Selcuk is the central town of Selcuk district, ?zmir Province in Turkey, 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Ku?adas?, 3 km (2 mi) northeast of Ephesus. Its original name was Ayios Theologos, from which the Ottoman Turkish name Ayaslu? is derived. In 1914 it was renamed Selcuk, after the Seljuk Turks who settled in the [...]
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Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province. Pamukkale is located in Turkey’s Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which enjoys a temperate climate over the greater part of the year. The ancient city of Hierapolis was built on top of the white [...]
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Olympos (Olimpos) is a town in Mediterranean Turkey. Ancient Lycian ruins, an isolated Mediterranean beach, accommodation in treehouses and flames that mysteriously burn from the side of a mountain are some of the attractions of Olympos (Olimpos) in Turkey’s south. Olympos is in a valley at the south coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of [...]
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Kusadasi is a resort town in Turkey’s Aegean coast and the center of the district of the same name in Ayd?n Province. Its main industry is tourism and is a port of call for cruise ships. Kusadasi is a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean Turkey. It has become a popular holiday [...]
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Kas is a small fishing, yachting and tourist town, and a district of Antalya Province of Turkey, 168km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist town it is relatively unspoiled. Ka? (pronounced Caash) is a “Turkish Delight” city in the very South (Mediterranean) of Turkey. It also only has a very tiny beach, [...]
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Istanbul is the largest city of Turkey and the third largest city in the world. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul province. It is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on [...]
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Goreme located among the “fairy chimney” rock formations, is a town in Cappadocia, a historical region of Turkey. It is in the Nevsehir Province in Central Anatolia. The Göreme National Park (Göreme Milli Parklar in Turkish) was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985. Goreme is a town in the Cappadocia region of [...]
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Fethiye is a city and district of Mugla Province in the Aegean region of Turkey with about 68,000 inhabitants (2008). Modern day Fethiye is located on the ancient city of Telmessos, ruins of which can be seen in the city, e.g. Hellenistic theatre by the main quay. It is one of Turkey’s well-known tourist centres and [...]
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Cirali is an agricultural village in the southwest of Turkey in Antalya Province. It is close to ancient ruins of Olympos and Chimaera permanent gas vents. It is a very small rural village located just over an hours drive southwest from Antalya and boasts a beautiful 3.5 km secluded beach, the ruins of Olympos, the flames [...]
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Bodrum is a Turkish port town in Mu?la Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of the country. It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova, and it faces the Greek island of Kos. Today, it is an international center of tourism [...]
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