15 Top Tourist Attractions In Turkey

A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure, adventure, amusement, and medical services for aging travelers. A&D has compiled a list of top tourist attractions in Turkey for your travel bucket list.

Many tourist attractions are also landmarks. Natural beauties, such as beaches, tropical island resorts with coral reefs, and hiking and camping in national parks, mountains, and forests, are traditional tourist attractions for summer vacations. Other examples of cultural tourist attractions include historical places, monuments, ancient temples, zoos, aquaria, museums and art galleries, botanical gardens, buildings and structures (e.g., castles, libraries, former prisons, skyscrapers, bridges), theme parks and carnivals, living history museums, ethnic enclave communities, historic trains, and cultural events.

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01. Galata Tower

Photo by: Michał Sacharewicz

02. Chora Church

Photo by: Jannick Tessier

03. Basilica Cistern

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04. Dolmabahce Palace

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05. Suleymaniye Mosque

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06. Blue Mosque

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07. Hagia Sophia

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08. Aspendos Theatre

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09. Patara Beach

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10. Pamukkale

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11. Bodrum Castle

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12. Mount Nemrut

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13. Olüdeniz

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14. Library of Celsus

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15. Göreme Fairy Chimneys

Photo by: Emre Ersahin/Flickr

About Turkey:

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is off the south coast. Most of the country’s citizens are ethnic Turks, while Kurds are the most significant ethnic minority. Ankara is Turkey’s capital and second-largest city; Istanbul is its largest city and main financial center.

One of the world’s earliest permanently settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to critical Neolithic sites like Göbekli Tepe. Ancient civilizations, including the Hattians, Hittites, Anatolian peoples, Mycenaean Greeks, Persians, and others, inhabited it.

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