The ruins of the legendary city of the Trojan War, with nine layers of settlement over 4,000 years, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A wooden horse stands at the entrance. The new Troy Museum nearby is excellent.
The ruins themselves are modest. It's near Çanakkale, which is also the base for visiting the Gallipoli battlefields.
The battlefields of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, where Allied forces, including Australians and New Zealanders, fought the Ottomans.
The restaurant where İskender kebab was invented, run by the same family since 1867.
One of the best-preserved ancient cities in the Mediterranean, once the capital of Roman Asia Minor with up to 250,000 people.
One of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world, begun in 1461.
Built between 1609 and 1616, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is famous for its six minarets, its cascading domes and the more than 20,000 blue İznik tiles th…
A vast underground Byzantine water reservoir built in the 6th century, with 336 marble columns rising from the water, dimly lit, and two Medusa heads…
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