Cappadocia

A hot-air balloon crashed in Turkey's touristic region of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia on Dec. 17, leaving one dead and several others wounded.

The accident occurred at around 8.15 a.m. as the balloon crashed for unknown reasons while flying over Güvercinlik Valley.

Denizli's ancient Pamukkale-Hierapolis site was the most visited place in Turkey in 2014, followed by the ancient city of Ephesus and the Göreme Open Air Museum, according to TÜRSAB President Başaran Ulusoy The travertine falls of Pamukkale, together with the adjacent ancient city of Hierapolis, drew the most visitors in Turkey this year, the Turkish Travel Agencies Union (TÜRSAB) has said, po

After 25 years of excavations, Aşıklı Höyük continues to thrill archaeologists, who believe the number of things left to discover at the site would allow for at least another 25 years of work or more Professor Mihriban Özbaşaran from İstanbul University, the current head of the excavation and research project at Aşıklı Höyük, was a doctorate student when excavations at the site in

Devoid of third-floor food courts, recycled mall air or aggressive touts, the shopping experience in Göynük is a wonderful and pleasant experience with some of the best food available, set in the green valleys of northwestern Turkey Just a three-hour drive away from Istanbul, Göynük has many things to offer the visitor.

The wall paintings in the churches of Göreme, one of the most important tourist attractions in Turkey, dazzle visitors

The Selime Cathedral, high atop the Ihlara Valley, was a space of refuge and defense for Anatolia’s earliest Christians

A visitor to a Niğde Municipality-owned animal shelter claims that the animals are not fed sufficiently and most are infected with diseases, sharing video footage on social media

A man in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri’s Melikgazi district has discovered an extensive underground structure while cleaning a house that he inherited from his family.

Dilim Kayalar, which was formed with the corrosion of rocks in the northern province of Tokat, resembles the famous fairy chimneys in the Cappadocia region. The area needs more attention for promotion.

Turkey’s Council of State issued on June 16 a stay of execution for the construction of a hotel in Cappadocia, on the grounds that it would damage the natural landscape, news website Bianet has reported.