Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling began in Rumelia in the 14th century during the Ottoman Empire. With its lengthy history, Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival is one of the world’s oldest wrestling festivals. Oil wrestling is a style of wrestling in which wrestlers Read More
The Istanbul Archaeological Museums are a collection of museums in Istanbul that are divided into three sections: the Archaeology Museum, the Museum of the Ancient Orient, and the Tiled Kiosk Museum. The palace holdings were developed during the late 19th Read More
The Emirgan Park – Emirgan Grove or Woods – is a 325,000-square-meter park located in the charming Emirgan region on the Bosphorus shoreline. Originally the private residence of Egyptian Khedive Ismail Pasa, and later a gift from Ottoman Sultan Murad Read More
The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (Turkish: Antalya Altn Portakal Film Festivali), renamed Antalya International Film Festival for a few years starting in 2015, is a film festival hosted in Antalya since 1963. It is Turkey’s second most prominent film Read More
The Princes’ Islands (Turkish: Adalar) are a set of islands in the Sea of Marmara. Büyükada, Heybeliada, Burgazada, and Kinaliada are the archipelago’s four main islands. Princes’ Islands Turkey can be reached by ferry from the European side via Beşiktaş, Read More
Along with the adjoining Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace Museum, one of the world’s richest museums, might be regarded the best and most visited sights in Istanbul. It is a majestic oriental palace and one of the world’s greatest architectural marvels, Read More
Büyük Çamlıca Tepesi (Brides Hill in English) is one of Istanbul’s seven hills and the city’s highest point. It is located in the district of Üsküdar in the Asian section of the city. Çamlıca Hill Istanbul, at 268 metres above Read More
Akbank Jazz Festival, which has been supporting the development of Turkish jazz for the past 30 years, has created an archival job to track and memorialize the current state of Turkish jazz without ever decelerating in this period of global Read More
Hagia Sophia, also known as the Church of the Holy Wisdom or the Church of the Divine Wisdom, is a significant Byzantine edifice in Istanbul and one of the world’s finest masterpieces. The Hagia Sophia (contemporarily a mosque) is known Read More
At Fuar Izmir, Turkey’s largest and most modern fair complex, Marble Izmir fair will greet many exhibitor organizations and industry experts from Turkey and other countries. Turkey’s marble reserves account for 33% of the world’s total marble reserves, and the Read More