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Türkiye
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The most complete surviving Greco-Roman city in the eastern Mediterranean, near modern Selçuk, with a Library of Celsus, Grand Theatre and the ruins of the Temple of Artemis.
OpenA national park in central Turkey covering 100 km² of volcanic rock formations, fairy chimneys, cave dwellings and rock-cut Byzantine churches, UNESCO-listed since 1985.
OpenA grand mosque and former Byzantine cathedral in Istanbul, completed in 537 AD, famous for its massive 31-metre pendentive dome that changed the history of architecture.
OpenA white travertine terrace complex and UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Turkey, formed by calcium carbonate deposits from thermal springs, adjacent to the ruins of ancient Hierapolis.
OpenAn Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul built between 1609 and 1617, famous for its six minarets and approximately 200,000 hand-made blue İznik tiles lining the interior.
OpenThe principal palace of the Ottoman sultans from 1465 to 1853, on the Seraglio Point in Istanbul; now a museum housing the Imperial Treasury, Byzantine artefacts and the restored Harem.
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