What can you do in Istanbul

What can you do in Istanbul

There are many things  to do in Istanbul city. With its natural beauty, Bosphorus, history, culture and daily city life.  Istanbul is very big a city worth seeing.

• Istanbul Daily Tours

  

  Walking Tour (What can you do in Istanbul)

Walking Old City Tours; The first places to visit in Istanbul are the historical peninsula because important historical monuments such as museums and mosques are here. Historical peninsula tours are guided walking tours since it is a pedestrian zone, closed to vehicle traffic. There are tours in full day or half day, morning and afternoon. We recommend that you take a full day tour. During the guided walking tours, places such as Blue Mosque, Hippodrome Square, Hagia Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace Museum, Basilica Cistern, Grand Bazaar are visited. Full day tours include lunch from traditional Turkish cuisine.

For a second day tour; there are different tours if you want to visit other places. For example; You can visit places such as Spice Bazaar, Dolmabahce Palace, Camlıca Hill, Golden Horn, City Walls, Kariye Church Museum, Pierre Loti Hill on a full day. This tour is accompanied by a local guide and a minivan. Lunch including from traditional Turkish cuisine.

• Istanbul Bosphorus Boat Tours

Bosphorus Short Boat Tours; The most beautiful place of Istanbul is undoubtedly the natural beauty of the Bosphorus. Istanbul is the only city in the world that is two continents.

When you come to Istanbul, you should definitely take a Bosphorus boat tour on the Bosphorus. Watching the beauty with a boat tour between the continents of Europe and Asia will make you happy. Daily boat tours are organized in the morning and afternoon, 2-hour short tours.

Bosphorus Full Day Tour; Combining with the boat and minivan, long tours are organized as a full day tour. You can visit the Bosphorus boat tour with the local guide, Dolmabahce Palace, Spice Bazaar and Camlica Hill. Lunch is include in the tour. You travel the European and Asian continents both by boat and by minibus.

Dinner Cruise Tours are organize in the evening at Bosphorus. Daytime boat tours are organize for cultural purposes and nighttime boat tours are organize for entertainment purposes.

• Istanbul Hop-On Hop-Off Double Deck Bus Tour

You can take a hop-on hop-off tour with double-decker buses in Istanbul. The main stops are Sultanahmet Square and Taksim Square. There are intermediate stops such as Eminönü, Sirkeci, Karaköy, Tophane, Dolmabahce, Tepebasi. These buses, which do not have a live local guide, have automatic guides that provide information from the headset in 8 different languages. Two different companies move on different routes every day, every hour. The worst part of Istanbul is the crowde vehicle traffic. It gets worse at work, rainy weather. If you want to tour these buses, pay attention to the traffic.

• Day Tours from Istanbul by Minibus

Daily tours with minibuses are also organize to places close to Istanbul. You will be pick up from your hotel early in the morning and drop off back to your hotel when the tour ends.

Princes’ Islands; Princes’ Islands are popular places for those who live in Istanbul. There are 4 major islands to visit. It is Buyukada, Heybeliada, Kinaliada and Burgazada. Daily guided tour, it will take you to Büyükkada and Heybeliada. Princes’ Islands are 1 hour distance from Istanbul by boat.

Bursa Tour;  Bursa is the first capital city Ottoman imperial. You can see Green Mosque, Silk market and cable car to Uludag. It is 3 hours driving distance from Istanbul. Full day tour lunch including.

Sapanca Tour; Sapanca and Masukiye is green place. Masukiye waterfall and Sapanca lake will be interesting. It is 2 hours driving distance from Istanbul. Full day tour lunch including.

Edirne Tour; Edirne is the second capital city for Ottoman imperial. You can see great Selimiye mosque, Old mosque, Beyazid musical terapy center and Meric river. It is 2,5  hours driving distance from Istanbul. Full day tour lunch including.

Sile-Agva Tour; Sile and Agva at the black sea cost villages in the Istanbul. You can see village life, Agva river and black see beach. It is 2 hours driving distance from Istanbul. Full day tour lunch including.

If you like to go tour with tour agency will pick you from your hotel in the morning. When tour finish they drop off you back to your hotel. Just contact to them.

• Day Tours from Istanbul by Flight

Daily tours are also organize by plane to places far from Istanbul. You will be pick up from your hotel early in the morning and drop off back to your hotel when the evening tour ends.

Cappadocia Tour; You will be pick up from your hotel early in the morning and transfer to Istanbul airport. When you arrive at the Cappadocia airport, you will be pick up by a minibus. You will be transfer to the starting point of the tour. You can experience an unforgettable day by visiting Cappadocia tour with a full-day local guide and minibus. Museum entrances and local lunches are including. You will be drop off at Cappadocia airport. When you arrive at Istanbul airport, you will be drop off back at your hotel in Istanbul.

Pamukkale Tour; You will be pick up from your hotel early in the morning and transfer to Istanbul airport. When you arrive at Denizli airport, you will be taken by minibus. You will be transfer to the starting point of the tour. You will have an unforgettable day by visiting Pamukkale tour with a full-day local guide and minibus. Museum entrances and local lunches are including. At the end of the tour, you will be drop to Denizli airport. When you arrive at Istanbul airport, you will be drop off back at your hotel in Istanbul.

Ephesus Tour; You will be pick up from your hotel early in the morning and transfer to Istanbul airport. When you arrive at Izmir airport, you will be taken by minibus. You will be transfer to the starting point of the tour. You will experience an unforgettable day by visiting the Ephesus and Virgin Mary House with a full-day local guide and minibus. Museum entrances and local lunches are including. After the tour, you will be drop off at Izmir airport. When you arrive at Istanbul airport, you will be drop off back at your hotel in Istanbul.

• Istanbul Whirling Dervish Show

The real place of the sema show is Konya. The Seb-i Arûs Ceremonies, the most spectacular example of the Sema Show, are organize every year in December in Konya. However, a show for touristic purposes is also held in Istanbul.

Hocapasa Cultural Center; The most known place is the Hocapasa cultural center in Sirkeci, near the train station. There is a show every evening at 7pm. It takes about 1 hour performance.

Sirkeci Train Station Orient Express Hall; There is also a show in the Orient Express hall inside the Sirkeci train station. This show is not everday. This is Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It is at 7pm.

Galata Mevlevihanesi; There is also performance in the famous Galata Mevlevihane. It is every mount one time on last sunday.

• Istanbul Nights

Dinner Cruise on the Bosphorus; The best night entertainment in Istanbul is Dinner cruise boat tour on the Bosphorus. There are delicious food, drinks, belly dancer, folk dance and other similar show entertainment. You will have fun with the night view of the Bosphorus. Boats usually depart at 21:00. Will return after 3 hours.

Kumkapi Fish Village; There are many fish restaurants here. The songs sung by street musicians accompanied by delicious meals will give you a pleasant time.

Taksim; There are night clubs and restaurants with international food and belly dancer in Taksim square area.

Istiklal Street; There are some night clubs, working until morning. It is always a crowde street. This is the most crowded street of Istanbul.

Nevizade; Beer is server at small tables on the small streets. It is a place where there are many young people and students.

Flower Passage; It is on Istiklal Avenue. There are very nice fish restaurants inside . You can get your drink in beer houses. It is a beautiful old building.

Ortaköy; It is a beautiful seaside place with restaurants and cafes in the streets.

Galata Bridge; There are fish restaurants under the bridge. You will have a pleasant time at the seafront.

Bosphorus; There are many beautiful fish restaurants on the seafront in the Bosphorus at Asian side or Europen side. These are more expensive than other places.

• Istanbul Legoland

Istanbul Legoland; is in Forum Istanbul shopping center in Bayrampasa, Istanbul. It is great place for children. They can play with legos and inside Miniland, 4D cinema, Kingdom quest, Creative workshop, Merlin’s apprentice and cafee shop. You can go to Forum shopping center by metro from Aksaray station.

• Istanbul Theme Parks

  

  Isfanbul  (What can you do in Istanbul)

Isfanbul (Vialand); Turkey’s first theme park. It is on the European side. It is a place where you can enjoy shopping and entertainment with its outdoor activity areas. There are very nice games and water parks for children to have fun.

Tuzla Marina ViaSea; It is on the Asian side of Istanbul. There are shopping streets, shops, food and beverage points. There are outdoor activity areas and shopping places. Lionpark and Viasea Aquarium will also attract your attention. Istanbul city center is about 1 hour by car. It is worth going because it is a good entertainment place.

• Istanbul Aquariums

Florya Istanbul Aquarium; It is among the largest thematic aquariums in the world, locate within the Aqua Florya Shopping Center. With its travel route, theme, rain forest and new generation technology, it hosts 17 thousand sea creatures. There are 17 themes and 1 rainforest. Florya Aquarium Istanbul, Turkey’s first penguins, the sand tiger sharks and red-bellied piranhas are now staying.

Istanbul Sea Life Aquarium; Istanbul Sea Life Aquarium is in Forum Istanbul shopping center in Bayrampaşa, Istanbul. This is Turkey’s largest aquarium. It is among the largest aquariums in the world, with an 80-meter glass underwater observation tunnel. They offers visitors the opportunity to study more than 10 thousand sea creatures, including rare sharks, stingrays, octopuses and sea turtles.

Tuzla Marina ViaSea Aquarium; Located on the Asian side, the world’s first climate-themed aquarium. ViaSea Aquarium is the longest and widest aquarium tunnel in Istanbul with its 88-meter tunnel aquarium. More than 12,000 sea creatures await you in 47 different theme exhibitions. A fun filled with sharks awaits you in Istanbul’s longest underwater aquarium tunnel.

Emarr Aquarium; It is in Emaar Shopping Center on the Asian Side. There are over 20,000 marine creatures from 200 species, including the Rocky Tank, the Main Tank including the tunnel aquarium, the Forests, Rivers and Waterfalls, the Penguin Island, the Crocodile Kingdom, and the thematic sections.

• Istanbul Miniaturk

Miniaturk is also named as the “Showcase of Turkey”, where you can find many important structures of Turkey in small scales, models of architectural master pieces representing the Anatolian and Ottoman civilizations. Models of 105 historical and architectural work you can see here.

• Istanbul Historical Turkish Baths

  

  Turkish Bath (What can you do in Istanbul)

Cagaloglu Bath; Cagaloglu Turkish Bath built in 1741. It is one of the historical baths of Istanbul. It is on Yerebatan Street starting from the Basilica Cistern. Cagaloglu Bath is the only Turkish bath in the New York Times ‘1000 Places to See Before Death’ list.

Cemberlitas Bath; Cemberlitas Bath built in 1584. It is one of the oldest baths in Istanbul. It is one of the most preferred baths for tourists with its location close to the Grand Bazaar.

Süleymaniye Bath; The Süleymaniye Bath built in 1552. It is one of the oldest baths in Istanbul and is a very popular place. The most important feature that distinguishes the Süleymaniye Bath from other baths is that it accepts couples together. There is no distinction between men and women in traditional bath culture in this bath. It is the most preferred bath by foreign couples who want to experience the Turkish bath experience together.

Galatasaray Bath; Galatasaray Bath  built in 1461. As it is locate in Beyoglu district, it attracts the attention of local and foreign tourists. It is an ideal bathhouse for those staying near Taksim Square.

Aga Bath; Aha Bath is the oldest Turkish bath. Since it built in 1454. It is locate in Cihangir district of Beyoglu. It is one of the rare baths where couples can enter together.

• 3 Big football teams of Istanbul

  

  Besiktas Stadium

Istanbul has 3 world-famous football teams. Their matches are always exciting. Tribune shows are interesting. Derby matches they play in Istanbul are very high excitement. It is a nice activity for football fans to go to the match.

Besiktas; (1903 – Black and White) is Turkey’s oldest sports club. It has a symbol as a Black Eagle. Besiktas stadium is the closest and easiest to the city center. The stadium capacity is 45.000 people. It is opposite the Dolmabahce Palace. You can easily go from Taksim and Sultanahmet.

Galatasaray; (1905 – Yellow and Red) It has a symbol as Lions. There is a metro transportation to go to Galatasaray stadium. The stadium capacity is 54.000 people. You need to take the metro from Taksim square and walk 10 minutes after getting off at Seyrantepe metro station.

Fenerbahce; (1907 – Yellow and Navy) Yellow Canaries are the symbol. Fenerbahce stadium is on the Asian side. The stadium capacity is 52.000 people. First you should go to Kadıköy by ferry. You need to walk 20 minutes from Kadıköy port to the stadium. Or you can take a taxi from Kadiköy.

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Traditional Turkish Culture

Turkish people attach great importance to traditional national values. Turks have a very long history. Traditional Turkish culture that has been formed throughout this history always stands out. One of these traditional values ​​is national and religious holidays. Values ​​such as love, peace, tolerance and coexistence are important for Turkish people in every holiday. When national holidays come, people and especially children spend great excitement.

Turkish Hospitality
One of the most important features of Turkish people is that they are extremely hospitable. They make an elaborate effort to make their guests comfortable and make them feel like they are at home. Turkish carpet and rug patterns, Turkish cuisine, Turkish folk dances and Turkish musical instruments are the indicators of this traditional culture.

Handicrafts
Another indicator of traditional Turkish culture is handicrafts. In every region of Turkey are very valuable handicrafts. These crafts attract the attention of the tourists.

Turkish Culture
Turkish culture goes back to very ancient times of thousands of years. All cultural influences from that era to the present can be seen. As the Turks spread over a wide geography, they interacted with many other nations. They also contributed to those cultures.
One of the most basic features of Turks is that they are patriots. Turkish culture requires tolerance and respect. Respect for adults is always very important. Grandparents live with the baile and their names are given to the grandchildren.

Turkish Cuisine
Turkish cuisine is a cuisine with a wide variety of richness. The unique tastes of the Turks living in a wide geography extending from Central Asia to Europe have become the most popular dishes in the world. Turkish cuisine is one of the most diverse and richest cuisines in the world. They cook a variety of incredible flavors from many vegetables. They make kebabs of various flavors from meat.
bride to Turkey every year to live the experience of Turkish cuisine.

The leading dishes of Turkish Cuisine that we will recommend to everyone;

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Lentil Soup
• Ezogelin Soup
• Meat Döner Kebap
• Chicken Döner Kebab
• Iskender Döner with Yogurt
• Spicy Adana kebab
• Urfa kebab without spicy
• Lamb meat shish kebab
• Chicken shish kebab
• Lahmacun
• Meatballs
• Spicy raw meatballs
• Stuffed meatballs
• Roasting meat
• Bread with meat
• Meat pita
• Yoghurt Ravioli
• Anchovy fish
• Stuffed leaves
• Stuffed peppers
• Eggplant stuffed
• Haricot bean
• Lamb tandoori
• Pottery kebab
• Turkish bagel
• Turkish patty
• Turkish baklava
• Turkish delight
• Turkish tea
• Turkish coffee

Traditional Turkish cuisine and many unique flavors are waiting for you. You have many reasons to come to Turkey. We would like to be happy if we see you in Turkey.

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Mosques of Istanbul

Mosques of Istanbul

Mosques of Istanbul; Istanbul is a big city that has been the capital for hundreds of years. It is a city that always attracts the attention of the world. Thousand of places of worship have been built throughout history. They built churches  first and then mosques. Many of them are in historical artifacts. Some of churches remained as church and some of later converted into a mosque. We searched for you. We have listed the most beautiful mosques in Istanbul history.

This is the most important you should see mosques of Istanbul;

• Sultanahmet Camii; Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is known as the Blue Mosque by everyone because it bluish interior decoration blue tiles.  It is one of the most important mosques in Istanbul standing next to the Byzantine Hippodrome. The mosque built between 1609-1616. Its architect Sedefkar Mehmet Ağa is the student of the greatest architect Sinan.
• Ayasofya Camii; It is a former Byzantine church and former Ottoman mosque. Now, one of the most important museums of Istanbul considered as a World Heritage by UNESCO. It is one of the greatest surviving examples of Byzantine architecture.
  

  Mosques of Istanbul – Süleymaniye

• Süleymaniye Camii; Süleymaniye Mosque is built on one of the highest hills of Istanbul between 1551-1557. This is one of the most important works of Mimar Sinan. This work transformed into magnificence like other works of Mimar Sinan. It described by Mimar Sinan as “my journeyman”. This is a complex, consisting of the Süleymaniye Mosque, madrasas, library, hospital, medical school, Turkish bath, imaret, treasury and shops.
• Eyüp Sultan Camii; Eyüp Sultan Mosque is a very special and holy mosque for the Islamic world. The Eyüp Sultan is one of the most holy and important mosques in all of Turkey. It is so rever because it located on the site of the tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Eyüp Ensari). He is a friend and standard bearer for the Prophet Muhammed. He died during the first Arab siege of Constantinople (674-678).
• Fatih Camii; The Fatih Mosque Complex (Fatih Camii ve Külliyesi) in Istanbul has a lovely interior like many Turkish mosques, but the primary importance of this mosque is its illustrious permanent resident, Mehmet the Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet).
• Nuruosmaniye Camii; Nuruosmaniye Mosque started by Sultan Mahmud I in 1748. And completed by Sultan Osman III in 1755. It’s a typical Baroque and Rococo style mosque which is a very popular architecture of 1700’s within the Ottoman Empire. The mosque built on one of the seven hills of Istanbul by a Greek minority architect named Simeon and Mustafa Aga.
  

  Mosques of Istanbul – Ortaköy Mosque

• Ortaköy Mecidiye Camii; Built on the 18th century mosque. It is located just before the Bosphorus Bridge. This mosque has to have one of the most picturesque settings of all of the Istanbul mosques. Because, Ortaköy Mosque photos, with the bridge the background are often used to demonstrate that particular Istanbul.
• Rüstem Pasa Camii; Rüstem Pasha Mosque is one of the works of the great Turkish architect Sinan. This mosque built by Grand Vizier Rüstempasha (1560). It is located in Nalburlar Bazaar, near the Eminönü New Mosque and the Spice Bazaar in Istanbul.
• Bayezid Camii; Built from 1500 to 1505 under Sultan Beyazid II, Beyazid Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Istanbul. It is located next to Istanbul University and the Grand Bazaar in the center of a large 16th-century complex that includes schools and other buildings.
• Sehzadebasi Camii; Süleyman the Magnificent built this square-shaped mosque between 1543 and 1548 as a memorial to his son Mehmet. Who died of smallpox in 1543 at the age of 22. This mosque is first important mosque to be design by Mimar Sinan. And has a lovely garden setting, two double-balconied minarets and attractive exterior decoration.
• Yavuz Selim Camii; Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque, the sultan to whom this mosque dedicated (Süleyman the Magnificent’s father). He did, however, lay the groundwork for his son’s imperial success and, to this day, Istanbul‘s love his mosque.
• Iskender Pasa Camii; It is on Fatih Vatan Avenue. II. One of the viziers of Bayezid is Iskender Pasha. He is the governor of Rumeli Beylerbeyi, twice vizier, and three times as governor of Bosnia.
  

  Mosques of Istanbul – Dolmabahce Mosque

• Dolmabahce Bezmialem Valide Sultan Camii; Located on the shore of Bosphorus in Dolmabahce. This Mosque has to have one of the most unique architecture among all of the Ottoman mosques in Istanbul. The mosque is commissioned by Bezmialem Valide Sultan in 1852, who is the mother of Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid I. Bezmialem Valide Sultan passed away in 1853 and the mosque  finished in 1855 with Abdülmecid I’s financial aid.
• Ishak Pasa Camii;  Ishak Pasha Mosque, this late 15th-century mosque built by the grand vizier of the same name and renovated in 1951. At one end of Akbiyik Street is the small Ishak Pasha Mosque that dates back to 1482. It is one of the oldest mosques in the Istanbul. It built for Ishak Pasha who is the Grand Vizier to Mehmed II and Beyazid II.
• Atik Ali Pasa Camii; Atik Ali Pasha Mosque a old Ottoman mosque located in the Cemberlitas. Its construction started under the orders of the future Grand Vizier Hadım Atik Ali Pasha in 1496. And it completed in 1497, during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II. The mosque is located near the entrance to the Grand Bazaar, the Column of Constantine, and the historical Nuruosmaniye Mosque.
• Corlulu Ali Pasa Camii; Corlulu Ali Pasha Mosque is a historic location in the university neighborhood of Beyazit. And this is popular with students who still come to hang out here from the nearby universities. This is 300-year-old Medrese. It is a religious school and dervish lodge during the Ottoman times, before becoming a bustling bazaar area in the mid-20th century.
• Nusretiye Camii; Located on the shore of Bosphorus in Tophane, the Nusretiye Camii (in Turkish) -also called Tophane Mosque- has to have one of the most ornamented and decorated among all of the Istanbul mosques. It built in 1826. the Nusretiye Mosque is a very good example of the combination of Baroque and Empire architectural styles.
• Murat Pasa Camii; This uniquely striped mosque  near Yusufpasha stations. Built just 20 years after the fall of Constantinople in 1473. The interior of the mosque appears to be longer than the exterior and over the entrance is a superb calligraphy inscription made by Ali Sofi.

The mosque has styles, from Baroque to North African to Gothic and Ottoman

• Valide Sultan Camii; Valide Sultan Mosque, located on the old Roman road that runs West from the Hagia Sophia and past the Grand Bazaar, this mosque is between the modern metro stations of Aksaray and Vezneciler. Seen from the main road, the building’s Turkish Rococo marble work is an impressive and unexpected sight. Built in the late 19th century. This mosque has an eclectic mixture of styles and influences, from Baroque to North African to Gothic and Ottoman.
• Sümbül Efendi Camii; Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque is popularly known as Sümbül Efendi Mosque or Sümbül Tomb. Its official name is Pîr Yusuf Sümbül Sinan. It is a religious building from the Eastern Roman period in the Koca Mustafa Pasha district of Istanbul. The monastery works from the apostle named Hagios Andreas and Krisei, believed to impose Christianity on the Byzantine people.
• Ramazan Efendi Camii; The mosque, built by Mimar Sinan in 1585, has a single minaret and hipped roof. Hüsrev Celebi Mosque is also known as Bezirganbasi Mosque. The reason why they called Ramazan Efendi because that the name of the tekke sheikh here is Ramazan Efendi. Ramazan Efendi lies on the left of the mosque entrance door in his tomb adjacent to the building.
• Zeynep Sultan Camii; Zeynep Sultan Mosque built in 1769. By architect Mehmet Tahir Aga for Ahmed III’s daughter Zeynep Asime Sultan. It evokes Byzantine churches because of its architectural style and materials that were used in its construction.The mosque is on Alemdar Street in Istanbul, across the street from Gülhane Park, not far from the Hagia Sophia, and viewable from the tram that circulates the city.
• Kalenderhane Camii; This is a building from the Eastern Roman period in the Vefa district of Istanbul. It is in the form of the Eastern Orthodox Church. This church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in the 18th century. Most likely the church dedicated to Theotokos Kyriotissa in its original state.
  

  Mosques of Istanbul -Sokullu Mosque

• Sokollu Mehmed Pasa Camii; Sokullu Mehmed Pasha Mosque designed by imperial architect Sinan. The mosque completed around 1571. It built on a steep slope. And feature an interesting two-story courtyard in front of the mosque. The bottom level of the courtyard consisted of shops whose rents would support the upkeep of the mosque. The complex included a madrassah and accommodations for the students.
• Sinan Pasa Camii; Sinan Pasha Mosque, built by famous architect Mimar Sinan in 1555. The Sinan Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman mosque located in Besiktas. Sinan Pasha Mosque has another name, this is the Besiktas Mosque.

Two mosques built for Mihrimah Sultan

• Mihrimah Sultan Camii; There are two mosques same name for Mihrimah Sultan. One of the mosques is located at Edirnekapi, on the European side. And the other one at Üsküdar district on the Asian shores.
• Semsi Pasa Camii; The Semsi Pasha Mosque, located right on the shore of the Üsküdar coast. It built in 1580 by Semsi Ahmet Pasha to Mimar Sinan. The dome of the square planned mosque, made of cut stone, sits on an eight-faced pulley. Its courtyard has two doors, one opening to the sea side and the other to the park direction. The minaret of the mosque placed on the main structure and in the corner. The Other Name is Asparagus Mosque.
• Valide-i Atik Camii; II in Üsküdar district. Selim’s wife, III. Murat’s mother Afife Nur-Bânû is a mosque and complex built by Mimar Sinan by Valide Sultan. Its construction date is 1583.
• Vaniköy Camii; Vaniköy Mosque, located right on the shores of the Bosphorus, It founded by Vani Mehmet Efendi. This mosque built in the 17th century on the land given by Mehmed.
• Yeni Valide Camii; New Valide Mosque, also known as Valide-i Cedid Mosque. It is located on Uncular Avenue and Hakimiyet-i Milliye Avenue in Üsküdar district. Mustafa and III. This mosque built by Ahmet’s mother Emetullah Râbi by Gülnûs Sultan. It built between 1708-1711 by Mehmed Aga from Kayseri.
• Eminönü Yeni Camii; New Mosque, which means “yeni”, is one of the popular landmarks on the Eminonu coast. This is the mosque whose foundation laid in 1597 and completed in 1665 and opened. With its large courtyard and turquoise, blue and white Iznik tiles, the mosque is one of the places worth seeing.
• Beylerbeyi Camii; The Beylerbeyi Mosque 18th century building also known as the Hamidi Evvel Mosque. It is a selatin mosque in the Beylerbeyi district. This building is one of the most beautiful mansion mosques in Istanbul. This mosque built by Sultan Abdulhamid I in the memory of his mother Rabia Sermi Sultan. And opened for worship on August 15, 1778. The place where the Cardigan-i Serif cell office of the former Beylerbeyi (Istavroz) Palace located. The mosque has a baroque style architecture.
• Zeyrek Camii; Zeyrek Mosque is locate in the Unkapani Zeyrek district of Istanbul. It is a religious building built in the Byzantine period. Pantokrator Monastery Church is the original name. They used as a mosque after the conquest of Istanbul. It is the second largest old church in Istanbul after Saint Sophia. Only a part of it is used as a mosque in today.
• Rum Mehmed Pasa Camii; Rum Mehmet Pasha Mosque or Rumi Mehmet Pasha Mosque is a historical place of worship from the Ottoman period. Located in the district of Üsküdar. This mosque built by the Greek-born Ottoman vizier, Rum Mehmed Pasha. This is the first mosque on the Anatolian Side of Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire. There are a total of four rooms on both sides. The rooms on the right are transitive. The mosque, the construction of which started in 1469. It completed in 1471 after 2 years of construction period and opened to worship. The mosque carries architecturally Byzantine and Ottoman influences together.
• Hirka-i Serif Camii;  It is built by Sultan Sultan Abdulmecid to preserve and visit the cardigan (Hirka-i Sharif) that Muhammad gave to Veysel Karani. This mosque has a very important place in the religious folklore of Istanbul. The place where is the Cardigan-i Sharif kept. This mosque built in 1851.
• Cinili Camii; Tiled Mosque, Orta Valide Mosque or Mahpeyker Kösem Valide Sultan Mosque is a historical mosque from the Ottoman Period. Located in the Murat Reis District of Üsküdar district. This mosque built by Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan. The wife of Ahmet I. This mosque, whose began in 1638, and opened to worship in 1640 after a 2-year construction period.
• Arap Camii; Arap Mosque The mosque located in the Galata district. The sanctuary, formerly known as San (Saint) Paolo Church / San (Saint) Domenico Church, converted into a mosque in 1453. This is the only Gothic church left before conquest in Istanbul.

 

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All About Cappadocia

Cappadocia has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1985. You can not see fairy chimneys in a beautiful place like in Cappadocia. Cappadocia is a very large region and there are many natural beauty and historical places to see here. You can see churches carved into the rocks everywhere. Göreme Open Air Museum is in the best condition. We have prepared visitable places and some short information for you. You can see All About Cappadocia at the bottom of the page.

Ürgüp; Ürgüp is the largest and most developed settlement in the Cappadocia region. There are fairy chimneys and newly discovered caves here. You can watch all of Ürgüp and its surroundings from Temenni Hill, the highest hill of Ürgüp.

Avanos; The red river passes right in the middle of the Avanos town. The art of ceramics, with red clay from red river, gained importance here. You will be amazing how they use to the soil and how turns into art.

Pigeon Valley: Between Uchisar and Göreme and covering an area of 4 kilometers, Pigeon Valley has taken its name from the pigeon nests carved into the rocks.

Güllüdere Valley: You will see the best of the fairy chimneys and the most artistic stance while walking in the valley. You will see ruins and churches belonging to the monastic life of ancient Christians, in the valley.

Zemi Valley: Sarnic Church, Görkündere Church, Saklı Church, and El Nazar Church are in this valley. You will find rich vegetation in this hidden valley, which is quite suitable for walking.

Uchisar Castle: Uchisar Castle is high point of Cappadocia; The snowy head of Erciyes, Kızılcukur, Ürgüp, Avanos, or the whole region is spreading under your feet. This place is where you can watch the sunset and take panoramic pictures of Cappadocia.

Pasabagi Valley: Valley of the Pasabagi Priests is one of the valleys where you can watch interesting formations of the fairy chimneys. They named to Saint Simeon in the middle of the valley which is the three-headed fairy chimney.

Devrent Valley: The other names of Devrent Valley is Dream Valley and Haunted Valley. There are fairy chimneys in the form of the famous camel and different silhouettes, which you will sometimes liken to an animal and sometimes to a human. Can you to find the fairy chimney of the Virgin Mary who opened her hands in this visual feast.

Zelve Valley: Zelve Valley is one of the largest open-air museums in Cappadocia. You will see the most pointed and wide body fairy chimneys here. This valley is one of the most important religious centers for Christians, because there are 15 churches here.

Özkonak Underground City:  Ozkonak Underground City is one of the heritage of the world. This city is thought to has been made in 400 years.  It is consists of four floors.

Ihlara Valley:  There are 105 historical artifacts in the valley which extends for 14 kilometers in a canyon at a depth of 120 meters. This valley is the most secret, deepest and most mysterious of Cappadocia.

Derinkuyu Underground City: Derinkuyu is the largest underground city of Cappadocia. There is deep well in the middle of the city, this is reason why it is name of city. This city has 8 floors of space.

Kaymakli Underground City: Kaymakli is the second largest underground city of Cappadocia. This city has made under the hill which is the Castle of Kaymakli.  This city open for visiting in 1964.

Ortahisar Castle;  You can visit Ortahisar Castle, about 90 meters high and Cappadocia Ethnographic Museums and Hallaç Monastery are located here, and you can visit the Pancarlık valley near to here.

Cavusin Village; Cavusin is on the road of Göreme-Avanos, one of the oldest settlements in Cappadocia. The church, built in the name of John the Baptist in Cavusin, is located in a dominant place.

Soganli Valley; The Soganli valley has a large area of 25 km, So there are about 50 churches here but you can visit 15 of. Important churches in the valley are Karabas, Yilanli, Kubbeli and the Church of St.Barbara (Tahtali).

Goreme Valley and Goreme Open-Air Museum: Goreme is a place where you will enter a completely different world. In this different world where the missionary and seclusion of Christians escaped from oppression and where the monastic life started, you will meet many churches, chapels and living areas carved into the rocks.

Places to See in Göreme Open Air Museum

Male and Girl Monastery; At the entrance of the Göreme Open Air Museum, there is the monastery, which is called the Girl and Boy Monastery or called the Nuns and Priests Monastery. It is a seven-storey complex with a kitchen, chapel and church. This Monastery is connected to each other by tunnels on the ground floor. Only the first two floors of the monastery are open to visitors.

St. Basil’s Chapel; This Chapel is located on the entrance side of the Göreme Museum.  The tombs of chapels smaller than the church, made for a particular person, are different. There is a cemetery where some important people are buried in another section separated from the main section by columns at the entrance of the church.

Elmalı Church; Elmalı Church consists of nine domes, four columns, closed cross plan and three abscissa structures. Entered the church is through the main entrance at the front and a tunnel from the back side. The decorations of the Apple Church, which is like a work of art due to its architecture and decorations. So, cross and geometric motifs made with red paint on the wall.

St. Barbara Chapel; This Chapel is behind the rock block where the Elmalı Church. They used Geometric patterns without a human figure. The name of the church comes from Egypt Saint Barbara, because who was martyred due to his father’s Christian faith.

Yılanlı Church; There is a picture on the wall of the church, a man with female breasts. There is green dragon figure on the wall of the church, depicting St. George fighting the dragon, so they said name of the church the serpentine church because of the snake resemblance.

Dark Church; The Dark Church has a sheltered solid entrance. And can only be enter this tunnel. It is the best church among the churches in Cappadocia.

St. Catherine’s Chapel; St. Catherine’s Chapel is between the Dark Church and Çarıklı Church. St. There are eleven tombs in Catherine.

Carikli Church; Carikli Church, the name of Hz. He took it from his footprints beneath the fresco that depicts Jesus’ ascension to heaven. It differs from the crucifixion of Jesus and the stages of his removal from the cross.

Tokali Church; This Church is biggest church in the region. Located just outside the Göreme Open Air Museum. This Church has with the fresco of the Virgin Mary, which has the most beautiful you have ever seen.

If you want to visit all these places, one week time is enough. You can rent a car, rent a atv, take a guided daily Cappadoica tours, take a ride fly hot air balloon , ride a bike, join the horse safari. There are many activities you can do. All About Cappadocia inform you.

There are very beautiful special hotel in Cappadocia.  Engraved hotels inside the cave. Hotels made from old mansions. All of them are a separate beauty. You can stay in one of these hotels.

We will be happy if we see you in Cappadocia, Let’s discover all beauties of All About Cappadocia.

 

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Istanbul New Airport

The third airport of Istanbul is located on the European side of the city. Close to the Black Sea coast in Istanbul city. The airport is the second largest airport in the world. And the largest airport in Europe. The current capacity of New Airport (IST) is 70 million per year, but its target is 200 million passengers per year.

Istanbul Airport is 40 km from Taksim or Sultanahmet. It takes 50 minutes to reach the city.

There are public transportation by Havaist bus company from many central parts of Istanbul. On the European side, bus departure stops are central places such as Besiktas, Taksim, Levent, Aksaray, Sultanahmet, Yenikapı, Bakırköy. On the Anatolian side, there are places like Usküdar, Kadiköy, Içerenköy. There is also transportation between Istanbul New Airport and Sabiha Gökcen Airport. Before get on the bus, you should definitely buy Istanbulkart. Because this is the only way to pay. Price per person is 25 TL (4 euro). There is also transportation from Istanbul airport to the same places.

The metro, which is still under construction. Transportation to the city will start by the metro soon. The subway will have two different lines. There will be a transportation to Gayrettepe and to Halkalı.

You can book air tickets, daily city tours and activities in the Istanbul Airport travel offices. For daily city tours, we would like to help you.

If you like to have a taxi for to go center of city from New Airport, the fee is about 200 TL (27 euro).

You can request a private car to go to and from Istanbul New Airport. It is more convenient to arrange airport transfers, especially if you are as a family and have a lot of bags. Transfer companies usually have a small minivan (Mercedes Vito) or Minibus (Mercedes Sprinter). Prices start at 40 Euros and depending on how many people will be transferred.

Rent a car is also available at Istanbul Airport. You can have rent a car from major companies as Avis, Enterprise, Hertz, Europcar, Sixt, Budget  and many local rent a car companies.

There are also many nice cafes and restaurants at Istanbul New Airport that offer tastes from Turkish and international cuisine.
There is a Duty Free with world-famous brands and stores. Duty Free, which has a large area, provides a pleasant shopping opportunity before and after the flight.

Istanbul Airport has a YOTEL is one of the largest airport hotels in the world and the largest in Europe, with a total of 451 cabins (rooms), 277 on the land side and 174 on the air side. While Yotel can accommodate everyone on the land side, people who will pass through the passport control on the Yotelair airport, who travel internationally can be accommodated. The rooms of the hotel are offered for sale from 70 euro and 150 euro for 4 hours depending on the room.

We would like to see you in Istanbul.

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Corona Virus – Covid-19 in Turkey

It was confirmed that the corona virus pandemic reached Turkey on March 11, 2020

Turkey has delayed the entry of the virus through measures taken quickly. Although these viruses to be seen in every country around a long time not seen in Turkey. The spread of the virus has been taken under control with the tight measures taken by the government since the first case, March 11, 2020. The public was effective in not spreading the virus, following the rules of social distance and hygiene rules. Covid-19 in Turkey, by the end of May 2020, it is expected to be completely finished. Most shops are open middle of to May. Turkish airlines and the other airlines will start first domestic in end of May. And then beginning of June they will start for to fly international. In July and in August life will be turn normal like as before.

Turkey’s countries, and flights start date date plan,

Turkey, which began to become clear that the country plans to launch when flights. Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Health, Culture and Tourism Ministry, according to the Ministry of Transportation and Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency’s list created collaboratively conducted, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will be the first country to begin the flight. The first flight to North Cyprus is scheduled for June 15.

The first foreign countries to be opened.

According to the plan, on 10 June, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Qatar and Greece will start their flights. When it comes to June 15; Flights to Germany, Austria, Azerbaijan, Czechia, Switzerland, Japan, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Serbia will start.

Turkish airlines flights started to the USA on June 19. The first flights to Chicago and Washington DC.

The Netherlands and Kazakhstan flights are planned to start on June 20, while the date set for the Scandinavian countries and South Korea is foreseen as June 22.

July 1 is determined for a group of countries including China, Ukraine, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Canada and Sweden, while July 15 for Russia, UK, Israel and Lebanon; August 1 has been set for Italy, Spain, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia.

Turkish Airlines flights started to United States on June 19.

Chicago, 3 flights per week from 19 June 2020
Washington DC, 3 flights per week starting June 19, 2020
Los Angeles, 3 flights per week from 24 June 2020
Miami, 3 flights per week from 22 June 2020

Turkish Airlines ( THY)  AMERICA JULY FLIGHTS

Houston | 3 flights per week as of July 26

Los Angeles | 4 flights per week as of July 1

Miami | 3 flights per week until the end of July

Montreal | 3 flights per week as of July 15

New York | 5 flights per week as of July 1

San Francisco | 3 flights per week as of July 15

Chicago | 3 flights per week until the end of July

Toronto | 4 flights per week as of July 1

Washington DC | 3 flights per week until the end of July

There’s no any more 14-day quarantine for tourists coming to Turkey.

There’s no any more 14-day quarantine for tourists coming to Turkey. Entries start are from June 15.

Turkey has a very strong health infrastructure. They also demonstrated this by the corona virus pandemic. Travellers can come to Turkey for travel easily. All kinds of precautions are taken.

Coronavirus: Is it safe to swim in the sea and pool, is the virus transmitted by swimming?

Researches reveal that coronavirus is very unlikely to be transmitted from sea and pool water.
In the researches, it is stated that the salt and its density in the sea water do not provide an environment suitable for the survival of the virus, and the disinfectant substances used primarily in chlorine in the pools neutralize the virus. You can safely swim holiday in Turkey by the clean sea and clean pools.

Turkey’s Safe Tourism Certification Program

“Safe Tourism Certification Program”, one of the first examples in the world, was prepared under the leadership of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, with the contributions of the Ministries of Health, Transport, Interior and Foreign Affairs and the cooperation of all stakeholders of the sector.
Turkey’s ‘Safe Tourism Certification Program’ defines and advises an extensive series of measures to be taken with regards to transportation and accommodation of all Turkish citizens and international visitors who will spend their holidays in Turkey as well as the well-being and health conditions of guests and of employees working at touristic facilities.

The first international flight to Antalya Airport was made from Germany.

The first international flight to Antalya was on 10 June from Germany. The first of 6 flights organized by a private airline was from Munich and the second was from Dusseldorf. The plane from Munich landed at the airport at 11.40, while the plane from Dusseldorf landed at 12.20.

The first international flight to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport was from Germany.

The first plane to land at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport was the Dusseldorf plane of AnadoluJet. After this plane, the planes taking off from Berlin and Stuttgart also landed at the Sabiha Gökçen airport.

The First international flights started from Istanbul Airport.

Scheduled international flights, which have been stopped for three months due to the Covid-19 outbreak, restarted on 11 June. Within the of scheduled flights launched by Turkish Airlines from Istanbul Airport to Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam, the first flight was made to the city of Dusseldorf at 08.20.

Turkish Airlines shared its international flight plan, which will start in July 2020.

Turkish Airlines’ flight plan for America, Europe, Far East, Middle East and Africa will be realized in July:

Flights to America from Turkey
Chicago: 3 flights a week starting June 19, 2020
Houston: 3 flights per week from 25 July 2020
Los Angeles: 3 flights per week from 24 June 2020
Miami: 3 flights per week starting June 22, 2020
Montreal: 3 flights per week from 14 July 2020
New York: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
San Francisco: 3 flights per week starting on July 15, 2020
Toronto: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Washington DC: 3 flights per week from 19 June 2020

Flights to Europe from Turkey

Central Europe Flights
Amsterdam: Every day starting June 15, 2020
Basel: 4 flights per week from 15 June 2020
Berlin: Every day starting June 15, 2020
Bremen: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Brussels: 4 flights per week from 15 June 2020
Budapest: 5 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Geneva: 6 flights per week from 25 June 2020
Dusseldorf: Every day starting June 15, 2020
Frankfurt: Every day starting June 15, 2020
Hamburg: 5 flights per week from 15 June 2020
Hannover: 5 flights per week from 21 June 2020
Cologne: 5 flights per week from 21 June 2020
Luxembourg: 3 flights per week from 19 June 2020
Munich: Every day starting June 15, 2020
Nuremberg: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Prague: 5 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Salzburg: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Stuttgart: 5 flights per week starting June 15, 2020
Vienna: Every day starting June 16, 2020
Zurich: 5 flights per week starting June 15, 2020

Eastern Europe Flights
Belgrade: 3 flights per week from 21 June 2020
Bucharest: 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Chisinau: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Kiev: 10 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Ljubljana: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Lviv: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Odessa: 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Pristina: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Sarajevo: 3 flights per week from 21 June 2020
Sofia: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Tbilisi: 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Skopje: 3 flights per week from 21 June 2020
Warsaw: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Zagreb: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020

Southern Europe Flights
Athens: 10 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Barcelona: 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Bologna: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Lisbon: 4 flights per week from 10 July 2020
Lyon: 3 flights per week from June 17, 2020
Madrid: | 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Malaga: 4 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Marseille: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Milan: 10 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Paris: 5 flights per week from 15 June 2020
Rome: 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Toulouse: 3 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Venice: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020

Northern Europe Flights
Birmingham: 4 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Dublin: 2 flights per week from 24 June 2020
Edinburgh: 4 flights per week from 15 July 2020
L. Gatwick: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Helsinki: 4 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Copenhagen: 4 flights per week from 15 June 2020
Krasnodar: 3 flights per week from 20 July 2020
London: Every day starting June 15, 2020
Manchester: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Minsk: 3 flights per week from June 17, 2020
Moscow: 14 flights per week from 16 July 2020
Oslo: 4 flights per week from 15 July 2020
St Petersburg: 3 flights per week from 17 July 2020
Stockholm: 3 flights per week from June 17, 2020

Far East Flights from Turkey

Almaty: 3 flights per week from 21 June 2020
Ashgabat: 3 flights per week from 21 July 2020
Bangkok: 2 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Bishkek: 3 flights per week from 23 June 2020
Bombay: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Dhaka: 3 flights per week starting on July 1, 2020
Delhi: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Dushanbe: 2 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Guangzhou: 1 flight per week from July 4, 2020
Hong Kong: 2 flights per week from 24 June 2020
Islamabad: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Jakarta: 2 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Kabul | 2 flights per week as of June 24, 2020
Karachi: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Kuala Lumpur: 2 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Lahore: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Manila: 2 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Nur-Sultan: 3 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Beijing: 1 flight per week from July 4, 2020
Seoul: 2 flights per week from 24 June 2020
Singapore: 2 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Tashkent: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Tokyo: 2 flights per week from July 1, 2020

Flights to the Middle East from Turkey

Amman: 7 flights per week from 5 July 2020
Baghdad: 7 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Bahrain: 3 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Beirut: 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Jeddah: 5 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Doha: 2 flights per week from 18 June 2020
Dubai: 11 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Erbil: 7 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Kuwait: 7 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Riyadh: 5 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Tehran: 7 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Tel Aviv: 4 flights per week from 24 June 2020

Flights to Africa from Turkey

Algeria: 5 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Khartoum: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Cairo: 7 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Casablanca: 4 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Tunisia: 4 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Abuja: 3 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Addis Ababa: 3 flights per week from 13 July 2020
Accra: 3 flights per week from 15 July 2020
Bamako – Niamey: 1 flight per week from July 17, 2020
Johannesburg: 3 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Kinshasa – Libreville: 2 flights per week from 17 July 2020
Lagos: 3 flights per week from 1 July 2020
Nairobi: 3 flights per week from 8 July 2020
Niamey – Bamako: 1 flight per week from 21 July 2020
Nouakchott – Dakar: 3 flights per week from 17 July 2020
Ouagadougou – Conakry: 1 flight per week from 15 July 2020
Ouagadougou – Freetown: 1 flight per week from 15 July 2020

Turkey Covid-19 safest country in terms of measures

Turkey in all our airports until July 1 opening test centers.
Intense ones such as Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir, Dalaman open until July 1 and others until July 15. The guest can take a test here before returning to his home country, and the result of the test is 15 euros. As a result, it turns out in 2 hours. Also, guests can take this test at any time in health centers.

The safest holiday destination in Turkey

Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry; Covid-19 test centers will open until July 1 in busy airports and July 15 in others. Turkey is the best country in Europe in health care. It is better than many countries in terms of number of hospitals, number of beds, number of healthcare workers.

Turkey still the safest place to holiday tourists

International flights to Turkey to begin with foreign tourists who come to vacation “We really miss Turkey, Turkey hello” message arrived.

Tourists coming to family or friends at the airport, “Turkey, We missed you, hello Turkey” of tourists from Turkey and still safe holiday address.

Turkey hotels will begin to open in July

With the start of international flights, it has started to open in hotels where foreign tourists will come. Hotels, touristic facilities and actively started their activities in important touristic centers such as Istanbul, Antalya, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Fethiye and Marmaris.

Daily tours will start in July in Turkey

Safest holiday address with travel agents in Turkey begins the day tour. Daily boat tours, night dinner boat tours, guided tours of historical places, museum tours started in July.

During the normalization process of Cappadocia, tourists started to come for visiting.

Tourists wandering among the fairy chimneys and valleys covered with natural rock formations in the Cappadocia region, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, visit areas open to visitors, touring the region full of museums and visual beauty.

British tourists began to arrive in Turkey for holiday.

England, the 14-day quarantine after Turkey applied to be exempt from abroad began to arrive at British tourists. The first charter flight for the British Turkey begins on 15 July. Jet2, Britain’s leading tour operator, will have two aircraft, Dalaman and Antalya, on July 15. TUI and Easyjet from Turkey on August 1, will begin carrying the tourists. Turkish Airlines increased its flights to Antalya and Dalaman. Starting that Sun Express is preparing to increase capacity and arrange additional flights, tourism professionals state that the season will be extended until the end of November this year.

Russian tourists began to arrive in Turkey for holiday.

1th of August flights started from Romania, from Russia and from Poland to Turkey. One of the safest countries for a relaxed holiday in Turkey and started to come to the big tourist cities such as Antalya and Istanbul.

Partially lifted the travel warning for Turkey to Germany.

Germany removed the travel warning for İzmir, Aydın, Muğla and Antalya as of August 4. German tourists began to come on holiday to Turkey