Turkey: Sightseeing

Turkey
Sightseeing

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Petr Liška Wrote 03.10.2013:

Turkey is a country completely overflowing with ancient monuments of many civilizations. From rock tombs, ruins of Roman and Greek cities, Christian rock towns, to Ottoman and Seljuk mosques.

Cities

Doğubeyazıt

Doğubeyazıt

Erzurum

Erzurum

Alanya

Alanya

Ankara

Ankara

Selime

Selime

Ardahan and Kars

Ardahan and Kars

Religious buildings

Petr Liška Wrote 03.10.2013:

Mosques: due to the fact that Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country, you will find a mosque in every town and village. The most famous of them can be found in Istanbul. Here is the famous Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed) and next to the former Byzantine temple Hagia Sofia. In Edirne there is an important mosque Selimiye, in Ankara Kocatepe Armenian churches: in the far east of Turkey there are many Armenian monuments and a church. The most picturesque is the church of Akhtamar (Akdamar) located on the island of the same name on the breathtaking Lake Van (there are other islands with monuments / monasteries Ktuts and Anapat /. Other important monuments are in Ani, which are the ruins of the former Armenian royal city

Hagia Sofia

Hagia Sofia

Blue Mosque

Blue Mosque

Castles and ruins

Palaces

Ancient monuments

Greco-Roman monuments

Folk buildings

Ports

Lookout towers

Galata Tower

Galata Tower

Articles nearby

Tour of the port in Molyvos

Tour of the port in Molyvos

A tour of the town of Petra

A tour of the town of Petra

Tour of Anaxos

Tour of Anaxos

Tour Anaxos - Ampelia

Tour Anaxos - Ampelia

Tour of Moni Limonos

Tour of Moni Limonos

Trip to Kalo Limani

Trip to Kalo Limani

Walk through Gavathas Bay

Walk through Gavathas Bay