The Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque, also known as the Aksaray Valide Mosque (Turkish: Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Camii, Aksaray Valide Sultan Camii), is an Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located at the intersection of Ordu Stree…
Palandöken Mountain (or shortly Palandöken) is a 3,271 m (10,732 ft) high tectonic mountain in Erzurum Province, Turkey.
The Republic Monument (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Anıtı) is a notable monument located at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey to commemorate the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. Built in two and half years with financial support from the population…
Menderes is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey.
The town of Limantepe, sometimes spelled Liman Tepe, on Turkey's western coast is the site a prehistoric (Bronze Age) settlement that includes an ancient port dating from 2500 years located underwater offshore.
Lapseki (Greek: Λάμψακος, Lampsakos) is a town and district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.
Körfez is a town and district of the Kocaeli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Yunus Pehlivan (AKP). It was created from eastern part of Gebze and western part of İzmit (Then called Center) districts in 1987. It has borders with…
Kaçkar Dağı, with an elevation of 3,937 meters, is the highest peak in the Kaçkar Mountains.
Karataş (Ottoman Turkish: قره طاش) is a neighborhood of İzmir, Turkey, within the boundaries of the city's central metropolitan district of Konak. The neighborhood no longer has an official delimitation or status and exists as a notional zone (semt)…
Karasu is a town in Sakarya Province, northwest Turkey, on the Black Sea coast. It has an overwinter population of around 30,746, which increases in the summer due to tourism.
Karain Cave is a cave and a Paleolithic archaeological site located at Yağca village 27 km (17 mi) northwest of Antalya city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.
The Karacaahmet Cemetery (Turkish: Karacaahmet Mezarlığı) is a 700 years old historic cemetery, located in Üsküdar, the Asian side of Istanbul.
The 52-floor Isbank (İş Bankası) Tower 1 is the tallest of the three skyscrapers of the Türkiye İş Bankası headquarters in Levent, Istanbul. It was formerly the tallest skyscraper in Turkey and the Balkan peninsula (southeastern Europe).
Hıdırlık Tower (Turkish: Hıdırlık Kulesi) is a landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, Turkey, where Kaleiçi meets Karaalioglu Park. It is believed that the ruling Roman Empire built it in the second century CE on a square plan.
Horasan , (Kurdish: Pasîna Jêr, Zanzaq, Xursîn) is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey.
Hemşin (Armenian: Համշէն Hamshen or Համամաշէն Hamamashen, literally "Hamam's Hamlet"; Laz and Georgian: ზუგა Zuga, is a town and district of Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 57 km from the city of Rize.
Güzelyurt, formerly Gelveri, is a town and district of Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, at a distance of 45 km (28 mi) from the city of Aksaray. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 16,836 of which 3,775 …
Güngören (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈɟynɟøɾen]) is a small industrial and working class residential district of Istanbul, Turkey. It is located near the district of Bakırköy.
Gözlükule is a tumulus within the borders of Tarsus city, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Gölcük Naval Base (Turkish: Gölcük Deniz Ana Üssü) is the main base of the Turkish Navy on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, Kocaeli.
Euchaita (Greek: Εὐχάιτα) was a Byzantine town in Pontus, in northern Asia Minor (mod. Turkey).
Eskişehir Air Base (Turkish: Eskişehir Hava Üssü)(IATA: ESK, ICAO: LTBI) is a military airport in the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.
Ermenek is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The district forms the core of the plateau region Taşeli.
Erdemli is a town and district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, 35 km (22 mi) west of the city of Mersin.
Eleşkirt or Kurdish Zêdikan, is a town and district of Ağrı Province in Turkey. Its name was transferred from Alashkert (Armenian: Ալաշկերտ Alaškert), the valley's former administrative centre, now the village of Toprakkale.
Elazığ Airport (IATA: EZS, ICAO: LTCA) is an airport in Elazığ, Turkey. First opened to air traffic in 1940, Elazig Airport is one of the oldest airports still in use in Turkey. The old runway 09/27 had been closed and has been removed. New 13/31 ru…
Dolmabahçe Clock Tower (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Saat Kulesi) is a clock tower situated outside Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey.
Devrek is a town and district in Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It was originally founded as Hamidiye, in the sanjak of Bolu. Devrek was incorporated into the Zonguldak Province on May 14, 1920. It is divided into five quarter…
Deutsche Schule Istanbul (formal German name) or Özel Istanbul Alman Lisesi (formal Turkish name) or simply Alman Lisesi ("German School of Istanbul", in English) is a German international school in Beyoğlu, Istanbul.
Darıca is a town and district of Kocaeli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey.
Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station (Turkish: Cengiz Topel Deniz Hava Üssü), aka Topel Airport or formerly Cengiz Topel Air Base, (IATA: KCO, ICAO: LTBQ) is a Turkish Navy air station located east of İzmit in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The airport is in j…
Birgi is a small town located in the Ödemiş district of İzmir province in Turkey. Its current name is a distortion of its medieval Greek name, Pyrgion (Greek: Πυργίον, meaning "Little Tower").
The Biga River (Turkish: Biga Çayı) is a small river or large creek in Çanakkale Province in northwestern Turkey. The river begins at the base of Mount Ida and trends generally northeasterly to the Sea of Marmara. It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) e…
Ayder is a yayla (summer resort) in Rize Province, Turkey.
Founded in 1878, the American Collegiate Institute (“Özel İzmir Amerikan Koleji” in Turkish), referred to by the acronym ACI, is a private co-educational high school in Goztepe, İzmir, Turkey. ACI was founded, and is now run, by the charity foundati…
Altıntepe or Yerez (Armenian: Երեզ) is an ancient Urartian and medieval Armenian fortress located in Üzümlü district of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of modern Turkey.