Lighthouse

For more than 160 years, İnceburun Lighthouse has guided mariners through the challenging waters of the Black Sea, thanks to a dedicated family that has maintained it for five generations.

Located at the northernmost tip of Türkiye in Sinop and standing 9 meters above the ground and 26 meters above sea level, the historical landmark continues to serve as a crucial navigation point.

Nearly 18,000 people visited the 18 Greek lighthouses that were opened to the public on August 18, World Lighthouse Day.

Visitors were given tours by lighthouse keepers, officers of the Hellenic Navy who are responsible for their uninterrupted operation and upkeep.

The great illustrator and cartoonist Gisis Papageorgiou discovered the magical allure of lighthouses in 1980 thanks to Vice Admiral Stylianos Lykoudis, who is considered the father of Greece's lighthouse network.

Excavation and restoration work continues in the ancient city of Patara, once the capital of the Lycian Union, which consisted of 23 cities in the mid-1st century B.C. in the Kaş district of the southern province of Antalya.

Standing as one of the oldest lighthouses still in existence, this structure offers a glimpse into history

The locations of the lighthouses

As the country's last lighthouse keeper, Stanko Stojanovic, tends to the Mendra lighthouse near Ulcinj, experts call for the authorities to promote ancient lighthouses as tourist attractions.

Located in the 6,000-year-old ancient city of Patara in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district, the Patara Lighthouse, which was built by Roman Emperor Nero and completely destroyed in a tsunami in 1481, is now being revived within the scope of a project for its reconstruction.

Turkey's directorate general of coastal safety will hold a tender for the upgrading and renovation work of a total of 89 lighthouses located on the country's coastlines.

Interview of Valery Nikolova with Vladimir Spasov about the show 'Horizon till noon'.