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Akdamar Holy Cross Church or The Church of the Holy Cross is located on Akdamar Island in Lake Van. The church is within the borders of Gevaş District, which is part of the province of Van. Lake Van has 4 islands that offer breathtaking views for visitors, but Akhtamar, also known as Aghtamar or Ahtamar, […]
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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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Van Castle and the Old City of Van are spread over an area of approximately 97 hectares. Tuspa/Van Castle, built on a rock with a length of 1345 m, a width of 200 m and a height of 100 m, on the eastern shore of Lake Van, houses the structures of the capital of the […]
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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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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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Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Theotokos located at Karadağ within the Pontic Mountains, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey. Nestled in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) facing the Altındere valley, it is a site of great historical and cultural significance, as well as a major tourist attraction within Altındere National Park. Due to an increase […]
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Mustafapasa Village Sinassos, formerly is a small town in the Ürgüp district of Nevşehir province, Turkey. At 38°35′N 34°56′E it lies to the west of Gomeda valley and is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from Ürgüp and 27 kilometres (17 mi) away from Nevşehir town. In 2011 its population was 3,000. The Mustafa Pasa after whom the modern town is named was Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the great […]
