The Sea of Marmara in the north-west of Anatolia is an inland sea of vital strategic importance as the link between the Black…
Byzantine ruins ringing sinkhole Old names: Kanideli, Carytelis Festival: Kanlıdivane is used as a one-off venue during the Mersin International Music Festival in May.…
Ferry port for Famagusta (Mağusa) Population: 1,040,500 Other names: İçel, Mersina…
Birthplace of St Paul Population: 278,500…
“Egg Cup” …
Home to the Adana kebab …
The “Sunken Plain” of the Turks, Çukurova was, in antiquity, Cilicia Campestris, a great plain hemmed in by the Taurus, Anti-Taurus and Amanus…
A town called Church Population: 111,600 ***Kilis was hit by…
Osman’s Town Population: 252,200 Old name: Kınık Favourite son: Devlet Bahçeli (politician, leader…
The Hatay is the tongue of Turkey that hangs down into Syria and the Middle East. Culturally and architecturally, it has much in…