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Places to see in Türkiye

12 of the 180 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Hagia SophiaUNESCO

  Ayasofya

  Museum · Istanbul Province

  Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church (360–1453) and a museum (1935–2020).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  TroyUNESCO

  Troya'nın Arkeolojik Alanı

  City · Çanakkale Province

  Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Çanakkale, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan War.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: CherryX (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  EphesusUNESCO

  Efes

  Ruins · İzmir Province

  Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, a city-state that was also the capital of Arzawa, by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Temple of ArtemisUNESCO

  Artemis Tapinagi

  Ruins · İzmir Province

  The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to a localised form of the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus, near modern-day Selçuk in Turkey and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Philip Galle (Public domain). Map

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  Göbekli TepeUNESCO

  Heritage site · Şanlıurfa Province

  Göbekli Tepe is a Neolithic archaeological site in Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira) in modern-day Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from around 9500 BCE to at least 8000 BCE, during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Teomancimit (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Blue MosqueUNESCO

  Sultanahmet Camii

  Religious · Istanbul Province

  The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Moonik (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Topkapı PalaceUNESCO

  Topkapı Sarayı

  Fort · Istanbul Province

  The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1853, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  PergamonUNESCO

  Ruins · İzmir Province

  Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (Πέργαμος), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  HattusaUNESCO

  Hattuşaş

  Ruins · Çorum Province

  Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  PamukkaleUNESCO

  Spring · Denizli Province

  Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Biologg (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Süleymaniye MosqueUNESCO

  Süleymaniye Camii

  Religious · Istanbul Province

  The Süleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hunanuk (CC0). Map

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  AniUNESCO

  Ruins · Kars Province

  Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey's province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: haigoes (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map