Hiking and Exploration Trekkers dream of Cappadocia as the region’s hiking routes have very beautiful vista points that combine natural beauty with rock-cut churches, highlighting the remains of ...

But in Turkey, the investment in Jewish heritage sites is coinciding with what critics call state-sponsored antisemitism and a vehemently anti-Israel agenda led by Erdoğan, whom the U.S. State ...

A freshly uncovered sarcophagus from St. Nicholas Church in Turkey could hold the body of the saint behind the legendary ...

Besides running the business, Karagözoğlu spends his time driving through Anatolia, trying to preserve a part of Turkey’s endangered heritage, uncovering the winemaking grapes that time forgot. He was ...

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In 1934 it became a museum and is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Islamists in Turkey long called for it to be converted to a mosque but secular opposition members opposed the move. The proposal ...

An ancient sarcophagus discovered by a farmer in Iznik, Turkey, sheds light on the city's ancient origins and rich history.