Turkish Hotels Among World's Best Hotels A travel magazine chose two Turkish hotels among the world's best hotels in 2009.
Turkey To Open Armenian Church In Eastern City To Worship, Governor A regional governor said on Thursday that Turkey would open an Armenian church in an eastern city to worship in 2010.
Nearly One Mln Tourists Visit Hasankeyf Nearly one million tourists have visited an ancient city Hasankeyf in the southeastern city of Batman in the first 11 months of 2009, an official said on Monday.
Last work of the great architect Sinan restored Atik Valide Sultan Complex in Uskudar district of Istanbul is being opened for use after restoration.
British Paper Defines Turkish Med Holiday Resort As New Dubai The travel supplement of the British "The Observer" paper, published on Sundays, wrote that the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya became the "new Dubai."
City of Kings: Amasya Amasya is a land of legends. Strabo, an Amasya native and the world’s first geographer, tells us that the name of this city, which he calls ‘my country’, comes from the Amazons and that it was a city of kings.
Ice blue lakes on Mount Olympus Uludag is the first love of skiers. With its skiing slopes, hotels with big fireplaces for winter and extensive pine forests stretching as far as the eye can see, Uludag is a symbol of winter.
The deep call of Kemer The deep call of Kemer The turquoise waters of the Mediterranean have an appeal for divers too. Are you prepared to discover three shipwrecks in a single day?
Home of tolerance: Balat The oldest settlement on the Golden Horn, Balat is like a miniature Istanbul with its uniform streets, its two and three-story houses with cantilevered balconies, its staircases jutting up the steep slopes, and its places of worship at every step.
Asia's Natural Garden Harput Harput, where churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary rise next to tombs of the ancestors of Mehmed the Conqueror on the same hill, is a popular summer resort today at the summit of Eastern Anatolia's most exciting panorama.
Lake Bafa Where the past is bathed in blue Lake Bafa The allure of Lake Bafa lies not only in its clear blue waters but in the ancient city of Herakleia on its shores and the misty Besparmak Mountains that rise alongside it.
Turkey's Mediterranean Port To Be Popular Stop For European Tourists Director General of the port of the Mediterranean province of Antalya said on Monday that at least 120,000 European tourists would visit Antalya port every season, starting from 2010.
Church Discovered In Orhaneli One Of World's Earliest The "Derecik Basilica" discovered in north-western province of Bursa's Orhaneli town in the year 2000 has been claimed as one of the world's earliest churches that was constructed after Christianity was accepted as an official religion by the Roman Empire.
Foreign Tourists Prefer Turkish Cuisine Foreign tourists, visiting Cappadocia region, one of the most important tourism centers of Turkey and famous for its chimney rocks, prefer Turkish cuisine.
Ruins Of Temple Of Athena Found In Bodrum Ruins of the Temple of Athena have been found in the popular resort town of Bodrum in western Turkey.
For First Time Caretta Caretta Figure In Historical Rome Bath Figures of a loggerhead sea turtle, "Caretta caretta", was for the first time seen on a mosaic in a historical bath belonging to Roman period that has been recently unearthed in Issus ancient city in Erzin town of the southern province of Hatay.
Interest Of Tourists In Uzungol Tourist Center Interest of tourists, particularly Arabs, in Uzungol, one of Turkey's important tourism centers in East Black Sea region, is gradually growing.
50,000 Tourists View Turkey's Fairy Chimneys By Balloons Around 50,000 tourists viewed Turkey's fairy chimneys by balloons, an executive of a Turkish company organizing balloon tours said on Thursday.
Two Piers Belonged To First Century A.D. Unearthed In Aphrodisias Ancient City Archaeologists have unearthed two piers belonged to the first century A.D. in the ancient city of Aphrodisias located near Karacasu town of the western Turkish province of Aydin.
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