Closed Mondays. Admission 2024: TL1,050 (TL150 for Turks). Photography not allowed. Audio-guides available and worth having. Combination ticket options: https://www.millisaraylar.gov.tr/Lokasyon/3/Dolmabahce-Palace By the mid-1850s…
“Donkey-bag Island” Population: 4,400 Old name: Halki The second largest of the Princes Islands, hilly Heybeliada takes its name from the supposed…
The burial place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey, is known as the Anıtkabir (Monumental Tomb). Not only is it…
Centre of Turkey’s coal-mining industry Population: 101,800 Old name: Sandarace Market days: Wednesday and…
Turkey’s apricot capital Population: 485,500 Old names: Melid (Assyrian), Melitene (Greco-Roman) Market day: Friday (beside Kernek…
The Armistice town Population: 87,000 Old names: Apameia Myrleia, Montagnac, Montania Market day:…