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Türkiye

Türkiye is 783,562 km² across 81 provinces, most of it Anatolia in West Asia with East Thrace on the European side of the straits. It has three coasts to choose...

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Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Türkiye is 783,562 km² across 81 provinces, most of it Anatolia in West Asia with East Thrace on the European side of the straits. It has three coasts to choose between — the Black Sea to the north, the Aegean to the west, the Mediterranean to the south — and an interior plateau that behaves like a different country in winter. Istanbul is the largest city and the economic centre, Ankara the capital and the second-largest, and the December 2025 population of 86,092,168 is weighted heavily to the west. A first trip is usually Istanbul and one coast; the plateau is the second trip.

Checked 2026-08-25

Cities

Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.

Practical information

Language spoken
Turkish
The official language of the Republic of Turkiye
Dialling code
+90
The international dialling code for Turkiye
Currency
Turkish lira (₺, TRY)
The official currency; one lira is divided into 100 kurus
Emergency number
112
One number for ambulance, fire and police
Plug type
European two-pin · 220 V
The national living guide records 220 V and European-style two-pin plugs
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified national source in the dataset

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

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Historic monuments 367 Museums 14 Places of worship 51 Nature sites 0 Viewpoints 0 Food and drink 0 Markets and shopping 0 Entertainment 0 Nightlife 0 Family attractions 0 Art and culture 0 Activities 0

Typical visit duration

Up to 1 hour 432 1 to 2 hours 77 Half a day or more 5

Interests

History 432 Art 60 Museums 23 Nature 86 Sea and beach 61 Viewpoints 25
  1. Başdurak Mosque Başdurak Mosque
    176 30 min

    Başdurak Mosque

    Başdurak Camii

    Başdurak Mosque is a functioning Ottoman-era mosque at the meeting of Anafartalar Caddesi and Kemeraltı 863 Sokak in Konak, İzmir.

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • İzmir
  2. Ankara Parachute Tower Ankara Parachute Tower
    177 45 min

    Ankara Parachute Tower

    THK Havacılık Müzesi ve Paraşüt Kulesi

    Ankara Parachute Tower is a 41-metre aviation landmark in Ulus, beside Ankara Sports Hall and close to Gençlik Park. Opened on 28 October 1937, it was designed around parachute training rather than as a conventional monument or lookout.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Ankara
  3. Bet Israel Synagogue Bet Israel Synagogue
    178 30 min

    Bet Israel Synagogue

    Bet Israel Sinagogu

    Bet Israel Synagogue is an active historic place of worship in Karataş, within Konak, İzmir. Construction began in 1905, and the synagogue opened for worship in 1907.

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • İzmir
  4. Nevşehir Castle Nevşehir Castle
    179 45 min

    Nevşehir Castle

    Nevşehir Kalesi

    Nevşehir Castle is a historic defensive landmark in Camicedit, on one of the highest points in Nevşehir. Its compact, cylindrical plan is built from volcanic rock and tuff, materials that connect the structure directly to the region’s distinctive geology.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Nevşehir
  5. Temple of Hadrian Temple of Hadrian
    180 45 min

    Temple of Hadrian

    Hadrian Tapınağı

    The Temple of Hadrian is a Roman Imperial monument on Curetes Street inside the Efes Archaeological Site at Selçuk in İzmir. Associated with Emperor Hadrian, it is recognised as one of Ephesus’s representative Roman Imperial buildings.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • İzmir
  6. Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque
    181 30 min

    Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque

    Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Camii

    Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque is a contemporary Ankara landmark beside the Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Bilkent junction. Set on Dumlupınar Bulvarı in Üniversiteler Mahallesi, it opened for worship on Friday, 19 April 2013.

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Ankara
  7. Cebeci Asri Cemetery Cebeci Asri Cemetery
    182 30 min

    Cebeci Asri Cemetery

    Cebeci Asri Mezarlığı

    Cebeci Asri Cemetery is a municipal burial ground in Gültepe Mahallesi, within Ankara’s Altındağ district, and it has served the city since 1935.

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Ankara
  8. Ancient Greek theatre of Pergamon Ancient Greek theatre of Pergamon
    183 45 min

    Ancient Greek theatre of Pergamon

    Tiyatro

    Ancient Greek theatre of Pergamon is a Hellenistic hillside auditorium within the Bergama Acropolis archaeological site. Its seating descends directly along the Acropolis slope, making the terrain part of the theatre’s design rather than a backdrop.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • İzmir
  9. Birgi Grand Mosque Birgi Grand Mosque
    184 30 min

    Birgi Grand Mosque

    Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Camii

    Birgi Grand Mosque, also known as Aydınoğlu Mehmet Bey Mosque, stands in Birgi in Ödemiş district of İzmir, beside the stream and within the town’s historic settlement.

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • İzmir
  10. Dark Church Dark Church
    185 45 min

    Dark Church

    Karanlık kilise

    Dark Church is a Byzantine rock-cut church inside Göreme Open Air Museum on Müze Caddesi in Göreme, Cappadocia. It is a focused interior stop within the larger museum route, not a separate monument in central Nevşehir.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Nevşehir
  11. Dombaycıoğlu Han Dombaycıoğlu Han
    186 10 min

    Dombaycıoğlu Han

    Dombaycıoğlu Hanı

    Dombaycıoğlu Han is a former Ottoman caravanserai in the middle of Akhisar's market district, built in 1823 by a local merchant, Dombaycıoğlu Mehmet Ağa, as trade through the town grew.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Manisa
  12. Hospital Mound Hospital Mound
    187 20 min

    Hospital Mound

    Hastane Höyüğü

    Hastane Höyüğü, the Hospital Mound, is an archaeological tell within the same site area as ancient Thyatira, in Akhisar, Manisa province.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Manisa
  13. Theater (Ephesus) Theater (Ephesus)
    188 45 min

    Theater (Ephesus)

    Tiyatro

    The Great Theater of Ephesus is a vast ancient performance and civic building positioned where the city’s principal harbour route begins.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • İzmir
  14. Açıksaray Açıksaray
    189 45 min

    Açıksaray

    Açıksaray is an open-air archaeological site near Gülşehir in Cappadocia, on the Nevşehir–Gülşehir road about 3 km from Gülşehir. Its name, meaning “Open Palace”, describes rooms, halls and other spaces carved into soft volcanic tuff.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Nevşehir
  15. Karşıyaka Cemetery Karşıyaka Cemetery
    190 30 min

    Karşıyaka Cemetery

    Karşıyaka Mezarlığı

    Karşıyaka Cemetery is a large municipal burial ground in Ankara, maintained as an active cemetery by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. Its purpose is grave visitation, remembrance and cemetery administration, so the experience differs fundamentally from a sightseeing attraction.

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Ankara
  16. Estergon Castle (Ankara) Estergon Castle (Ankara)
    191 45 min

    Estergon Castle (Ankara)

    Estergon Kalesi Türk Kültür Merkezi

    Estergon Turkish Cultural Centre is a castle-inspired municipal complex in Güçlükaya, Keçiören, rather than a surviving medieval fortress.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Ankara
  17. Temple of Trajan Temple of Trajan
    192 45 min

    Temple of Trajan

    Trayan Tapınağı

    The Temple of Trajan occupies the highest terrace of the Pergamon Acropolis on Kale Hill above Bergama, İzmir.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • İzmir
  18. Şaban Ağa Mosque Şaban Ağa Mosque
    193 30 min

    Şaban Ağa Mosque

    Şaban Ağa Camii

    Şaban Ağa Mosque stands in the former Eskihisar village, within Stratonikeia Ancient City in Yatağan district of Muğla Province. Older records identify the building as Tabakhane Mosque.

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Muğla
  19. Hoca Seyfettin Bridge
    194 45 min

    Hoca Seyfettin Bridge

    Hoca Seyfettin Köprüsü

    Hoca Seyfettin Bridge is a historic stone crossing in the Gediz River valley, about 13 kilometres north of Kula in Manisa Province.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Manisa
  20. Ayasuluk Citadel Ayasuluk Citadel
    195 45 min

    Ayasuluk Citadel

    Ayasolouk

    Ayasuluk Citadel occupies the summit of Ayasuluk Hill in Selçuk, where the town’s central heritage landscape rises into a defended archaeological enclosure. Its surviving walls belong to a layered setting associated with Byzantine, Aydınoğlu and Ottoman periods.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • İzmir
  21. Sarıhan Caravanserai Sarıhan Caravanserai
    196 45 min

    Sarıhan Caravanserai

    Sarıhan Kervansaray

    Sarıhan Caravanserai is a Seljuk roadside inn built in 1249 during the reign of Seljuk Sultan Izzeddin Keykavus II.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Nevşehir
  22. State Agora of Ephesus State Agora of Ephesus
    197 45 min

    State Agora of Ephesus

    State Agora

    The State Agora of Ephesus is the ancient city’s civic square: an open archaeological space where the surviving footprint and stonework help explain how public life was organised in Ephesus.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • İzmir
  23. St. Clemens Church
    198 45 min

    St. Clemens Church

    Aziz Klemens Kilisesi

    St. Clemens Church is an archaeological ruin in Ankara’s Altındağ district, in the Ulus area between Anafartalar Caddesi and Çıkrıkçılar Yokuşu.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Ankara
  24. Tumulus MM Tumulus MM
    199 45 min

    Tumulus MM

    Midas'ın Tümülüsü

    Tumulus MM is a monumental Phrygian burial mound at ancient Gordion near Yassıhöyük in Ankara Province.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Ankara
  25. Meryem Ana Kilisesi Meryem Ana Kilisesi
    200 45 min

    Meryem Ana Kilisesi

    Meryem Ana Kilisesi is a former Greek Orthodox church in Zaferiye Mahallesi, central Kula, on Mustafa Sapcı Sokak. Its history is tied to Kula’s Rum community, including the Turkish-speaking Karamanlı population.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Manisa
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Common questions

How long should a first trip to Türkiye be?

Ten to fourteen days allows about four days in İstanbul and at least three around Antalya when coastal archaeology is included. Cappadocia needs its own regional stay, and a one-way coastal route is more workable than returning to the same city each night.

What entry documents are needed for Türkiye?

Türkiye's visa position varies by passport and purpose. Verify the rule through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, when eligible, use only the official e-Visa service rather than an intermediary.

What is the best way to travel around Türkiye?

İstanbul's two airports and Antalya are the principal gateways for this itinerary. Domestic flights cover long cross-country legs, coaches serve many city pairs, and high-speed rail is most useful on the İstanbul-Ankara axis rather than as a universal substitute.

When is a practical time to visit Türkiye?

April to May and September to October are broad choices for combining İstanbul with the Mediterranean coast. Cappadocia nights, inland heat, and Antalya's coastal conditions differ, so confirm weather for each overnight base.

What money and payment basics apply in Türkiye?

Türkiye uses the Turkish lira (TRY). Keep lira available for smaller transport and market transactions even when cards are accepted, and review the displayed amount in TRY before agreeing to any card conversion.

What practical safety details should I save for Türkiye?

Dial 112 for emergencies in Türkiye. Electricity is 230 V through Type C and F sockets; tap-water safety is not recorded here, so obtain current local advice at each stop.