“City of the Bey” Population: 29,000 Market day: Tuesday Given that Lake Beyşehir is…
“With a Comb” Town Population: 3,400…
Setting for “The Scorpion’s Way” Population: 4,400…
“Saddle-shedder” Over in Turkey’s frozen northeast you’ll find the finest and most guaranteed snow on the slopes of Ejder Dağı (Mt Dragon, 3,125m),…
The ancient Mylasa Population: 71,000 Market day: Tuesday Old name: Mylasa Milas, in…
Between Milas and Yatağan, the hauntingly lovely remains of the ancient Stratonikeia lie in and around the village of Eskihisar (“Old Castle”), a…
Today when Bodrum is one of Turkey’s prime holiday hotspots it’s hard to believe that it was once a place to which those…
Home town of the pistachio Population: 1,800,000 Old name: Ayntab ***Although Gaziantep was not…
Abandoned Hittite quarry ***Islahiye was damaged in the 2023 earthquakes. I have had no news on the fate of the quarry.*** If you’re…
Setting for Homer’s Iliad Of all the hundreds of archaeological sites in Turkey, the one that is probably best-known around the world is…