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WONDERS OF TURKEY

TOKATTokat is the site of the important ancient Roman city of Comana of Pontus, which was destroyed in 47 BCE by the Romans. In 1071 CE, it became a part of the Danismend Turkmen principality, and one of its principal cities. The region prospered from the trade between Anatolia and Persia.

TOKAT – BALLICA CAVE

MUSEUM

TAŞHAN

MEDRESES OF YAĞIBASAN

TOKAT – MAHPERİ HATUN CARAVANSARY

TOKAT – GÖKMEDRESE

MAŞAT HÖYÜK

Maşat Höyük is a Bronze Age Hittite archaeological site 100 km nearly east of Boğazkale/Hattusa, about 20 km south of Zile, Tokat Province.

ALİ PAŞA MOSQUE

TOKAT – THE LAKE KAZ

TOKAT – ZİLE CASTLE

İSTANBUL

İSTANBUL

İSTANBUL is the most populated city in Turkey. It is the 3rd largest

metropolitan area in Europe after London and Moscow.

BLUE MOSQUE

The cascading domes and six slender minarets of the Sultanahmet Mosque (better known as the "Blue Mosque") dominate the skyline of Istanbul.

With its massive central dome flanked by six slender minarets, the Blue Mosque stands as the single most recognizable monument on the Istanbul skyline. Built between 1609-1616 during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I, the enormous complex also included a hospital, caravansary, public kitchen, marketplace, schools and the Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmet I. The mosque's immense interior, flooded with sunlight streaming through 260 windows, is decorated with more than 20,000 precious Iznik tiles detailing traditional flowers of Ottoman design. In fact, it is the deep blue glow of the tiles in sunlight that gives the building its name.

HAGIA SOPHIA

HAGIA SOPHIA

It was built by Byzantine Emperor Constantine in the fourth century and reconstructed by Justinian in

537 A.D., this was the greatest church in Christendom for a thousand years, and remains an

architectural masterpiece to this day.

TOPKAPI PALACE

TOPKAPI PALACE

The Topkapı Palace is a large palace in Istanbul, Turkey that was one of the major residences of the Ottoman

sultans for almost 400 years (1465–1856) of their 624-year reign.

DOLMABAHÇE PALACE

One of the main entrance of the Dolmabahçe Palace

DOLMABAHÇE PALACEBuilt in the mid-19th century by Sultan Abdülmecit, the Dolmabahçe Palace occupies an impressive 2,000-foot waterfront site on the Bosphorus, its most important feature being the vast reception salon with 56 towering columns and a huge 750-bulb crystal chandelier weighing well over four tons. The Bird Pavilion, where birds from all over the world were once kept, is another attraction. Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, died here in 1938.

BEYLERBEYİ PALACE

Beylerbeyi Palace from the Bosphorus

GALATA TOWER

GALATA TOWEROne of the city's

most striking landmarks, it is

a high, cone-capped cylinder that dominates the skyline and

offers a panoramic vista

of Istanbul's historic

peninsula and its environs.

THE TOWER OF LEANDER

THE TOWER OF LEANDERLong regarded as one of the most romantic

symbols of Istanbul, the tower was first constructed in the 12th century on a tiny islet at the entrance to the city; the present building dates from the 1700's.

THE GRAND BAZAAR

THE GRAND BAZAARThe Grand Bazaar (Turkish:Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.

BURDUR – THE LAKE SALDA

Lake Salda is a mid-size crater lake in southwestern Turkey

İZMİR - EPHESUS

There are a lot of antique sites in Turkey such as Ephesus, Pergamum, Perge, Troy,

Hierapolis, Hoodoos.

NEVŞEHİR - CAPPADOCIA

The Cappadocian Region located in the center of the Anatolian Region of Turkey, with its valley, canyon, hills and unusual rock formation created as a result of the eroding rains and winds of thousands of years of the level.

ADIYAMAN-MOUNT NEMRUT

Mount Nemrut is notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a

royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

VAN – AKDAMAR ISLAND

Breathtaking in the beauty of its surroundings, the ruined church of Akdamar Island in Lake Van represents one of the most sublime examples of Armenian religious architecture.

ŞANLIURFA - GÖBEKLİTEPE

The first evidence of man presence in the world

ÇANAKKALE-TROY

Troy, identified as the site of the Trojan War

TRABZON – SÜMELA MONASTERY

The Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary at Melá Mountain within the Pontic Mountains range, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey.

MUĞLA - ÖLÜDENİZ

Ölüdeniz (literally Dead Sea, due to its calm waters even during storms; official translation name Blue Lagoon) is a small village and beach resort in the

Fethiye district of Muğla Province

PAMUKKALE

Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The city

contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water.

KONYA - MEVLANA

KONYA - MEVLANA*The Mevlâna

Museum, located in Konya, Turkey, is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian people Sufi mystic also known as Mevlâna or Rumi. It was also the dervish lodge (tekke) of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes.

ŞANLIURFA - THE POOL OF ABRAHAM

(BALIKLIGÖL)


(BALIKLIGÖL)This pool is believed by Muslims to be the place where Abraham was thrown into the fire by Nimrod.


(BALIKLI GÖL)Abraham is mentioned in three major religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism but in Islam, he is called Ibrahim.

The pool is a special place for practicing Muslims because of the importance of Ibrahim. He was the same prophet who was prepared to sacrifice his son for Allah.


(BALIKLI GÖL)The story says that when Ibrahim landed in the fire, Allah turned the flames to water and the burning logs into fish, hence the translation of the Turkish name into “lake of fish”.

Since Abraham / Ibrahim is also a prominent figure of Christianity, the pool is on the agenda of most Christian tours throughout Turkey.

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