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Western Anatolia
The minaret of the Fatih Cami soars above the squat red-brick structure that was originally built as the Hagios Stephanos-Hinolakkos Church in the 8th…
Western Anatolia
The minaret of the Fatih Cami soars above the squat red-brick structure that was originally built as the Hagios Stephanos-Hinolakkos Church in the 8th…
Bursa
Sultan Murat I (r 1359–89), most famous for the Battle of Kosovo that claimed his life, is interred in this huge sarcophagus opposite the Hudavendigar…
Western Anatolia
A 10-minute walk northwest of the main square, Zafer Meydanı, this heritage street of renovated Ottoman houses includes restaurants, cafes and a museum…
Sultan Murat II (Muradiye) Cami
Bursa
The Sultan Murat II (Muradiye) Cami (1426) imitates the painted decorations of Yeşil Cami, another of Bursa's great Ottoman mosques, and features an…
Bursa
Atatürk House (1895) commemorates the great leader in a pine-scented garden setting. The restored structure contains mostly original furnishings from when…
Pamukkale
The twin-towered ruins of the Arch of Domitian are at the northern end of Hierapolis. Just before them is the surprisingly large latrine building, with…
Bursa
This is the only surviving clock tower of a group of four that once crowned Bursa's old citadel district. The towers were also used as the city's fire…
Western Anatolia
The toppled ruins of a 15,000-seat Roman theatre are concealed down Tiyatro Sokak. From here you can continue walking to the southwestern Saray Gate and…
Western Anatolia
Located amid the restored Ottoman houses of Germiyan Sokak, 10 minutes northwest of the main square, Kütahya's City Museum presents a good overview of the…
Sultan Murat II (Muradiye) Hamamı
Bursa
The 15th-century Sultan Murat II Hamamı was once where medrese (seminary) students bathed. It is now a government building. It's part of the Muradiye…
Bursa
Hacı Sevinç Cami is located amid the winding and labyrinthine streets of Bursa's Tahtakale district, just south of Atatürk Caddesi, and is part of Bursa's…
Eskişehir
This former inn opened in 1890, and Atatürk stayed here in 1920 during his military campaigning. The rooms have been restored and host exhibits on Atatürk…
Bursa
Stately theatre named after Ahmet Vefik Pasa (1823–1891), a Greek-Ottoman statesman who was briefly (for four months in 1878) the Grand Vizier of the…
Bursa
This museum's small collection ranges from beautiful Roman pottery and figurines to stone tools and artefacts dating back to the Paleolithic era.
Western Anatolia
Built in 1410, Kütahya's grand mosque has chunky marble pillars and intricate Arabic calligraphy decoration bordering its arches and domes.
Pamukkale
This large latrine building at Hierapolis has two floor channels, for sewage and for fresh water.
Western Anatolia
The restored Şeyh Kutbettin Cami (1492) lies across the road to the south of the İznik Museum.
Pamukkale
The first monument you come to if you enter Hierapolis at the south gate is this 5th-century travertine block and marble gate.
Pamukkale
Hierapolis' scant Byzantine church ruins are a bit of a jumble and difficult to decipher. They're behind the museum.
Bursa
This restored 17th-century house has a beautiful exterior and a few Ottoman dioramas inside.
Western Anatolia
Dating from 1332, the centrally located Hacı Özbek Cami is one of İznik's oldest mosques.
Bursa
The stately Eski Belediye stands between Atatürk Caddesi and Bursa's flower markets.
Eskişehir
The garden area beside the TÜLOMSAŞ Factory (Turkey's biggest manufacturer of railway locomotives) is devoted to an open-air museum of TÜLOMSAŞ'…
Western Anatolia
Only slight remnants remain of this gate that leads to the lake in İznik's Roman-Byzantine fortifications.
Eskişehir
A compact museum adjacent to the railway station that's really only for train buffs, but it's worth a look if you're waiting on a departure.
Bursa
This monument celebrates Bursa's tradition of shadow puppetry; it's opposite the Karagöz Museum.
Western Anatolia
This sparse area, next door to the II Murat Hamamı, was once the site of Ottoman-era kilns.
Bursa
This statue, near Şehreküstü metro station on the eastern edge of the city centre, is a good landmark to get your bearings by.
Bursa
Central Cumhuriyet Alanı (Republic Sq) is also called Heykel (statue) after this large Atatürk monument.