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Honeymoon

Honeymoon
Turkey, which offers unique natural wonders in every location, is the ideal spot for a memorable and romantic honeymoon. As a tourist destination with fascinating beaches in the south, Turkey offers everything that will make your first married holiday unforgettable. Couples can choose from a variety of honeymoon packages with a wide range of options…
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Fethiye

Fethiye
General Information Fethiye: a seaside location which gives new meaning to the color turquoise possessing the most beautiful beaches and islands of the Aegean region and a holiday paradise with stunning nature and impressive historical sites It is assumed that Fethiye, often reffered to as “the untouched virgin of the Land of Lights," was established…
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Health Tourism

Health Tourism
Modern medicine, which gives new hope to the people every day with emerging technologies, renewed techniques and skillful doctors, is another sector Turkey is successful in. Indeed, health tourism is a rapidly developing field in this country. Medical tourism, thermal tourism and tourism for the elderly and disabled are the sub-types of health tourism offered…
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Congress Tourism

Congress Tourism
Located near to European, African and Asian countries and Russia, Turkey is the capital of international congresses and meetings. Offering a variety of luxury hotels, various accommodation options, and diverse scenic beauties in every province, Turkey is an indispensable venue of major conventions. Especially major provinces such as Istanbul, Antalya, İzmir, Bursa, Ankara offer an…
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Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empir

Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empir
2014 This property is a serial nomination of eight component sites in the City of Bursa and the nearby village of Cumalıkızık, in the southern Marmara region. The site illustrates the creation of an urban and rural system establishing the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. The property embodies the key functions of the…
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Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape

Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
2015 Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır and the landscape around has been an important centre since the Hellenistic period, through the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman times to the present. The site encompasses the Inner castle,…
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Ephesus

Ephesus
2015 Located within what was once the estuary of the River Kaystros, Ephesus comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements founded on new locations, which followed the coastline as it retreated westward. Excavations have revealed grand monuments of the Roman Imperial period including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. Little remains of the famous…
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Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape

Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
2014 This site rises high above the Bakirçay Plain in Turkey’s Aegean region. The acropolis of Pergamon was the capital of the Hellenistic Attalid dynasty, a major centre of learning in the ancient world. Monumental temples, theatres, stoa or porticoes, gymnasium, altar and library were set into the sloping terrain surrounded by an extensive city…
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Archaeological Site of Troy

Archaeological Site of Troy
1998 Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1870. In scientific terms, its extensive remains are the most significant demonstration of the first contact between the civilizations of Anatolia…
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City of Safranbolu

City of Safranbolu
1994 From the 13th century to the advent of the railway in the early 20th century, Safranbolu was an important caravan station on the main East–West trade route. The Old Mosque, Old Bath and Süleyman Pasha Medrese were built in 1322. During its apogee in the 17th century, Safranbolu's architecture influenced urban development throughout much…
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