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Ahlat is a town in Turkey’s Bitlis Province in Eastern Anatolia Region. It is the seat of Ahlat District. Its population is 27,563 (2021). The town of Ahlat is situated on the northwestern shore of Lake Van the town, known by its Armenian name of Khlat or Chliat in the ancient and medieval period, was once a part of the district of Bznunik’. The town was […]
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Cavustepe Castle is located in the Çavuştepe neighborhood on the Van-Hakkari-Iran highway in the Gürpınar District, 25 km southeast of Van. It was built in the middle of the 8th century BC by the Urartian King Sarduri II. The first excavations in Çavuştepe Castle were carried out under the presidency of Prof. Dr. Afif ERZEN […]
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Hosap Castle is an imposing fortification and the main tourist attraction of Güzelsu village near Van in Eastern Turkey. Perching dramatically over the road connecting Van and Hakkari, the castle has been recently renovated and can now be visited if you can attract the attention of the custodian who can open its gates. The castle’s […]
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Akdamar Island, also known as Aghtamar or Akhtamar is the second largest of the four islands in Lake Van, in eastern Turkey. About 0.7 km² in size, it is situated approximately 3 km from the shoreline. At the western end of the island, a hard, grey, limestone cliff rises 80 m above the lake’s level (1,912 m above sea level). The […]
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Side Ancient City; Many buildings have survived from Ancient City of Side to the present day. For this reason, hundreds of thousands of people come to visit the city every year. This location, which is not crowded and hosts very few people off season, welcomes hundreds of thousands of people during the season. According to […]
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Catalhoyuk is a tell of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 6400 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC. In July 2012, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Catalhoyuk is located overlooking the Konya Plain, southeast of the present-day city of Konya (ancient Iconium) in Turkey, approximately 140 km (87 mi) from the twin-coned volcano of Mount Hasan. The […]
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Kekova Island, also named Caravola, is a small Turkish island near Demre (Demre is the Lycian town of Myra) district of Antalya province which faces the villages of Kaleköy (ancient Simena) and Üçağız (ancient Teimioussa). Kekova Island has an area of 4.5 km2 (2 sq mi) and is uninhabited. After the Italian occupation of Kastelorizo, Kekova — which at that time was temporarily inhabited during summer because of wood harvest — was disputed between Italy and Turkey. The 1932 […]
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Laodicea Ancient City was one of three ancient settlements in the valley of the Lycus River, a tributary of the Meander. Colossae is 9 miles to the east, and Hierapolis is 6 miles north. Laodicea Ancient City, where the city once stood is a nearly square plateau rising about 100 feet above the valley floor, […]
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Philadelphia Ancient City – Alasehir in Antiquity and the Middle Ages known as Philadelphia, is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is situated in the valley of the Kuzuçay (Cogamus in antiquity), at the foot of the Bozdağ Mountain (Mount Tmolus in antiquity). The town is connected to İzmir by a 105 km (65 mi) railway. It stands on elevated ground commanding the […]
