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Where to Visit in Nigde Nigde is a city and the capital of Niğde province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey at an elevation of 1,299 m. In 2017 the city population was 141,010 people. The city is small with plenty of green space and gardens around the houses. Its people generally tend to be religious and conservative. Medieval monuments are scattered [...]

Where to Visit in Nevsehir Nevsehir is a city and the capital district of Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. According to the 2020 census, the population of the city is 82,110. It is 290 km (180 mi) from the capital Ankara and lies within the historical region of Cappadocia. The town lies at an elevation of 1,224 m (4,016 ft) and has a continental climate, [...]

Where to Visit in Mus Mus is a city and the provincial capital of Mus Province in Turkey. Its population is mostly Kurds. Various explanations of the origin of Muş's name exist. Its name is sometimes associated with the Armenian word mshush, meaning fog, explained by the fact that the town and the surrounding plain are frequently covered in fog in the [...]

Where to Visit in Mugla Mugla Province is a province of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Mugla, about 20 km (12 mi) inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Mugla. The original name of Mugla is open to debate. Various sources refer to the city as Mogola, [...]

Where to Visit in Mardin Mardin is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province. It is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River. The old town of the city is under the protection of UNESCO, which forbids new constructions to preserve its façade. The city had [...]

Where to Visit in Kahramanmaras Maras, officially Kahramanmaras and historically Germanicea, is a city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaras province. Before 1973, Kahramanmaraş was officially named Maraş, and later, it attained the prefix "Kahraman" (Turkish word meaning "hero") to commemorate the Battle of Marash. The city lies on a plain at the foot of Mount Ahır. The city is [...]

Where to Visit in Manisa Manisa, historically known as Magnesia, is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province. Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port city and the regional metropolitan center of İzmir and by its fertile hinterland rich in quantity and variety of agricultural production. [...]

Where to Visit in Malatya Malatya is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of years. In Hittite, melid or milit means "honey", offering a possible etymology for the name, which was mentioned in the contemporary sources of the time under several variations. Strabo says that the city [...]

Where to Visit in Kutahya Kutahya is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk River, at 969 metres above sea level. It is inhabited by some 578,640 people (2022 estimate). The region of Kütahya has large areas of gentle slopes with agricultural land culminating in high mountain ridges to the north and west. The industries of [...]

Where to Visit in Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. In the late [...]