Culture and arts guides, event recommendations and stories from the city.
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.
Before you step inside Karaman Museum stands in the centre of the city, directly behind the Hatuniye Medresesi, a building that dates from the Karamanoğulları period.
Around Doğubayazıt, water is a story that travels from the mountain to the plain. There is a high mountain lake, a stream that leaves it, and a reed bed on the plain fed by that water; among them, there are birds.
When people think of Ağrı, they usually picture mountains, high pastures and hard winters.
An overview of Cunda Island The culture page of Ayvalık Municipality presents Alibey (Cunda) Island as an island placed under protection because of its natural beauty and historic buildings.
Where Kyzikos is and how to get there According to the Culture Portal, the ancient city of Kyzikos lies within the Erdek district of Balıkesir, where the Kapıdağ Peninsula joins the mainland.
The mound northeast of the city About three kilometres northeast of Eskişehir city centre, on the southern edge of the broad plain between the Porsuk River and its tributary the Sarısu, a mound rises.
A rock city on the Han plateau Midas City lies in the south of Eskişehir province, just west of Yazılıkaya village in the Han district.
Visiting a museum usually means looking at display cases.
Most travellers passing the train station in İzmit think they are looking at an industrial city. Yet beneath the same city lies a place that once served as the eastern capital of the Roman Empire.
Golyazi is a neighbourhood of Bursa's Nilufer district, set on the shore of Lake Uluabat. It also stands on top of an ancient city. This article describes Golyazi through its two layers.
Iznik is a district of Bursa, and under its ancient name Nicaea it was an important regional centre for a very long time.
Kekova is not the name of a city on the Antalya coast but of a stretch of coast. Islands, bays, sunken remains, rock tombs and small harbours mix together in this area.
Kaleiçi is the oldest quarter of Antalya, and it shows how a port city can keep living in the same place for centuries.
Beypazarı is a historic town in the northwest of Ankara, small enough to explore in a single day. You do not come here for a single monument.
The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is usually remembered for the objects in its display cases. Yet the first thing on display is the architecture you walk into.
When people think of Çeşme, most picture the sea, the wind and crowded summer shores. Yet right next to the harbor stands a castle that has been in the same place for centuries, and it houses a museum.
Kemeraltı is a bazaar that a first-time visitor finds easily on the map but gets lost in just as easily.
When walking in Sultanahmet Square, most visitors look at the big buildings around it. Yet the square itself is also a structure.
Dolmabahçe Palace is one of the largest and most talked-about buildings on the Bosphorus shore. Yet knowing the story of its name and its site before you step inside makes the rooms far more meaningful.
If you step into a street in Kars and lift your eyes, two layers of the city appear at once. Above stands the castle, built of cut basalt.
Gümüşhane's present city centre is a modern provincial capital spread along a valley. Yet the story of the city did not begin here.
When people say Gümüşhane, they usually think of silver mines, steep valleys and high passes. Yet the city's culinary memory holds something just as bright: mulberry pestil.
Anyone who comes to Bitlis for the first time notices the color of the city at once: buildings, bazaar walls, madrasa facades and arches are all built of the same warm, reddish stone.
