Tokat is an important ancient Roman city in Turkey. It became part of the Danismend Turkmen principality in 1071 CE and prospered from trade between Anatolia and Persia. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and a major metropolitan area, known for landmarks like the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and Grand Bazaar. The Pool of Abraham in Şanlıurfa is a holy site in Islam believed to be where Abraham was thrown into a fire that Allah turned to water, making it an important pilgrimage site.

3. TOKAT

4. TOKAT
Tokat is the site of the important ancient Roman
city of Comana of Pontus, which was destroyed
in 47 BCE by the Romans. In 1071 CE, it became
a part of the Danismend Turkmen principality,
and one of its principal cities. The region
prospered from the trade between Anatolia and
Persia.

5. TOKAT – BALLICA CAVE

6. TOKAT – BALLICA CAVE

7. MUSEUM

8. TAŞHAN

9. TAŞHAN

10. MEDRESES OF YAĞIBASAN

11. MEDRESES OF YAĞIBASAN

12. TOKAT – MAHPERİ HATUN CARAVANSARY

13. TOKAT – GÖKMEDRESE

14. TOKAT – GÖKMEDRESE

15. MAŞAT HÖYÜK
Maşat Höyük is
a Bronze Age
Hittite
archaeological
site 100 km
nearly east of
Boğazkale/Hattu
sa, about 20 km
south of Zile,
Tokat Province.

16. ALİ PAŞA MOSQUE

17. TOKAT – THE LAKE KAZ

18. TOKAT – ZİLE CASTLE

19. İSTANBUL

20. İSTANBUL
İSTANBUL is the most populated city in Turkey.
It is the 3rd largest metropolitan area in
Europe after London and Moscow.

21. BLUE MOSQUE
The cascading domes and six slender minarets of the Sultanahmet Mosque
(better known as the "Blue Mosque") dominate the skyline of Istanbul.

22. With its massive central dome flanked by six slender minarets, the Blue
Mosque stands as the single most recognizable monument on the Istanbul
skyline. Built between 1609-1616 during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I,
the enormous complex also included a hospital, caravansary, public kitchen,
marketplace, schools and the Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmet I. The mosque's
immense interior, flooded with sunlight streaming through 260 windows, is
decorated with more than 20,000 precious Iznik tiles detailing traditional
flowers of Ottoman design. In fact, it is the deep blue glow of the tiles in
sunlight that gives the building its name.

23. HAGIA SOPHIA

24. HAGIA SOPHIA
It was built by Byzantine Emperor Constantine in the fourth
century and reconstructed by Justinian in 537 A.D., this was
the greatest church in Christendom for a thousand years, and
remains an architectural masterpiece to this day.

25. TOPKAPI PALACE

26. TOPKAPI PALACE
The Topkapı Palace is a large palace in Istanbul, Turkey that was one
of the major residences of the Ottoman sultans for almost 400 years
(1465–1856) of their 624-year reign.

27. DOLMABAHÇE PALACE
One of the main entrance of the Dolmabahçe Palace

28. DOLMABAHÇE PALACE
Built in the mid-19th century by Sultan Abdülmecit, the Dolmabahçe
Palace occupies an impressive 2,000-foot waterfront site on the
Bosphorus, its most important feature being the vast reception salon
with 56 towering columns and a huge 750-bulb crystal chandelier
weighing well over four tons. The Bird Pavilion, where birds from all
over the world were once kept, is another attraction. Atatürk, the
founder of the Turkish Republic, died here in 1938.

29. BEYLERBEYİ PALACE
Beylerbeyi Palace from the Bosphorus

30. GALATA TOWER

31. GALATA TOWER
One of the city's
most striking
landmarks, it is a
high, cone-capped
cylinder that
dominates the
skyline and offers a
panoramic vista of
Istanbul's historic
peninsula and its
environs.

32. THE TOWER OF LEANDER

33. THE TOWER OF LEANDER
Long regarded as one of the most romantic symbols of
Istanbul, the tower was first constructed in the 12th
century on a tiny islet at the entrance to the city; the
present building dates from the 1700's.

34. THE GRAND BAZAAR

35. THE GRAND BAZAAR
The Grand Bazaar
(Turkish:Kapalıçarşı,
meaning ‘Covered
Market’) in Istanbul
is one of the largest
and oldest covered
markets in the
world, with 61
covered streets and
over 4,000 shops
which attract
between 250,000
and 400,000 visitors
daily.

36. BURDUR – THE LAKE SALDA
Lake Salda is a mid-size crater lake
in southwestern Turkey

37. İZMİR - EPHESUS
There are a lot of antique sites in Turkey such as
Ephesus, Pergamum, Perge, Troy, Hierapolis, Hoodoos.

38. NEVŞEHİR - CAPPADOCIA
The Cappadocian Region located in the center of the Anatolian Region of
Turkey, with its valley, canyon, hills and unusual rock formation created as a
result of the eroding rains and winds of thousands of years of the level.

39. ADIYAMAN-MOUNT NEMRUT
Mount Nemrut is notable for the summit where a number of large statues
are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st
century BC.

40. VAN – AKDAMAR ISLAND
Breathtaking in the beauty of its surroundings, the ruined church of
Akdamar Island in Lake Van represents one of the most sublime
examples of Armenian religious architecture.

41. ŞANLIURFA - GÖBEKLİTEPE
The first evidence of man presence in the world

42. ÇANAKKALE-TROY
Troy, identified as the site of the Trojan War

43. TRABZON – SÜMELA MONASTERY
The Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to
the Virgin Mary at Melá Mountain within the Pontic Mountains range,
in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey.

44. MUĞLA - ÖLÜDENİZ
Ölüdeniz (literally Dead Sea, due to its calm waters even during
storms; official translation name Blue Lagoon) is a small village
and beach resort in the Fethiye district of Muğla Province

45. PAMUKKALE
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli
Province in southwestern Turkey. The city contains hot springs and
travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water.

46. KONYA - MEVLANA

47. KONYA - MEVLANA
*The Mevlâna Museum,
located in Konya,
Turkey, is the
mausoleum of Jalal
ad-Din Muhammad
Rumi, a Persian
people Sufi mystic
also known as
Mevlâna or Rumi. It
was also the dervish
lodge (tekke) of the
Mevlevi order, better
known as the whirling
dervishes.

48. ŞANLIURFA - THE POOL OF
ABRAHAM (BALIKLIGÖL)

49. ŞANLIURFA - THE POOL OF
ABRAHAM (BALIKLIGÖL)
This pool is
believed by
Muslims to be the
place where
Abraham was
thrown into the
fire by Nimrod.

50. ŞANLIURFA - THE POOL OF
ABRAHAM (BALIKLI GÖL)
Abraham is mentioned in
three major religions,
Christianity, Islam and
Judaism but in Islam, he
is called Ibrahim.
The pool is a special
place for practicing
Muslims because of the
importance of Ibrahim.
He was the same
prophet who was
prepared to sacrifice his
son for Allah.

51. ŞANLIURFA - THE POOL OF
ABRAHAM (BALIKLI GÖL)
The story says that when
Ibrahim landed in the fire,
Allah turned the flames to
water and the burning logs
into fish, hence the
translation of the Turkish
name into “lake of fish”.
Since Abraham / Ibrahim is
also a prominent figure of
Christianity, the pool is on
the agenda of most Christian
tours throughout Turkey.