2. İZMİR
İzmir is a beautiful port city of in Turkey.
The ancient city of Ephesus and Virgin Mary’s House are in İzmir.
It’s the third biggest city with 4 million inhabitants.
10. The House of the Virgin Mary is the place where Mary, the mother of Jesus,
spent the last years of her life. She was supposed to arrive at Ephesus together
with St. John and lived there in the years 37-45 CE until her Assumption
(according to Catholic doctrine) or Dormition (according to Orthodox belief).
33. Apart from being a nice beach, Ölüdeniz Babadağ Mountain is
very popular with paragliding.
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36. Sumela Monastery is a
Greek Orthodox
monastery dedicated to
the Virgin Mary at Melá
Mountain, Trabzon. It is
estimated that it was built
1000 years ago.
37. MOUNT NEMRUT
in Adıyaman is the Hierotheseion (temple-tomb and house of the gods)
built by the late Hellenistic King Antiochos I of Commagene (69-34 B.C.)
as a monument to himself.
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39. CAPPADOCIA
It is a historic area of Central Anatolia Region.
It has a lunar-like landscape(Fairy chimneys)
The caves and underground cities
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42. TROY
The city of Troy is
located on the western
part of Turkey,in
Çanakkale.
45. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar (Aghtamar) Island,
in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, is a medieval Armenian Apostolic
cathedral built in 915 AD.
46. Two of the seven marvels of ancient world are in Anatolia.
The temple of Artemis in
Ephesus,İzmir.
The mausoleum at
Halikarnassos,Bodrum
