Turkey Tourism Guide - Mosques, Historical Places, Towers, Castles

Historical Places of Turkey - Virgin Tower / İstanbul
There are many legends about the construction of the tower its location. According to the most popular legend, a sultan had a much beloved daughter. One day, an oracle prophecised that she would die on her 18th birthday. The sultan, in an effort to thwart his daughter’s […]

Historical Places of Turkey - Topkapı Palace / İstanbul
Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı in Turkish, literally the “Cannongate Palace” - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853. The construction of the Topkapi Palace was ordered by Sultan Mehmed II in 1459. It […]

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Historical Places of Turkey - Gülhane Park / İstanbul
Gülhane Park, a famous excursion area and the oldest park of the city, lies between Topkapı Palace and Sarayburnu. This park is spread over a very large area and has very interesting and rare kinds of trees and bushes. However it was close for the last two […]

Historical Places of Turkey - Galata Tower / İstanbul
Galata or Galatae is a district in Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey. Galata is located north of the Golden Horn, the inlet that separates it from the old city center. The Golden Horn is crossed by several bridges, most notably the Galata Bridge. In the center […]

Historical Places of Turkey - Dolmabahce Palace / İstanbul
Until the 17th century the area where Dolmabahçe Palace stands today was a small bay on the Bosphorus, claimed by some to be where the Argonauts anchored during their quest for the Golden Fleece, and where in 1453 Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror had his fleet hauled ashore […]

Historical Places of Turkey - Bosphorus Bridge / İstanbul
Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı in Turkish, literally the “Cannongate Palace” - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853. The construction of the Topkapi Palace was ordered by Sultan Mehmed II in 1459. It […]

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Historical Places of Turkey - Orontes River / Hatay
Turkish antakya, populous city of ancient Syria, since 1939 the chief town of the il (province) of Hatay in southern Turkey, near the mouth of the Orontes River (Turkish Asi Nehri). It was founded in 300 BC by the Greeks and was the centre of the Seleucid […]

Historical Places of Turkey- Pamukkale / Denizli
Pamukkale is known as 8th wonder of the world by Turkish people, The water (35 C) which is flowing down the cliff of Pamukkale has turned the area into as white as cotton color, and carved this fantastic formation of stalactites and basins. It is the largest and finest […]