Before it housed the glamour and glitz that was the court of the Ottoman sultans, İstanbul was, as Constantinople, the capital of the…
Base for visiting Sumela Monastery Population: 5,750 Other names: Matsuka (Greek), Maçxa (Laz) Nestling at the foot of the Pontic Mountains beside…
Hanging monastery in a forest Tucked up in the north-east of Turkey in the Pontic Mountains, Sumela is an extraordinary monastery that clings…
Last stronghold of Byzantium Population: 293,700 Old name: Trebizond Favourite son: Sultan Süleyman…