Ephesus

Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. Wikipedia

Address: Atatürk Mh., Uğur Mumcu Sevgi Yolu, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Turkey

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Open ⋅ Closes 6:30PM

Periods: Greek Dark Ages to Late Middle Ages

Abandoned: 15th century AD

Archaeologists: John Turtle Wood, Otto Benndorf

Bodrum

Bodrum is a city on the Bodrum Peninsula, stretching from Turkey's southwest coast into the Aegean Sea. The city features twin bays with views of Bodrum Castle. This medieval fortress was built partly with stones from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, completed in the 4th century B.C. The city is also a gateway for nearby beach towns and resorts.

Area: 650 km²

District area: 656.1 km²

Weather: 21°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 69% Humidity

Local time: Tuesday 11:12 AM

Mayor: Mehmet Kocadon (CHP)

Province: Muğla Province

Side Belediyesi

Side is a resort town on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast. An ancient port city, it's known for long beaches and Greco-Roman ruins. In the center are the remains of the 2nd-century Antique Theater, which seated up to 15,000. The white marble columns of the Hellenistic Temple of Athena stand near the harbor. Other sites are sprinkled throughout, with finds housed at the Side Museum, a restored Roman bath complex.

Weather: 23°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 57% Humidity

Location: Antalya Province, Turkey

Local time: Tuesday 11:08 AM

Condition: In ruin

Founded: 7th century BC

Marmaris

Marmaris is a Mediterranean resort town along the Turkish Riviera (also known as the Turquoise Coast) with a busy, pebbly beach and long seafront promenade. It’s known for its lively nightlife on Bar Street, which is home to open-air clubs and music venues. Marmaris sits in a valley between pine-forested mountains and clear waters, which are popular sailing and diving destinations.

Elevation: 7 m

Weather: 22°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 63% Humidity

Local time: Tuesday 11:05 AM

Postal code: 48700

Province: Muğla Province

Konya

Konya is a city south of Ankara in Turkey’s Central Anatolia region. It’s a pilgrimage destination for Sufis, focused on the tomb of the founder of the Mevlana order, Jelaleddin Rumi, in the Mevlana Museum. Sema whirling dervish ceremonies take place at the Mevlana Cultural Center, east of the museum. The 12th-century Alaeddin Mosque is surrounded by the green parks of Alaeddin Hill.

Area: 38,873 km²

Weather: 20°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 39% Humidity

Population: 2.161 million (2016)

Local time: Tuesday 11:03 AM

Mardin

Mardin is a city and multiple bishopric in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River that rises steeply over the flat plains. Wikipedia

Postal code: 47x xx

Weather: 20°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 52% Humidity

Mayor: Mustafa Yaman

Antalya

Antalya is a Turkish resort city with a yacht-filled Old Harbor and beaches flanked by large hotels. It's a gateway to Turkey's southern Mediterranean region, known as the Turquoise Coast for its blue waters. Remnants remain from Antalya's time as a major Roman port. These include Hadrian’s Gate, built to honor the Roman emperor’s visit in 130 A.D and 2nd-century Hidirlik Tower, with harbor views.

Weather: 22°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 51% Humidity

Postal code: 07x xx

Elevation: 30 m (100 ft)

Local time: Tuesday 11:00 AM

Ankara

Ankara, Turkey’s cosmopolitan capital, sits in the country’s central Anatolia region. It’s a center for the performing arts, home to the State Opera and Ballet, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and several national theater companies. Overlooking the city is Anitkabir, the enormous hilltop mausoleum of Kemal Atatürk, modern Turkey’s first president, who declared Ankara the capital in 1923.

Postal code: 06xxx

Weather: 21°C, Wind E at 2 km/h, 39% Humi

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Elevation: 938 m (3,077 ft)

Local time: Tuesday 10:24 AM

Population: 5.445 million (2017)

Istanbul

Istanbul is a major city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait. Its Old City reflects cultural influences of the many empires that once ruled here. In the Sultanahmet district, the open-air, Roman-era Hippodrome was for centuries the site of chariot races, and Egyptian obelisks also remain. The iconic Byzantine Hagia Sophi

a features a soaring 6th-century dome and rare Christian mosaics.

Area: 5,461 km²

Elevation: 40 m

Weather: 20°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 51% Humidity

Local time: Tuesday 10:21 AM

Population: 15.07 million (Dec 31, 2018)

turkey

The culture of Turkey combines a heavily diverse and heterogeneous set of elements that have been derived from the various cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean (West Asian) and Central Asian region and to a lesser degree, Eastern European, and Caucasian traditions. Many of these traditions were initially brought together by the Ottoman Empire, a multi-ethnic and multi-religious state.

During the early years of the republic, the government invested a large amount of resources into fine arts such as paintings, sculpture and architecture. This was done as both a process of modernization and of creating a cultural identity. Because of the different historical factors defining the Turkish identity the culture of Turkey combines clear efforts of modernization and Westernization undertaken in varying degrees since the 1800s with a simultaneous desire to maintain traditional religious and historical values.