Turkey is a nation straddling eastern Europe and western Asia with cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Cosmopolitan Istanbul, on the Bosphorus Strait, is home to the iconic Hagia Sophia, with its soaring dome and Christian mosaics, the massive 17th-century Blue Mosque and the circa-1460 Topkapı Palace, former home of sultans. Ankara is Turkey’s modern capital.
Istanbul is a major city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait.
Situated in Central Anatolia, Cappadocia is best known for its fairytale landscape of unusual formations.
Bodrum is a city on the Bodrum Peninsula, stretching from Turkey's southwest coast into the Aegean Sea.
Izmir is a city on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Known as Smyrna in antiquity, it was founded by the Greeks.
Side is a resort town on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast,it's known for long beaches and Greco-Roman ruins.
Alanya is a resort town on Turkey’s central Mediterranean coast (also known as the Turkish Riviera).
