adana, 3km south of the Ceyhan road, the scant…
“Black Stone” Population: 10,300 Karataş is a scrubby…
Old name: Pitane The small, sleepy settlement of Çandarlı, near Dikili, has somehow managed to hold at bay the sort of high-rise development that…
Ferries to Lesbos …
Turkey’s Flower Capital Population: 22,000 Old name: Caystrus Market…
“Quite New Town” (Yenice) Other name: Tripolis ad Maeandrum On the outskirts of the village of Yenicekent near Buldan, north of Denizli, the…
Population: 14,000 The village of Yazır, near Acıpayam, is worth visiting since it’s home to one of a group of lavishly painted mosques…