The waymarked Atatürk ve İstiklal Yolu (Atatürk and Independence Way) follows the route taken by ammunition smugglers bringing weapons into İnebolu from İstanbul…
West of Kastamonu the village of Pınarbaşı makes a possible base for visiting the Valla Kanyon, a 12km-long, 800m-deep gorge in the Küre…
Little is known about the Candaroğlu dynasty who governed the area around Kastamonu in the 14th and early 15th centuries. In 1292 their…
Turkey’s finest wooden mosque If you’re staying in Kastamonu and have time on your hands it’s well worth driving west towards Daday, looking…
What do you imagine when you think of Turkey? Maybe it’s the mosques and the palaces but maybe it’s the lovely old wooden…
Yiğit İnebolu (Brave İnebolu) Population: 10,500 Festival: Heyamola…
The Black Sea – an overview Old name: Pontos Axinos (Inhospitable Sea), Pontos Euxinos (Hospitable Sea) Turkey’s Black Sea (Karadeniz) coast stretches all the…
Where the Hat Law was announced Population: 120,000 Old names: Timonion, Kastamone In a sane world…
Central Anatolia – an overview İstanbul and the coast aside, Central Anatolia is probably the most visited part of Turkey, mainly because of…