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Baksı, a Museum That Brings Migration Back to the Village

Baksı, a Museum That Brings Migration Back to the Village

Some museums stand in the middle of a town, others on a hill overlooking a valley. Baksı Museum belongs to the second kind.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Bamsı Beyrek's Fortress, Bayburt in the Tales of Dede Korkut

Bamsı Beyrek's Fortress, Bayburt in the Tales of Dede Korkut

You can come to Bayburt following a story. The fortress rising above the town is both a real defensive structure and a place named in the tales of Dede Korkut, one of the shared literary treasures of the Turkic world.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Artvin's Fortresses, from Outer Citadel to Rock-Cut Bastions

Artvin's Fortresses, from Outer Citadel to Rock-Cut Bastions

The logic of a fortress in the Çoruh valley To understand a fortress in Artvin, you first have to look at the slope rather than the map.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
The Registered Flavors of Mardin Cuisine

The Registered Flavors of Mardin Cuisine

Much is written about Mardin cuisine, but here we take a different route. We look only at products whose names appear in an official register, that is, registered products.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Mardin Stone, the Shared Material of a City

Mardin Stone, the Shared Material of a City

Anyone who walks through Mardin for the first time notices the shape of the houses first and their colors second. The walls rise from a single material that ranges from honey to yellow and, in places, to pink.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Ferhat and Şirin and Amasya's Water Canal

Ferhat and Şirin and Amasya's Water Canal

Anyone leaving the Yeşilırmak bank in Amasya and driving towards Tokat sees a long line carved into the rock beside the highway. Locals call it the Ferhat Water Canal and begin it with a love story.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Amasya Misket Apple and Its Geographical Indication

Amasya Misket Apple and Its Geographical Indication

Ask anyone what Amasya looks like and you will hear about the houses on the Yeşilırmak, and quite possibly about an apple.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Germiyan Street and the Mansions of Kütahya

Germiyan Street and the Mansions of Kütahya

The old mansions of Kütahya are one of the easiest ways to read a city's civil architecture at street scale.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Kütahya Tilemaking, from Clay to Colour

Kütahya Tilemaking, from Clay to Colour

In Kütahya, tilemaking is not only a heritage kept behind museum glass.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
The White Rocks of Lake Salda and Mars Research

The White Rocks of Lake Salda and Mars Research

In Yeşilova, about 64 kilometres west of the centre of Burdur, lies a lake with a white shore.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Burdur Şiş and Walnut Paste, Two Registered Flavours

Burdur Şiş and Walnut Paste, Two Registered Flavours

In Burdur, the names of two foods are protected by an official record. One is made with meat, the other with walnuts; one is savoury, the other sweet.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Bartın Houses, Daraba, Gulluk and Kuşluk

Bartın Houses, Daraba, Gulluk and Kuşluk

The houses of a city let anyone walking its streets read its daily life. In Bartın, that reading is done with a vocabulary of its own.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
From Galleon to Gulet, Wooden Boatbuilding in Bartın

From Galleon to Gulet, Wooden Boatbuilding in Bartın

Seen from the riverbank, it is easy to understand why Bartın is so closely tied to boats.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
Taşpınar Rugs, a Weaving Tradition on the Slopes of Hasan Dağı

Taşpınar Rugs, a Weaving Tradition on the Slopes of Hasan Dağı

The rug of a region Among the handicrafts of Aksaray, the weaving most often mentioned is the Taşpınar rug.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
The Caravan Road and Seljuk Hans of Aksaray

The Caravan Road and Seljuk Hans of Aksaray

The story of the road Aksaray sits on a plain in the interior of Anatolia where several routes meet, and you can read this position most clearly in its Seljuk hans.

Radar Türkiye6 Kas 2026
The Van Breakfast and Herb Cheese

The Van Breakfast and Herb Cheese

In Van, breakfast is more than a meal. This table, known by the city's name, is famous throughout Türkiye and has now taken its place in official records as well.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
The Van Cat and the Story of Its Two Coloured Eyes

The Van Cat and the Story of Its Two Coloured Eyes

In Van, a cat is called a pişik. The word comes from the local dialect, but when the subject is the Van cat it describes more than an animal: it names a living symbol through which the city introduces itself.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
The Geographical Indication Products of Şırnak

The Geographical Indication Products of Şırnak

Most people who find Şırnak on a map know it for its mountains, its deep valleys and the Cizre plain on the banks of the Tigris. This landscape also has a second map, one drawn at the table and on the loom.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
The Sinop Table and Its Geographically Registered Flavours

The Sinop Table and Its Geographically Registered Flavours

The Sinop table looks in two directions. On one side is the sea, with its large bonito, bonito and anchovy.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
Why Hamsilos Is Not a Fjord

Why Hamsilos Is Not a Fjord

When you turn off the Sinop road towards Ayancık and drop down to Akliman, the forest opens at one point and a narrow, winding arm of the sea appears below.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
The Glacial Lakes of the Bolkar Mountains

The Glacial Lakes of the Bolkar Mountains

The Bolkar Mountains, which close off Niğde's southern horizon, rise like a seemingly impassable wall between the steppe of Central Anatolia and the Mediterranean coast.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
Göllüdağ's Black Glass, Obsidian and the Unfinished City

Göllüdağ's Black Glass, Obsidian and the Unfinished City

North of Niğde, the heights that lie between the Melendiz Plain and the fairy chimney valleys of Cappadocia look at first like nothing more than bare hills.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
Forty Years of Digging at Kalehöyük

Forty Years of Digging at Kalehöyük

A few kilometres east of the town of Kaman, right beside the village of Çağırkan, a rounded hill rises out of the steppe.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
Batman and Oil, from Raman Dağı to the Birth of a City

Batman and Oil, from Raman Dağı to the Birth of a City

Anyone arriving in Batman usually knows the city by a single word, yet behind that word lies a story of less than a hundred years.

Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026