Seal country Population: 27,000 Market day: Tuesday Old names: Phocaea…
“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…
Turkey’s highest mountain Dominating the plains around Doğubayazıt in the far east of Turkey near the Iranian border, snowcapped Mt Ararat is often…
If you’re driving from Doğubayazıt in Eastern Turkey to the Iranian border you will pass a signposted turn-off to the north that winds 4km…
Traditionally it has been claimed that the Biblical Noah’s Ark came to rest on the slopes of Ağrı Dagı (Mt Ararat) near Doğubayazıt…
While in Turkey one of the really special things that you can do is stay in one of the old Ottoman-era caravanserais (although,…
Ancient wayside inns Wherever you go in Turkey you are likely to come across the remains of the old caravanserais and hans that…
Oldest palace in the Middle East? …
Old Malatya Population: 17,000 Alternative name: Battalgazi ***Like Malatya…
Population: 428,000 Old name: Mamuret el-Aziz, Alaziz Right in the heart of Anatolia in an area surrounded by lakes created by giant dams, Elazığ,…