Laodicea ad Lycum is an ancient city located in Denizli. It was founded in the third century B.C. by Antiochus II, the king of the Seleucid Empire in honor of his wife, Laodice. Being one of the seven cities of Asia mentioned in the Book of Revelation and housing a large population of Jews since […]
Tire is a rural district in the south of İzmir whose physical features are made up by the alluvial plain of the Cayster River in the north and the mountains that separate this plain from the parallel alluvial valley of the Büyük Menderes River in the south, thus the main income of the town is […]
Hierapolis was an important center in the production of textile Hierapolis at the Lycus Valley lived its golden age in development in the 2nd and the 3rd centuries A.D. In the ancient sources it is written that the sheep of Hierapolis used to drink from a redolent river and for that reason their wool had […]
Ephesus is one of the largest and most visited ancient cities in Turkey. It is located in an urban district in the south of Izmir, called Selçuk. It is visited by approximately 2 million foreign and local tourists annually. It has many attractions such as the Great Theater of Ephesus (also mentioned in the Bible), […]
Pamukkale is a natural site found in the Denizli province of western Turkey and attracts more than 2 million visitors every year. It also houses the ancient city of Hierapolis that has some remains that can still be visited such as the ancient theater, the gymnasium, the mausoleum and the church of St. Philip, the […]
Türkiye is one of the most touristic countries in the world with more than 50 millions of visitors in a year. It is known as a place of interest which offers several different types of touristic activities such as cultural heritage tourism, rural tourism, eco tourism, mountain tourism, urban tourism, beach tourism and business tourism. […]
Turkish culture is an old and deep-rooted culture and has been present in a wide geography throughout the world and carries the traces of both sedentary and nomadic lifestyles. Due to the geographical location of its distribution area, it has been affected by many cultures and has affected these cultures. The Turkish culture, which was […]
Türkiye is located on a peninsula which is called Anatolia (or Asia Minor). This peninsula has been housing human-life for more than 100,000 years. But not only that; this beautiful peninsula is home to high number of rivers, snowy peaks, forests in which many different shades of green can be observed, deep valleys and diverse […]
It is thought to come from the Luwian language and many sources claim that it means “castle” or “high location”. The altar is completely made of marble. The ancient city of Pergamon is located in the Bergama district in the north of the Izmir province in the western Türkiye. The main reason is the fact […]
Türkiye is an intercontinental country located in the Western Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. While 97% of the country is a part of Asia and is called Anatolia, 3% is a part of Eastern Thrace. It has a population of 85 million people and its capital is Ankara. Anatolia (or Asia Minor) is an […]
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