
Sarıkaya Roman Bath and a Journey to Anatolia's Thermal Town
A Spa District in the Southeast of Yozgat Sarıkaya is a district in the southeast of Yozgat's provincial centre.
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A Spa District in the Southeast of Yozgat Sarıkaya is a district in the southeast of Yozgat's provincial centre.

From Şahmuratlı Village to the Mountain The Kerkenes Mountain Ancient City lies in Şahmuratlı Village, part of the Sorgun district of Yozgat.

The Natural Face of Safranbolu When people say Safranbolu, they usually think of its historic urban fabric, yet the district has a second face, and that face is nature.

The Road from Eskipazar to the City To reach Hadrianopolis, set your course for the Eskipazar district of Karabük.

A Valley on the Foothills of the Messogis Nysa lies in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın, on the Aydın-Denizli highway.

The Plateau in the Valley and the Marble Quarries Aphrodisias lies in the Karacasu district of Aydın, within the boundaries of Geyre Mahallesi.

Lookouts Above the Valleys When people think of Cappadocia, fairy chimneys and valleys come to mind first; yet above this landscape stand two more pointed rocks that can be picked out even from far away.

A Settlement Plan Beneath the Tuff Heading south from Nevşehir toward Niğde, the landscape soon turns into ordinary fields and villages.

What is Mountainous Phrygia North of Afyonkarahisar, stretching toward the borders of Eskişehir and Kütahya, lies a landscape of soft rock.

A city on a rock A first-time visitor to Afyonkarahisar recognizes the city by its castle.

East of Denizli, on the Ankara road, Honaz offers three different nature and history experiences in a single day.

To the north of Denizli, very close to the Pamukkale road, lies a large ancient city that is still being excavated today.

A valley road from Erzurum to Uzundere North of Erzurum, the road that drops from the high plateau into a deep valley leads to one of the most distinctive landscapes in the province.

Two madrasas around Cumhuriyet Caddesi In the historic centre of Erzurum, two stone buildings are counted among the structures that best explain the city's identity: the Çifte Minareli Madrasa and the Yakutiye Madrasa.

An Old Crossing on the Ceyhan River The settlement called Misis, on the bank of the Ceyhan River east of Adana, is the present-day face of a crossing city thousands of years old.

In the Middle of the Plain, a Rock and a City The rock mass that rises like an island from the flat fields of the Cilician plain is the first and most recognizable sign of Anavarza.

The rock mass between two valleys Trabzon Castle stands in the city center, in the Ortahisar district. According to the Culture Portal, the walls were built on a high rock mass between the Tabakhane and Zağnos valleys.

A trade center close to the castle The historic bazaar of Trabzon sits in the center of the city, in a strip close to the castle.

Adapazarı, a late Ottoman city Before you begin exploring the old center of Adapazarı, it helps to know what kind of city it is. Kültür Portalı describes Adapazarı as a late-period Ottoman city.

How and why to get to Taraklı In the south of Sakarya, along the historic Silk Road line, there is a small Ottoman town that has been preserved as a whole: Taraklı.

One way to get to know a city is to look at how the products that carry its name enter the records. In recent years two products from Bilecik have joined that list through an official registration.

At first glance Bilecik looks like a small province on the map, but its geography is far more varied than that suggests.

In the Kahta district of Adıyaman, the road to Nemrut Dağı runs through a valley where the first thing you notice is not history but stone.

A lake inside a valley Anyone who first sees the Ermenek Dam on a map might expect a sheet of water on the flat plain of central Anatolia. Yet the lake sits inside a narrow valley on the slopes of the Taurus.