| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bodrum
|
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Site of the tomb of Mausolus (the Mausoleum), one of the wonders of the ancient world.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bodrum
District : Blue Coast
|
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The beautiful Blue Coast near Bodrum.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bodrum
District : Blue Coast
|
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The fertile hills come down to the sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bodrum
District : Blue Coast
|
 |
View to the Greek islands.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
|
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Milas was founded by the Carians in 7th century BCE.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
|
 |
The town has been ruled by the Lydians, Persians, Romans and Byzantines.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
|
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Dry river.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
|
 |
The town was taken over by the Ottomans in 1390.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
Site / Event : Ulu Mosque
|
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The Ulu Mosque dates from 1378.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
Site / Event : Ulu Mosque
|
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Children at the entrance of the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
|
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Sheltered cafe.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
Site / Event : Gumuskasen
|
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Gumuskasen is a 2nd century Roman tomb modelled on the Mausoleum.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
Site / Event : Gumuskasen
|
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The carved ceiling.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
|
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Typical house.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
Site / Event : Orhan Bey Mosque
|
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The Orhan Bey Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Milas
Site / Event : Orhan Bey Mosque
|
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The mosque dates from 1330.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
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Fethiye was founded in 400 BCE as a Lycian city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
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The classical name of the city was Telmessos.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
 |
The town is modern.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
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Fethiye is a modern city dotted with Lycian sarcophagi.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
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Sarcophagi are found all over the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
 |
Ruins from the Lycian era.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
 |
The Lycian ruins are in the hills above the city.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
Site / Event : Temple of Amyntas
|
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The 20m high Temple of Amyntas is carved in the hills overlooking Fethiye.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
Site / Event : Temple of Amyntas
|
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The entrance to the temple.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
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The rock face is dotted with carved temples.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
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Carved temples on the rock face.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
|
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Carved rock temples and a sarcophagus.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
Site / Event : Beach
|
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The beach.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
Site / Event : Beach
|
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The beach at Oludeniz is an isolated cove near Fethiye.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
Site / Event : Beach
|
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The cove is set among forested hills.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
Site / Event : Beach
|
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The lagoon is calm as it is sheltered from the sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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The bay of Oludeniz on Turkey's south west coast.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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The lagoon.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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Reeds.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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The region is picturesque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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Picnic table by the lagoon.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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Oludeniz means "Dead Sea" in Turkish but the lagoon is not lifeless.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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The lagoon is famous for its turquois waters.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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The quiet lagoon.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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View out to sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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The lagoon is calm even during storms.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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View across the lagoon.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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Forested hill reaching to the sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Fethiye
District : Oludeniz
|
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Sailing.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
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St Nicholas Church dominates the town of Demre.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
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The church dates from the 5th century.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
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Statue of St Nicholas. Nicholas was a 5th century bishop who used to secretly leave money for poor girls' dowries.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
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Floor mosaic.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
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Frescos.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
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Stonework.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
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Wall carvings.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
District : Myra
|
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Rock tombs dating from 540 BCE at the Lycian city of Myra.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
District : Myra
|
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Free standing rock tomb.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
District : Myra
Site / Event : Theatre
|
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Graeco-Roman theatre.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
District : Myra
Site / Event : Theatre
|
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Rock tombs above the theatre.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
District : Myra
Site / Event : Theatre
|
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Theatrical carvings.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
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The Bey Mountains in southern Turkey.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
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The region is close to the southern coast of Turkey.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
 |
The spectacular Bey Mountains.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
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Farms.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
 |
Spectacular mountain scenery.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
District : Blue Coast
|
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The Blue Coast and the Bey Mountains of southern Turkey.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
District : Blue Coast
|
 |
The mountains reach down to the sea.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
District : Blue Coast
|
 |
View of the arid Blue Coast.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
District : Blue Coast
|
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Sand banks.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
District : Blue Coast
|
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The sweep of the Blue Coast.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
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The forested Bey Mountains near Antalya.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
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Fertile valley overlooked by the mountains.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
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Farmland.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
 |
Forested hills.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Bey Mountains
|
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The coastal highway near Antalya.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
|
 |
Antalya is a city on the south coast.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
|
 |
The city was founded in the 3rd century BCE.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
The city was founded by the Lycians and was later Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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The Roman city is mentioned in the New Testament.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
View over the old city.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
 |
The 13th century Yivli Minaret dates from the 13th century.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
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The Yivli (Grooved) Minaret, dating from the 13th century, is the symbol of Antalya.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
 |
The minaret is fluted and made of brick.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
 |
The original Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
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The minaret was added to a Byzantine church converting it into a mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
 |
Two muezzin (men who call Muslims to prayer) in the garden of a mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
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The interior.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
 |
The domes of the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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Ottoman house in the old city.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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Ottoman houses have overhanging balconies.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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Narrow street.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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Kesik Minare is a topless minaret from a mosque dating from the 1500s.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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Traditional houses.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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An art gallery in a former Byzantine church.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
Ruins of a 2nd century Roman temple converted to a Byzantine church (6th century) and into a Seljuk mosque (13th century) and a Cypriot church (1361).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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Pastel coloured Ottoman house.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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Ottoman house.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
A Celjuk style minaret.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Hadrian's Gate
|
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Hadrian's Gate was built in 130 after a visit by the emperor. It is the entrance to the old city.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Hadrian's Arch
|
 |
The ceiling of the Arch.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
The clocktower.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
House with garden.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
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The city walls.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.