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Türkiye

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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.

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

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

Planning a visit

  1. January: seasonal closure recorded
  2. February: seasonal closure recorded
  3. March: seasonal closure recorded
  4. April: seasonal closure recorded
  5. May: seasonal closure recorded
  6. June: seasonal closure recorded
  7. July: seasonal closure recorded
  8. August: seasonal closure recorded
  9. September: seasonal closure recorded — this month
  10. October: seasonal closure recorded
  11. November: seasonal closure recorded
  12. December: seasonal closure recorded

Top things to see

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

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Historic monuments 0 Museums 0 Places of worship 1 Nature sites 65 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 61 1 to 2 hours 3 Half a day or more 2

Interests

History 514 Art 60 Museums 93 Nature 93 Sea and beach 66 Viewpoints 27
  1. Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace
    01 2 hours

    Dolmabahçe Palace

    Dolmabahçe Sarayı

    Dolmabahçe is what the Ottoman empire built when it decided to look European, and what that decision cost.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  2. Gülhane Park Gülhane Park
    02 1 hour

    Gülhane Park

    Gülhane Parkı

    Gülhane Park is 9.7 hectares of shaded slope below Topkapı Palace, and for most of its life it was not a park at all but the palace's outer garden — ground the public did not enter.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  3. Göreme National Park Göreme National Park
    03 1 hour

    Göreme National Park

    Göreme Millî Parkı

    Göreme National Park is the wider landscape around Göreme village, while the principal visitor attraction in this listing is the Göreme Örenyeri, or Göreme Open-Air Museum.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Nevşehir
  4. Yıldız Park Yıldız Park
    04 1 hr 30 min

    Yıldız Park

    Yıldız Parkı

    Yıldız Park is a wooded hillside of 368,751 square metres — roughly thirty-seven hectares — climbing from the Beşiktaş shoreline to the ridge behind it.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  5. Gezi Park Gezi Park
    05 25 min

    Gezi Park

    Taksim Gezi Parkı

    Gezi Park is a terraced park of four hectares — 9.88 acres — occupying the ground immediately north of Taksim Square in Beyoğlu.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  6. Anıtkabir Anıtkabir
    06 1 hour

    Anıtkabir

    Anıtkabir is the mausoleum complex of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on Ankara’s Anıttepe hill. It is a national memorial and museum, with monumental architecture, landscaped grounds and galleries about the Turkish War of Independence and the founding period of the Republic.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  7. Lake Bafa Lake Bafa
    07 1 hour

    Lake Bafa

    Bafa Gölü

    Lake Bafa is a protected lake landscape where Muğla’s eastern shore meets the wider setting of Aydın’s Söke district. The Kapıkırı side is the practical base for exploring the water, rocky shore and Beşparmak Mountains.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Muğla
  8. Lake Köyceğiz Lake Köyceğiz
    08 1 hour

    Lake Köyceğiz

    Köyceğiz Gölü

    Lake Köyceğiz is a large natural lake beside Köyceğiz town in Muğla Province. Muğla Governorate gives its area as about 54 square kilometres, while the municipality describes the lake area as 6,300 hectares.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Muğla
  9. Emirgan Park Emirgan Park
    09 1 hr 30 min

    Emirgan Park

    Emirgan Korusu

    Emirgan Park is 470,000 square metres of wooded hillside above the European shore of the Bosphorus in Sarıyer, and it has been changing hands for as long as anyone has been writing things down.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  10. Polatlı
    10 1 hour

    Polatlı

    Polatlı is a municipal park in the centre of Polatlı, Ankara province, mapped as a leisure=park site.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  11. Saklıkent Canyon Saklıkent Canyon
    11 1 hour

    Saklıkent Canyon

    Saklıkent Millî Parkı

    Saklıkent Canyon is a natural gorge in Seydikemer district of Muğla, close to the Antalya provincial border. It is approximately 18 kilometres long, and Karaçay, a branch of the Eşen River, flows through it.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Muğla
  12. Haji Bektash Veli complex Haji Bektash Veli complex
    12 30 min

    Haji Bektash Veli complex

    Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli Türbesi

    The Haji Bektash Veli complex is a historic Bektashi lodge and museum in Hacıbektaş, Nevşehir Province.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
    • Nevşehir
  13. Lake Mogan Lake Mogan
    13 1 hour

    Lake Mogan

    Mogan Gölü

    Lake Mogan is a shallow natural lake and recreation destination in Gölbaşı district, about 25 kilometres south of Ankara. The lake covers approximately 5 square kilometres, and the surrounding Mogan Recreation Area provides a broad public park beside the water.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  14. Çankaya Mansion
    14 1 hour

    Çankaya Mansion

    Çankaya Köşkü

    Çankaya Mansion is a working state residence and workplace on Ankara’s Çankaya presidential campus, with a role that combines republican history and present-day government.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  15. Lake Eymir Lake Eymir
    15 1 hour

    Lake Eymir

    Eymir Gölü

    Lake Eymir is a protected lakeside recreation area associated with Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara. The site is suited to walking, cycling, birdwatching and quiet outdoor time rather than a conventional urban park.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  16. Eşek Island Eşek Island
    16 1 hour

    Eşek Island

    Kara Ada

    Eşek Island is a natural island off İzmir’s Çeşme Peninsula, on the eastern side of the Chios Strait, and is formerly known as Goni.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  17. İztuzu Beach İztuzu Beach
    17 1 hour

    İztuzu Beach

    İztuzu Plajı

    İztuzu Beach is a long, protected sandy shore in Ortaca district, south of Dalyan in Muğla. The beach stretches for approximately 5,400 metres and occupies a distinctive position between the Mediterranean and the lagoon and canal landscape behind the sand.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Muğla
  18. Gençlik Parkı Gençlik Parkı
    18 1 hour

    Gençlik Parkı

    Gençlik Parkı is a large municipal urban park in Ankara’s Ulus neighbourhood, between Ankara railway station and the Opera buildings. Ankara Metropolitan Municipality operates it, and the park opened on 19 May 1943.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  19. Kültürpark Kültürpark
    19 1 hour

    Kültürpark

    Kültürpark is İzmir’s major central urban park and fairground, established on 1 January 1936 under the leadership of Behçet Uz. Its 420,000-square-metre grounds combine mature greenery, public recreation, cultural attractions and event spaces in the centre of the city.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  20. Gediz Delta Gediz Delta
    20 1 hour

    Gediz Delta

    Gediz Deltası

    Gediz Delta is a vast wetland on İzmir’s northwestern edge, spreading across the districts of Çiğli, Menemen, Karşıyaka and Foça.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  21. Kuğulu Park Kuğulu Park
    21 1 hour

    Kuğulu Park

    Kuğulu Park is a compact public green space on Tunalı Hilmi Caddesi in Kavaklıdere, Çankaya, Ankara.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  22. Göksu Park Göksu Park
    22 1 hour

    Göksu Park

    Göksu Parkı

    Göksu Park is a distinctive lakeside recreation area in Göksu Mahallesi, Etimesgut, shaped by a 1.6-kilometre route around its lake rather than by a single building or monument.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  23. Dikmen Valley Dikmen Valley
    23 1 hour

    Dikmen Valley

    Dikmen Vadisi

    Dikmen Valley is a large public green corridor in Ankara’s Çankaya district, extending between the Dikmen and Ayrancı neighbourhoods. It follows a long, sloping valley rather than forming one enclosed attraction.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  24. Nimara Cave Nimara Cave
    24 1 hour

    Nimara Cave

    Nimara Magarasi

    Nimara Cave is an open-air archaeological attraction on the north-western slope of Cennet Island, also called Nimara Peninsula, in Marmaris, Muğla.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Muğla
  25. Güvenpark Güvenpark
    25 1 hour

    Güvenpark

    Güvenpark is the green civic space at the heart of Kızılay, in Ankara’s Çankaya district, beside Kızılay Square and Atatürk Boulevard.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  26. Altınpark Altınpark
    26 1 hour

    Altınpark

    Altınpark is a 640,000-square-metre recreation complex in Ankara’s Altındağ district, shaped by ponds, planted grounds and science, exhibition, meeting and leisure facilities.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  27. Mount Spil National Park Mount Spil National Park
    27 4 hours

    Mount Spil National Park

    Spil Dağı Millî Parkı

    Spil Dağı Milli Parkı is the protected forest on the mountain behind Manisa, opened to the public on 22 April 1968.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Manisa
  28. İnkaya Cave
    28 1 hour

    İnkaya Cave

    İnkaya Mağarası

    İnkaya Cave is a dry cave west of Yelki village, on the eastern side of Kocadağ in Güzelbahçe, İzmir. Its documented underground length is 222 metres, and the deepest point is 30 metres below the entrance.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  29. Esertepe Park Esertepe Park
    29 1 hour

    Esertepe Park

    Esertepe Parkı

    Esertepe Park is a municipal recreation area in Keçiören, positioned between the Esertepe and Etlik neighbourhoods. Its approximately 180,000-square-metre scale makes it a substantial hillside destination within Ankara rather than a small neighbourhood garden.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  30. Abdi İpekçi Park Abdi İpekçi Park
    30 1 hour

    Abdi İpekçi Park

    Abdi İpekçi Parkı

    Abdi İpekçi Park is a 33,120-square-metre memorial and recreation space on Sıhhiye Square in central Ankara.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  31. Buca Gölet Buca Gölet
    31 1 hour

    Buca Gölet

    Buca Gölet is a public recreation facility in Belenbaşı Mevkii, near the Sebze Hali in Kaynaklar, within İzmir’s Buca district.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  32. Wonderland Ankara Wonderland Ankara
    32 1 hour

    Wonderland Ankara

    Harikalar Diyarı

    Wonderland Ankara is a municipal urban park in Ankara’s Sincan district, around Fatih Mahallesi and Ayaş Yolu.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  33. 30 Ağustos Zafer Park
    33 1 hour

    30 Ağustos Zafer Park

    30 Ağustos Zafer Parkı

    30 Ağustos Zafer Park is a 166,000-square-metre municipal recreation area beside AŞTİ, Ankara’s intercity bus terminal.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  34. 50th Year Park 50th Year Park
    34 1 hour

    50th Year Park

    50. Yıl Parkı

    50. Yıl Parkı is a hillside public recreation area in Ankara’s 50. Yıl Mahallesi, above Ankara University’s Cebeci Campus in Çankaya. Its character comes from combining open-air recreation with a broad bird’s-eye view across Ankara.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  35. Lake Gölcük Lake Gölcük
    35 1 hour

    Lake Gölcük

    Gölcük

    Lake Gölcük is an alluvial-dammed lake in a tectonically defined depression at Gölcük Mahallesi, Ödemiş, İzmir. It sits on the Bozdağlar Plateau at approximately 1,050 metres above sea level, while the surrounding plateau averages about 1,100 metres.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  36. Meclis Park Meclis Park
    36 1 hour

    Meclis Park

    Meclis Parkı

    Meclis Park is a green area within the Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (TBMM) campus in Ankara’s Bakanlıklar district, beside Atatürk Bulvarı.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  37. Orange Blossom Park Orange Blossom Park
    37 1 hour

    Orange Blossom Park

    Portakal Çiçeği Vadisi

    Orange Blossom Park is a neighbourhood recreation space in Aziziye, within Ankara’s Çankaya district, on Portakal Çiçeği Park İçi Yolu.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  38. Buca Yedigöller
    38 1 hour

    Buca Yedigöller

    Yedigöller

    Buca Yedigöller is a neighbourhood recreation area in İzmir, set among the Çağdaş, İzkent, Karanfil, Gaziler and Murathan neighbourhoods.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  39. Çamaltı Salt Pan
    39 1 hour

    Çamaltı Salt Pan

    Çamaltı Tuzlası

    Çamaltı Salt Pan is a working coastal salt-production landscape inside İzmir’s Gediz Delta, where shallow evaporation ponds, embankments and wetland habitats meet.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  40. Kordon Kordon
    40 1 hour

    Kordon

    Kordonboyu

    Kordon is İzmir’s bayfront promenade, stretching between Konak and Alsancak Port along the central shore of İzmir Bay. Its defining experience is movement beside open water: a continuous urban route where the bay, city frontage and everyday public life meet.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  41. Tulumtaş Cave
    41 1 hour

    Tulumtaş Cave

    Tulumtaş Mağarası

    Tulumtaş Cave is a fossil cave in Tulumtaş Mahallesi, within Ankara’s Gölbaşı district, in the Karayatak area beside the Ankara Ring Road.

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  42. 100. Yıl Cumhuriyet Millet Bahçesi
    42 1 hour

    100. Yıl Cumhuriyet Millet Bahçesi

    100. Yıl Cumhuriyet Millet Bahçesi is a municipal public recreation area in Ege Mahallesi, on Natoyolu Caddesi in Mamak, Ankara.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  43. 1550. Cadde Yürüyüş Parkı
    43 1 hour

    1550. Cadde Yürüyüş Parkı

    1550. Cadde Yürüyüş Parkı is a completed municipal neighbourhood park on 1550. Cadde in Çiğdem Mahallesi, within Ankara’s Çankaya district. Its identity is practical and local: a 12,451-square-metre outdoor space designed around walking, running, exercise and pauses between everyday journeys.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  44. 1554. cadde yeşil alan
    44 1 hour

    1554. cadde yeşil alan

    1554. Cadde Yeşil Alan is a mapped pocket of greenery beside 1554. Cadde in Çiğdem Mahallesi, within Ankara’s Çankaya district.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Ankara
  45. 66 Evler Parkı
    45 1 hour

    66 Evler Parkı

    66 Evler Parkı is a neighbourhood green space in Yenikent Mahallesi, Urla, within İzmir Province.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • İzmir
  46. Çetinkaya Park
    46 1 hour

    Çetinkaya Park

    Çetinkaya Park is a neighbourhood outdoor park on Bahtiyar Tosunbaş Caddesi in Hafsa Sultan, Yunusemre, Manisa. Its defining documented feature is a network of running paths renewed with an acrylic surface by Yunusemre Municipality’s Park and Gardens Directorate.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Manisa
  47. Fethiye Limanı
    47 1 hour

    Fethiye Limanı

    Fethiye Limanı is a public harbour and quay on Fethiye’s waterfront, linking the Karagözler shoreline with the İskele area. Its identity is practical and maritime: visitors orient themselves among quays, boats and passenger departures rather than enter an enclosed attraction.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Muğla
  48. Gülbahçe Parkı
    48 1 hour

    Gülbahçe Parkı

    Gülbahçe Parkı, also known in newer municipal references as Tarık Kesekçi Parkı, is a compact green space in central Nevşehir.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Nevşehir
  49. Kula Volcanic Geopark Kula Volcanic Geopark
    49 4 hours

    Kula Volcanic Geopark

    Kula Volkanik Jeoparkı

    Kula-Salihli UNESCO Global Geopark, signed locally as Kula Volkanik Jeoparkı, is a 2,320 square kilometre protected volcanic landscape spanning the Kula and Salihli districts of Manisa Province, roughly 100 km east of Manisa city.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Manisa
  50. Lava Cave
    50 1 hour

    Lava Cave

    Lav Mağarası

    Lav Mağarası is a named lava-cave geosite in Kula Divlit Volcanic Park, within Kula district of Manisa. It is a natural volcanic formation rather than a built attraction with galleries, lighting or exhibition rooms.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Manisa
  51. Manolya Meydanı
    51 1 hour

    Manolya Meydanı

    Manolya Meydanı is a named public square in central Manisa where everyday movement, meetings and civic activity come together.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Manisa
  52. Necdi Şentürk Şehir Parkı
    52 1 hour

    Necdi Şentürk Şehir Parkı

    Necdi Şentürk Şehir Parkı is an urban recreation area in İnönü Mahallesi, within Akhisar’s central Kültürpark area in Manisa province. It is also referred to as Kültürpark and Şehit Yüzbaşı Necdi Şentürk Parkı.

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Manisa
  53. Yenikapı Square Yenikapı Square
    53 1 hour

    Yenikapı Square

    Yenikapı Şehir Parkı

    • High
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  54. Abbasağa park Abbasağa park
    54 1 hour

    Abbasağa park

    Abbasağa Parkı

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  55. Beylerbeyi Park Beylerbeyi Park
    55 1 hour

    Beylerbeyi Park

    Beylerbeyi Parkı

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul
  66. Topkapı Park Topkapı Park
    66 1 hour

    Topkapı Park

    Topkapı Şehir Parkı

    • Notable
    • Nature site
    • Istanbul

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

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.