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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: WHAT TO VISIT IN TURKEY
TURKEY
 

Tourist attractions: A country of sun and history, Turkey straddles the point where Europe and Asia meet. Surrounded by the crystal clear waters, Turkey generously offers her 8000km long shores. Twenty fascinating civilizations render Turkey the heir of 10.000 years old history, these civilization have left temples, theaters, agoras, churches, mosques, medresseh, palaces and caravanserais. A travel in Turkey can space from the visit to the most important archaeological centers of the ancient civilizations Hittites, Persian, Greek, Roman, Bizanthium, Selgiuchids, Ottoman. Places not to lack are Istanbul, the Cappadocia, Efeso, Smirne, the wonderful Mediterranean coast with the historical and bathing centers of Antalya, Bodrum, Alanya. Wonderful are also the natural landscapes of mountains of the Tauro and the Anatolic plateau.

Unesco has inscribed 9 Turkish sites in the World Heritage List: the Archaeological Site of Troy (1998), the City of Safranbolu (1994), the Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği (1985), Hattusha: the Hittite Capital (1986), the Historic Areas of Istanbul (1985), Nemrut Dağ (1987), Xanthos-Letoon (1988), Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (1985), Hierapolis-Pamukkale (1988).

 

Between the properties submitted on the Tentative List are: Ephesus (1994), Karain Cave (1994), Sümela Monastery (The Monastery of Virgin Mary) (2000), Alahan Monastery (2000), St. Nicholas Church (2000), Harran and Sanliurfa (2000), The Tombstones of Ahlat the Urartian and Ottoman citadel (2000), The Citadel and the Walls of Diyarbakir (2000), Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (2000), Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization (2000), Alanya (2000), Mardin Cultural Landscape (2000), Bursa and Cumalikizik Early Ottoman urban and rural settlements (2000), Edirne Selimiye Mosque (2000), St.Paul Church, St.Paul's Well and surrounding historic quarters (2000), Ishak Pasha Palace (2000), Kekova (2000), Güllük Dagi-Termessos National Park (2000).

 

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