Çanakkale Ceramics, from Marbled Plates to Horse-Headed Jugs
Visitors to Çanakkale usually explain the city's name through the castles on the strait. Yet the first half of the name has to do with clay.
Radar Türkiye4 Kas 2026
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Culture and arts guides, event recommendations and stories from the city.
The Thinkers of Miletus, from Thales to the First Map
Most books on the history of philosophy start in the same place: on the Aegean coast, at Miletus, right beside Balat in today's Didim district of Aydın.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
Harbours That Left the Sea, the Silt of the Büyük Menderes
Anyone who climbs to the top row of the theatre at Miletus today and looks west sees no sea on the horizon. A flat plain stretches out ahead, covered with cotton fields, irrigation channels and reed beds.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
The Forest in the Water, the İğneada Longoz
At the north-eastern tip of Kırklareli, a few steps from the Bulgarian border, there is a forest whose floor is covered with water in winter.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
The Stone Bridges of the Ergene, from Babaeski to Lüleburgaz
On the stretch of the old Istanbul to Edirne road that crosses Kırklareli, three large stone bridges stand only a few kilometres apart.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
The Healing Waters of Termal, from Pythia Therma to the Present
South of Yalova, in a narrow valley that cuts into the wooded slope of the Samanlı Mountains, hot water rises from the ground.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
The Trail of Paper in Yalova, from the Yalakabad Mill to the Museum
Most people know Yalova for its hot springs, its gulf shore and its closeness to Istanbul.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
The Alişar Excavation and the First Calendar of Anatolian Archaeology
Rising from the flat floor of the Kanak Su basin southeast of Sorgun, Alişar Höyük is today a quiet hill; fields stretch around it and there are no visitor facilities.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
The Yozgat Table, from Testi Kebab to Arabaşı
The quickest way to get to know Yozgat is to sit down at its table. The province lies in the middle of a high, wide steppe known as the Bozok plateau; its winters are long and harsh, its summers short and dry.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
The Safranbolu Table, From Saffron to Turkish Delight
Safranbolu takes its name from a flower. For centuries the red stigmas of that flower dyed the town's dishes yellow and lent their scent to its sweets.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
Reading the Safranbolu House, Hayat, Bay Window and Vineyard House
Anyone arriving in Safranbolu for the first time looks at the houses as if at a painting.
Radar Türkiye25 Eki 2026
Summer Pasture Life in Ordu
In Ordu, summer is lived far above the coast.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
The Ordu Table and the Story of the Hazelnut
In Ordu, the table is the easiest way to read the city's geography.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
Star Tiles, Seljuk Tile Art from Kubadabad to Karatay
When you step inside Konya's Seljuk buildings, what catches your eye first is often not the stone but the colour.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
The Konya Table, from Etliekmek to Oven Kebab
As you approach Konya by train or by road, the view from the window already tells you about the city's table.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
Pasture Culture in Trabzon, Migration, the Sea of Clouds and Festivals
Anyone who knows Trabzon only from the coast road has seen half the city at most.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
The Trabzon Table, from Kuymak to Anchovy and Akçaabat Köfte
In Trabzon the table is laid between the sea and the mountains.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
Kırkpınar, a Wrestling Field Six Centuries Old
Every year at the start of summer the sound of drums and shawms rises over Sarayiçi in the north of Edirne, and oiled wrestlers walk out onto the grassy field.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
The Edirne Table, from Fried Liver to Almond Paste
Anyone arriving in Edirne tends to ask the same first question: where do I eat liver? The question is fair, because the Edirne brochure of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism also names pan-fried liver as the first flavo.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
Oltu Stone, the Journey of Black Amber from Quarry to Bench
When you step into the courtyard of Taşhan in Erzurum, you see rows of black, shining stones lined up in the shop windows.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
The Erzurum Table, from Cağ Kebabı to Kadayıf Dolması
Anyone who comes to Erzurum in winter remembers the cold first and the table second.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
The Journey of the Akarçay, from Altıgöz to Lake Eber
The Akarçay is a river that never reaches the sea.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
Kaymak, Sucuk, Lokum, the Table of Afyonkarahisar
Anyone whose road has passed through Afyonkarahisar remembers it first by a taste.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026
Tepebağ and the Old Houses of Adana
Anyone who knows Adana only for its kebab, its heat and its wide avenues will meet a completely different city by climbing a few steps up from the western end of Taşköprü.
Radar Türkiye19 Eki 2026