North and west of Haydarpaşa/Kadıköy sprawls the vast Karacaahmet Cemetery, said to cover an area of three square km and to accommodate some…
“Little Plain” Population: 3,200 At the end of the lovely hour-long drive through the spectacular Munzur Gorge from…
The pudding shop Anyone who has ever watched Midnight Express will remember that part of the action took place in The Pudding Shop…
“Hay Mountain” Population: 50,000 Other names: Süveydiye, St Symeon ***Samandağ was one…
Stronghold of the Alevis …
Hacı Bektaş Veli was a Sufi thinker, originally from Khorasan in Iran, who arrived in Hacıbektaş (then the village of Sulucakarahöyük) in Central Anatolia some…
The wood-cutters’ village As you drive around the Bay of Edremit (Edremit Körfezi) keep an eyes out near Güre for a small sign…
The Roman Daphne Population: 27,000 ***Like neighbouring Antakya, Harbiye was terribly damaged by the twin earthquakes of February 2023.…
Shrine of Haci Bektaş Veli Population: 5,300 Old name: Sulucakarahöyük Festival: 16-18 August Midway between Kırşehir and Gülşehir…