Dargeçit (Syriac: ܟܪܒܘܪܢ Kerburan, Kurdish:Kerboran) is a district of the Mardin Province of Turkey, traditionally an Assyrian/Syriac town. It had approximately 300 families in 1900. During the Assyrian Genocide over 300,000 Assyrians were killed, b…
Cağaloğlu is a neighbourhood located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Much of the publishing industry in Istanbul is located in Cağaloğlu.
Cape Jason (Turkish: Yason Burnu) (Turkish: Iason) (Ancient Greek: Ιάσων) is a cape located at Çaytepe / Çaka (officially Aziziye) villages, Perşembe (formerly Vona) district, Ordu Province, Turkey (The North East Shores of Turkey).
Büyük Saat (English: The Great Clock Tower) is the tallest clock tower in Turkey, rising 32 m (105 ft) high.
Bozova (Ottoman Turkish: بوزاووه Bozâbâd, Kurdish: Hewenc) is a district of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, 38 km from the city of Şanlıurfa.
Bozkurt is a town and district of the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 8,945 of which 5,074 live in the town of Bozkurt.
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (Turkish: Borusan İstanbul Filarmoni Orkestrası), also known as the BIFO, is a Turkish orchestra based in Istanbul that was formed by enlarging the Borusan Chamber Orchestra in 1999. It is funded by the Bo…
Bolvadin (Ancient Greek: Πολύβοτον/Πολύβοτος and Latin: Polybotum/Polybotus) is a city and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey. It covers an area of 1,108 km², has an altitude of 1,016 m, :The population of the district center is 31,387 (2…
Bolayır is a town in the Gelibolu district of Çanakkale Province, situated on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the European part of Turkey.
Beyti is a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey specialising in roasted meat. It was founded in 1945 in Küçükçekmece and has been situated since 1983 in Florya.
Bayramiç is a town and district of Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 32,314 of which 13,420 live in the town of Bayramiç.
Bartın River (Bartın Çayı, ancient Parthenius, Parthenios), is a small river in the east of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its source is in the Ilgaz Mountains, in Kastamonu Province and Karabük Province.
Aya Tekla Church, also known as Aya Thecla or Aya Thekla, is a ruins site of an ancient church in Mersin Province, Turkey.
The Aviation Martyrs' Monument (Turkish: Hava Şehitleri Anıtı or formerly Tayyare Şehitleri Abidesi), located in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, is a memorial dedicated to the first soldiers of the Ottoman aviation squadrons to be killed in flig…
Atakent is a town in Mersin Province, Turkey
Arpaçay (Ottoman Turkish: زاروشاد Zaruşad, Azerbaijani: Arpaçay ilçəsi; Armenian: Զարիշատ, Zarishat; Kurdish: Zarûşad; named Zaruşat until 1922) is a town and a district of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey.
Ardanuç (Georgian: არტანუჯი) is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey located 32 km east of Artvin.
Araban is a district of Gaziantep Province of Turkey.
The Amuk, Amuq or Amouq (or Amik) valley is located in the southern part of Turkey, in the Hatay Province, close to the city of Antakya (Antioch on the Orontes).
Merzifon Airport or Amasya Merzifon Airport (IATA: MZH, ICAO: LTAP) is a military airport located in the city of Merzifon in the Amasya Province of Turkey.
The Amanian Gate (Latin: Amani Portae) or Bahçe Pass (Turkish: Bahçe Geçidi), also known as the Amanus Pass or Amanides Pylae (Ἀμανίδες or Ἀμανικαί Πύλαι 'Amanus Gates'), is a mountain pass located on the border between Osmaniye and Gaziantep provin…
Akseki is a town and district of Antalya Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.
Akdağmadeni (Greek Ἀργυρίων, Argyríōn) is a town and district in the Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 61,373 of which 20,312 live in the town of Akdağmadeni. The di…
Afşin is a town and district of Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.
Adilcevaz (also known as Elcevaz) is a town and district capital of the same-named district within Bitlis Province of Turkey. City is on the shore of Lake Van. Ancient name of the city is "Artske or Artsike" which is in Armenian language.
The 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake occurred at 14:22 local time (12:22 UTC) on 24 November. The epicenter was located near Çaldıran, 20 km northeast of Muradiye, in the Van Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 with a …
The Varto earthquake of 1966 occurred on 19 August in Varto town of Muş Province in eastern Turkey. The magnitude of the earthquake was 6.9 on the surface wave magnitude scale and had a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensit…
The 1855 Bursa earthquake occurred on 28 February, with an officially recorded magnitude of 7.5. A devastating precursor quake that took place in Kemalpaşa, a town of Bursa, Turkey caused severe destruction all over Bursa and other neighboring citie…
The Cilicia earthquake in 1268 was a tremendous earthquake in which over 60,000 people perished. The earthquake occurred in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, in southern Asia Minor.
Sorgun is a town and district of Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Sorgun is the largest and the most populated district of Yozgat.
Harbiye (Classical Daphne in Arabic دفنه or Harbiyat حربيات) is a town in Hatay Province, Turkey
Fındıklı (Laz and Georgian: ვიწე Vi3'e) is a town and district of Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, east of the city of Rize.
Şuhut (formerly Ancient Greek: Σύνναδα, Synnada) is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It lies in a small plain, 29 km east of the city of Afyon. It has an area of 983 km², and the population (2000) is 39,…
Şişli Plaza is a tower in Istanbul, Turkey and has 40 residential floors, but rises above a 4-floor retail facility and has a 2-floor radio station on top; making an overall total of 46 floors above ground. - The floor-to-floor heights of the reside…
Şiran, also Karaca, is a town and district of Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is one of the points of passage between Eastern Anatolia and Black Sea regions of Turkey, in the sense that the western road departing from Erzinc…
The İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum and Gallery (Turkish: İzmir Resim Heykel Müzesi ve Galerisi) is an art museum in İzmir, Turkey.