Gaziantep is a thriving market town in the heart of a very productive agricultural region of eastern Turkey. Also know as Antep, the city dates back to the Bronze Age and has been an important...
Category: Asia
Diyarbakir is a sizeable town at the heart of the Kurdish part of South Eastern Anatolia. It is often regarded as the capital of the Kurdish region of Turkey. This attractive, historic, walled city...
Old Hasankeyf was a small historic town set on the banks of the Tigris river. It was said to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the world at over 12,000 years old. To this...
On the tallest peak of the Eastern Taurus mountain range, high above the Euphrates River, sits an incredible feat of engineering. An ancient tomb and funerary mound marked by huge stone statues...
Sanliurfa is a city in eastern Turkey which has its roots in the Neolithic era and is surrounded by recently discovered settlements from those times. Commonly known as Urfa, the city is mentioned in...
Mardin is an historic city in South Eastern Turkey, close to the border with Syria. In ancient times it was an important Silk Road town with links to Mesopotamia in the South, Europe to the west and...
