Sites worth of visiting by regions

Turkey is divided into 7 geographic regions :

  • Marmara (Marmara)
  • Aegean (Ege)
  • Mediterranean (Akdeniz)
  • Southeastern (Guney Dogu)
  • Eastern (Dogu)
  • Blacksea (Karadeniz)
  • Central Anatolia (Ic Anadolu)
Map of Regions of Turkey
Turkey Map by Regions

What is the nicest part of Turkey to visit?

Thrace and Marmara Region, Along the Aegean, Ephesus Region, Aphrodisias & Pamukkale Region, Along the Mediterranean, Around Antalya, Cappadocia, Along the Black Sea, Eastern Turkey, Southeastern Turkey


As a traveller you may wish to consider the following list of cities and sites worth of visiting by regions.

Thrace and Marmara Region : Edirne, Dardanelles and Gallipoli, IznikBursa and environs, Balikesir

Along the Aegean : Canakkale, Troy, Assos, Ayvalik, Dikili, Bergama (Pergamum), Manisa, Izmir, Sardis (Sart) & Salihli

Ephesus Region : Selcuk, Ephesus, Pamucak, Sirince, Kusadasi, Dilek National Park, PrieneMiletus & Didyma, Soke

Aphrodisias & Pamukkale Region : Aydin, Nyssa, Nazilli, Aphrodisias, Denizli, PamukkaleLaodikya, Milas, Bodrum, Bodrum Peninsula

Eskisehir, Kutahya, Aizanoi (Cavdarhisar), Midas, Afyon, Isparta, Egirdir, Sagalassos

Along the Mediterranean : Marmaris, Köycegiz, Dalyan/Kaunos, Dalaman, Fethiye, Ölüdeniz, Kalkan & Kas, Ucagiz / Kekova, Demre, Finike, Kemer, Beldibi, Antalya

Around Antalya : Side, North to Konya, East to Antalya, Alanya, Alanya to Silifke, Silifke, Silifke to Adana, Mersin, Mersin to Adana, Adana, Adana to Antakya, Antakya

Central Turkey : Ankara, Gordion

South Central Anatolia : Konya, Sultanhani, Hacibektas, Kirsehir, Kayseri

North Central Anatolia : Safranbolu, Kastamonu, Boyabat, Sungurlu, Bogazkale & the Hittite Cities, Yozgat, Çorum, Amasya, Tokat, Nigde, Cappadocia, Aksaray, Ihlara, Güzelyurt, NevsehirUnderground cities, Cappadocian Valleys, Goreme, Çavusin & Zelve, Uchisar, OrtahisarUrgup, Mustafapasa, Soganli, Avanos

Along the Black Sea : Amasra, Amasra to Sinop, Sinop, Sinop to Samsun, Samsun, Trabzon, Trabzon to Erzurum, Kackar Mountains, 

Eastern Turkey : Sivas, Sivas to Divrigi, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Around Erzurum, Artvin, Artvin to Kars, Erzurum to Kars, Kars, Ani, Agri, Dogubeyazit

Southeastern Turkey : Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Mount Nemrut, Malatya, Urfa, Harran, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Bitlis, Tatvan, Akdamar, Van, Hakkari

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