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Best places to visit in Türkiye
Türkiye has 235 places on BucketList (73 landmarks, 64 museums, 63 historical sites). These are the 24 most popular. Rate the ones you have been to, and save the rest to your bucket list.
Top places in Türkiye
- IstanbulCityLargest city in Turkey
- EdirneCityCentral district and city in Edirne Province, Turkey
- AnkaraCityCapital of Turkey
- Hagia SophiaMuseumMosque, museum, and former church in Istanbul, Turkey
- TroyHistorical SiteAncient Homeric-era city in northwest Asia Minor; it is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan war
- Mount AraratNatural SiteHighest peak in Turkey
- Mausoleum at HalicarnassusHistorical SiteOne of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Sultan Ahmed MosqueLandmarkHistoric mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey, also known as Blue Mosque
- Topkapı PalaceMuseumPalace museum in Istanbul, Turkey
- Göbekli TepeHistorical SiteNeolithic archaeological site in Turkey
- MiletusHistorical SiteAncient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
- HattusaHistorical SiteCapital of Hittite empire
- ÇatalhöyükHistorical SiteArchaeological site in Konya Province, Turkey
- Selimiye MosqueHistorical SiteMosque in Edirne, northwestern Turkey
- Mount NemrutHistorical SiteMountain and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
- AniHistorical SiteRuined medieval Armenian city in Kars, Turkey, and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- SardisHistorical SiteAncient city in Anatolia, today an archaeological site at Sart, Turkey
- Galata TowerLandmarkHistorical tower in İstanbul
- HierapolisHistorical SiteAncient city of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey
- Dolmabahçe PalaceLandmarkPalace in Istanbul, Turkey
- HalicarnassusHistorical SiteAncient Greek city in Caria, present day Bodrum in Turkey
- Taksim SquareLandmarkSquare in Istanbul, Turkey
- Mount ErciyesNatural SiteVolcano in Kayseri, Turkey
- NicomediaHistorical SiteAncient city of Bithynia in modern-day Turkey
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