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  Turkey's Landscapes at a Glance

  Gastronomy Cuisine Geography Religion Village Turkish Coastline SPA Thermal Springs Trekking Mountaineering Handicrafts UNESCO

  Every landscape of Turkey forms the backdrop and context for people and events, with perhaps the most thrilling aspect of travelling the ability to become an active participant in this landscape. As in all human interactions the basis is one of equality i...
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  TRABZON

  Trabzon Sumela Monastery Uzungöl Silk Road Black Sea

  An inspiration for world-renowned travellers like Xenophon, and Evliya Çelebi who immortalized Trabzon in his travel book. Trabzon, whose history stretches back into very early times, is a hub of cultural and natural riches in the eastern Black Sea Region...
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  DENİZLİ

  Denizli Pamukkale Hierapolis Thermal Colossae Honaz Dağı National Park Mount Honaz Karahayıt

  Eye-catching artefacts around the astonishing white miracle of nature will take your breath away! Nestled in the high mountains near the Büyük Menderes (Meander) River is Denizli, a city surrounded by a beautiful verdant valley in an area rich in cultur...
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  BOLU

  Bolu Yedigöller Gölcük Abant Mengen Nature Seven Lakes

  Bolu is a lovely city between Ankara and İstanbul with lofty mountains, thick forests, lakes and streams. The breathtakingly beautiful Yedigöller (Seven Lakes) National Park is one of the gifts of nature to Bolu. Lying 42 km north of the city centre, the ...
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  Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi Ritual

  Semah Alevi Bektaşi Semah Training Course Music Turkish Music Pir Sultan Abdal Kaygusuz Abdal Nesim Bağlama Saz

  The semah performed during the service (cem) as required by Alevi and Bektaşi belief is a means of reaching God through mystical and aesthetic movements executed in harmony with the rhythm of music and song accompanied by a saz (Turkish stringed instrumen...
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  Traditional Sohbet Meetings

  Sıra Gecesi Sohbet Meeting Muhabbet Barana Yaran Şanlıurfa

  Traditional sohbet meetings have different names in different areas, including: sıra gezmeleri, sıra name, barana sohbetleri, yaran, sırayarenler, kürsübaşı sohbetleri, velime geceleri, cümbüş, delikanlıteşkilatı, gençler kurulu, gezek, keyf/kef, muhabbet...
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  ÇANAKKALE

  Çanakkale Troy Gallipoli Mount Ida Bozcaada Tenedos Hot Springs Pınarbaşı Trojan War Aphrodite Hera Athena Sulphur Springs Ceramics Biga Assos

  Çanakkale is an honourable resting place for the soldiers who lost their lives in Gelibolu. The city of Çanakkale lies at the narrow 1200m entrance to the Çanakkale Strait (Dardanelles) that connects the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Passenger and car fe...
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  Traditional Craftsmanship of Çini-Making

  Çini Çini-Making Craftsmanship UNESCO Çinicilik

  Glazed tile and ceramic household stuffs or wallboards of several colours and motifs made by firing the pulped clay soil are called "çini". Çini-making means the craftsmanship shaped around traditional Turkish art of çini since 12th century with its own s...
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  ADANA

  Adana Çukurova Ceyhan River Taşköprü Adana Kebab

  While history buffs can enjoy exploring the ruins of ancient cities, nature-lovers find repose breathing the cool, clean air in the Taurus Mountains. Set in the heart of the Çukurova (Cilician) Plain, Turkey’s fourth largest city Adana has a history that ...
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  Ebru

  Ebru Art of Ebru UNESCO Marbling

  Ebru is the traditional art of creating colorful patterns by sprinkling and brushing color pigments on a pan of oily water and then transforming this pattern to a special paper. It has been a traditional art of book enriching calligraphy and binding books...