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* The only city in the world located on two continents is Istanbul, which has been the capital of three great empires, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman for more than 2,000 years.
* The world’s oldest known settlement is in Catalhoyuk in central Anatolia, Turkey, and dates back to 6,500 BC.
* St Nicolas – the original Santa Claus – was born in Patara in Turkey and has a church dedicated to him in Demre.
* The Virgin Mary spent her last days in Selcuk, İzmir, near the ancient city of Ephesus.
* Leonardo da Vinci drew designs for a bridge over the Golden Horn, an inlet at mouth of the Bosphorus, that was never built.
* Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words “Veni. Vedi, Veci” (I came, I saw, I conquered) in Turkey when he defeated Pontus, a formidable Kingdom in the Black Sea Region of Turkey.
* The first known University in history is in Harran, Southeast Turkey.
* Homer (Homeros) was born in Izmir on the west coast of Turkey and he depicted Troy, which is north of Izmir, in his Epic the Iliad.
* The smallpox vaccination was introduced to England and Europe from Turkey by Lady Montague in the early 19th century (after Turkish physicians saved her son’s life).
* Part of Turkey’s south western shore was a wedding gift from Mark Antony to Cleopatra.
* The famous Trojan Wars took place in western Turkey, around the site where a wooden model of the Trojan Horse has been erected at the site.
* Alexander the Great conquered a large territory in what is now Turkey and cut the Gordion Knot in the Phrygian capital (Gordium) not far from Turkey's present-day capital (Ankara).
* One of the seven wonders, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (today only base ruins remained in Selcuk, Izmir).
* One of the seven wonders, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus today only base ruins remained in Bodrum, Mugla.
* The word "turquoise" derives from the French word for Turkish (Turquois), the beautiful colour of waters of the Mediterranean Sea on the southern Turkish coast.
* The first coins ever minted were done so at Sardis, near İzmir, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Lycia, at the end of the seventh century B.C.
* According to the Legend of Great Flood, after the withdrawal of the waters, Noah's Ark landed on Mount Ağrı in eastern Anatolia.
One of the first most accurate world maps were drawn by the well-known Turkish cartographer and navigator Piri Reis in 16th century.
* Contrary to popular opinion, tulip originated not in Holland but on the Asian steppes. The Turks first gave the Dutch their famous tulips that started the craze for the flower in England and the Netherlands. There is a period of elegance and amusement in 18th century is named "The Tulip Age" in Ottoman Empire.
* The Seven Churches referred in the Book of Revelation are all found in Turkey: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
* The most valuable silk carpet in the world is in the Mevlana Museum in Konya, Turkey. Marco Polo's journeys in the thirteenth centuries took him here, and he remarked that the "best and handsomest of rugs" were to be found in Turkey.
* The first man ever to fly was Turkish. Using two wings, Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi flew from the Galata Tower over the Bosphorus to land in Uskudar in the 17th century.
* The Amazons originated in Turkey's Northeastern region.
* Anatolia is the location of the first known beauty contest, judged by Paris, with Aphrodite, Hera and Athena as leading participants.
* The number of archaeological excavations going on in Turkey every year is at least 150.
ADMISSIONS TO THE MUSEUMS IN TURKEY |
CITY |
NO |
THE NAME OF THE MUSEUM |
FEE |
ADANA |
1 |
Adana Archeological museum |
5 TL |
2 |
Etnographic museum |
FREE |
3 |
Atatürk’s house |
FREE |
4 |
Misis Mosaic museum |
FREE |
5 |
Anavarza open air museum |
FREE |
ADIYAMAN |
1 |
Adıyaman museum |
FREE |
2 |
Mt. Nemrud national park |
10 TL |
3 |
Arsemia |
5 TL |
4 |
Pirin open air museum |
3 TL |
5 |
Sofraz mausoleum |
3 TL |
6 |
Yenikale Open air museum |
3 TL |
AFYON |
1 |
Afyonkarahisar museum |
FREE |
AĞRI |
1 |
İshakpaşa Palace museum |
3 TL |
AMASYA |
1 |
Amasya museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Hazeranlar mansion |
3 TL |
3 |
Castle and Rock tombs |
3 TL |
ANKARA |
1 |
Anatolian Civilizations museum |
15 TL |
2 |
Roman Baths |
3 TL |
3 |
Gordion museum |
3 TL |
4 |
Etnographic museum |
3 TL |
|
Sculpture museum |
3 TL |
5 |
Augustus Temple |
3 TL |
6 |
Republic museum |
3 TL |
ANTALYA |
1 |
Antalya museum |
15 TL |
2 |
Aspendos theatre museum |
15 TL |
3 |
Perge Open air museum |
15 TL |
4 |
Phaselis Open air museum |
8 TL |
5 |
Olympos Open air museum |
3 TL |
6 |
Patara Open air museum |
5 TL |
7 |
Noel Baba museum |
10 TL |
8 |
Xanthos Open air museum |
3 TL |
9 |
Karain Cave |
3 TL |
10 |
Myra Open air museum |
10 TL |
11 |
Termessos Open air museum + Milli Park |
10 TL |
12 |
Simena Open air museum |
8 TL |
13 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
14 |
Arikanda Open air museum |
3 TL |
15 |
Alanya museum |
3 TL |
16 |
Alanya Castle and Ehmedek Castle |
10 TL |
17 |
Alanya Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
18 |
Side museum |
10 TL |
19 |
Side Theatre |
10 TL |
AYDIN |
1 |
Aydın museum |
FREE |
2 |
Yörük Ali Efe House museum |
FREE |
3 |
Nysa Open air museum |
3 TL |
4 |
Alinda Open air museum |
FREE |
5 |
Mağnesia Open air museum |
3 TL |
6 |
Alabanda Open air museum |
3 TL |
7 |
Afrodisias museum and Open air museum |
8 TL |
8 |
Milet museum (closed) |
3 TL |
9 |
Milet Open air museum |
3 TL |
10 |
Karacasu Etnographic museum |
FREE |
11 |
Didim Open air museum |
3 TL |
12 |
Priene Open air museum |
3 TL |
BALIKESİR |
1 |
Balıkesir museum (Kuva-yi Milliye Museum) |
3 TL |
2 |
Gönen Open air museum |
FREE |
3 |
Palacelar Open air museum |
FREE |
4 |
Bandırma museum |
FREE |
BİLECİK |
1 |
Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi museum |
FREE |
2 |
Bilecik museum |
FREE |
BİTLİS |
1 |
Ahlat museum |
FREE |
2 |
Bitlis Etnographic museum |
FREE |
BOLU |
1 |
Bolu museum |
FREE |
2 |
Akşemseddin Türbesi |
FREE |
BURDUR |
1 |
Burdur museum |
5 TL |
2 |
Sagalassos Open air museum |
5 TL |
BURSA |
1 |
Bursa museum (Archeological museum) |
5 TL |
2 |
Osmanlı House museum |
FREE |
3 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
4 |
Türk and İslam Eserleri museum |
FREE |
5 |
Şemaki House museum |
FREE |
6 |
Mudanya Mütareke House museum |
FREE |
7 |
İznik museum |
3 TL |
8 |
İznik Hagia Sophia museum |
3 TL |
ÇANAKKALE |
1 |
Çanakkale museum |
5 TL |
2 |
Troia Open air museum |
15 TL |
3 |
Assos Open air museum |
5 TL |
4 |
Alexandria Troias Open air museum |
FREE |
5 |
Apollon Smintheion Open air museum |
5 TL |
6 |
Kilitbahir Castle |
3 TL |
ÇANKIRI |
1 |
Çankırı museum |
FREE |
ÇORUM |
1 |
Çorum museum |
4 TL |
2 |
Boğazköy museum |
FREE |
3 |
Boğazköy-Alacahöyük National park and Open air museum |
5 TL |
(Hattuşa Open air museum) |
4 |
Alacahöyük museum and Open air museum (closed) |
4 TL |
DENİZLİ |
1 |
Hierapolis Archeological museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Hierapolis Open air museum (Pamukkale) |
20 TL |
3 |
Leodikeia Open air museum |
5 TL |
4 |
Atatürk and Ethnographic museum |
FREE |
DİYARBAKIR |
1 |
Diyarbakır museum (closed) |
3 TL |
2 |
Ziya Gökalp museum |
FREE |
3 |
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı House Kültür museum |
FREE |
EDİRNE |
1 |
Edirne museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Türk and İslam Eserleri museum (closed) |
3 TL |
ELAZIĞ |
1 |
Elazığ museum (closed) |
3 TL |
ERZURUM |
1 |
Erzurum museum |
FREE |
2 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
3 |
Türk and İslam Eserleri museum |
3 TL |
4 |
Erzurum Castle |
3 TL |
ESKİŞEHİR |
1 |
Eskişehir museum (closed) |
3 TL |
2 |
Yunus Emre museum |
FREE |
3 |
Pessinus Open air museum |
FREE |
4 |
Midas Antique Kenti (Yazılıkaya Open air museum) |
FREE |
GAZİANTEP |
1 |
Gaziantep museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Hasan Süzer Etnographic museum |
3 TL |
3 |
Yesemek Open air museum |
FREE |
GİRESUN |
1 |
Giresun museum |
3 TL |
GÜMÜŞHANE |
1 |
Gümüşhane Etnographic museum |
FREE |
HATAY |
1 |
Hatay museum |
8 TL |
2 |
Aççana Open air museum |
FREE |
3 |
Çevlik Open air museum |
3 TL |
4 |
St. Pierre Anıt museum |
8 TL |
|
1 |
Isparta museum |
FREE |
ISPARTA |
2 |
Uluborlu museum |
3 TL |
|
3 |
Yalvaç museum |
FREE |
|
4 |
Antiocheia Open air museum |
3 TL |
İSTANBUL |
1 |
Archeological Museum |
10 TL |
2 |
Hagia Sophia museum |
20 TL |
3 |
Chora museum |
15 TL |
4 |
Palace Mosaics museum |
8 TL |
5 |
Fethiye museum |
5 TL |
6 |
Topkapı Palace museum |
20 TL |
7 |
Topkapı Palace museum Harem Section |
15 TL |
8 |
Galata Mevlevihanesi (Divan Ed. Museum) (closed) |
5 TL |
9 |
Turkish and Islamic Arts museum |
10 TL |
10 |
Adam Mickeiewic museum |
FREE |
11 |
Hisarlar museum (Rumeli Hisarı) |
3 TL |
12 |
Yıldız Palace museum |
5 TL |
13 |
Türbeler museum |
FREE |
14 |
Cihannüma Köşkü |
3 TL |
15 |
İstanbul Science and Technology museum |
5 TL |
İZMİR |
1 |
İzmir museum (Archeological museum) |
8 TL |
2 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
3 |
Agora Open air museum |
3 TL |
4 |
Etnographic museum |
FREE |
5 |
Teos Open air museum |
FREE |
6 |
Bergama museum |
5 TL |
7 |
Bergama Acropolis |
20 TL |
8 |
Bergama Asklepion |
15 TL |
9 |
Bergama Kızılavlu (Basilica) |
5 TL |
10 |
Çeşme museum |
3 TL |
11 |
Eritrai (Ildırı) Open air museum |
FREE |
12 |
Ephesus museum |
5 TL |
13 |
Ephesus Open air museum |
20 TL |
14 |
Terrace houses |
15 TL |
15 |
St. Jean Anıtı |
5 TL |
16 |
Claros Open air museum |
FREE |
17 |
Tire museum |
FREE |
18 |
Ödemiş museum |
FREE |
19 |
Tarih and Art museum |
3 TL |
20 |
Birgi Çakırağa Mansion museum |
3 TL |
K.MARAŞ |
1 |
Kahramanmaraş museum (closed) |
FREE |
KARS |
1 |
Kars museum |
FREE |
2 |
Ani Open air museum |
5 TL |
KASTAMONU |
1 |
Kastamonu museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Liva Paşa Mansion Etnographic museum |
3 TL |
KAYSERİ |
1 |
Kayseri museum (Archeological) |
3 TL |
2 |
Yeşil Hisar Soğanlı Open air museum |
3 TL |
3 |
Kültepe Open air museum |
FREE |
4 |
Güpgüpoğlu Mansion Etnographic museum |
FREE |
5 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
KIRKLARELİ |
1 |
Kırklareli museum |
FREE |
KIRŞEHİR |
1 |
Kırşehir museum |
FREE |
2 |
Mucur Underground city |
3 TL |
KOCAELİ |
1 |
Kocaeli museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Kocaeli Av Köşkü Palace museum |
3 TL |
KONYA |
1 |
Archeological museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
3 |
Karatay museum |
3 TL |
4 |
Etnographic museum |
FREE |
5 |
Mevlana museum |
2 TL |
6 |
İnce Minare Med.Taş and Ah.Es.Museum |
3 TL |
7 |
Batı Cephesi Karargahı museum |
FREE |
8 |
Stone Artifacts museum (Medrese) (closed) |
3 TL |
9 |
Ereğli museum |
FREE |
10 |
Akşehir N. Hoca Ark. And Etn. museum |
FREE |
KÜTAHYA |
1 |
Kütahya museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Koşut House museum |
FREE |
3 |
Aizonai Open air museum |
3 TL |
4 |
Tiles museum |
FREE |
MALATYA |
1 |
Malatya museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Beşkonaklar Etnographic museum (closed) |
FREE |
3 |
Aslantepe Open air museum |
FREE |
MANİSA |
1 |
Manisa museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Sardes Gynasium Open air museum |
|
Sardes Artemis Temple |
5 TL |
3 |
Akhisar Tepe Cemetery |
3 TL |
4 |
Alaşehir-St.Jean Church |
3 TL |
5 |
Manisa Aigai Open air museum |
FREE |
MARDİN |
1 |
Mardin museum |
3 TL |
MERSİN |
1 |
Mersin museum |
FREE |
2 |
Kız Castle |
3 TL |
3 |
Kanlıdivane |
3 TL |
4 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
5 |
Silifke museum |
FREE |
6 |
Cennet Cehennem Open air museum |
3 TL |
7 |
Silifke Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
8 |
Narlıkuyu Mozaik museum |
FREE |
9 |
Ayatekla Open air museum |
3 TL |
10 |
Uzuncaburç Open air museum |
3 TL |
11 |
Alahan Monastery |
3 TL |
12 |
Tarsus museum |
FREE |
13 |
St. Paul Anıt museum |
FREE |
14 |
St. Paulus Kuyusu |
3 TL |
15 |
Anamur museum |
FREE |
16 |
Mamure Castle |
3 TL |
17 |
Anamorium Open air museum |
3 TL |
18 |
Astım Cave |
3 TL |
19 |
Gözne Castle |
3 TL |
MUĞLA |
1 |
Muğla museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Lagina Open air museum |
FREE |
3 |
Sedir Adası |
10 TL |
4 |
Strtonikeia Open air museum |
FREE |
5 |
Bodrum Sualtı Archeological museum |
10 TL |
6 |
Mauseleum Anıt museum |
8 TL |
7 |
Bodrum Antique Theatre |
FREE |
8 |
Fethiye museum |
3 TL |
9 |
Fethiye Gemiler Ada |
8 TL |
10 |
Letoon Open air museum |
5 TL |
11 |
Pınara Open air museum |
8 TL |
12 |
Tlos Open air museum |
8 TL |
13 |
Amintas Kaya Mezarı |
8 TL |
14 |
Kaya Köyü |
8 TL |
15 |
Kaunos Open air museum |
8 TL |
16 |
Kaunos Kaya Cemetery (closed) |
8 TL |
17 |
Kadyanda Antique Kenti |
8 TL |
18 |
Milas museum |
FREE |
19 |
Milas İassos Open air museum |
FREE |
MUĞLA |
20 |
Labranda Open air museum |
8 TL |
21 |
Beçin Castle and Open air museum |
FREE |
22 |
Herakleia Open air museum |
3 TL |
23 |
Euromos Open air museum |
8 TL |
24 |
Gümüşkesen Anıtı |
FREE |
25 |
Damlıboğaz Open air museum |
FREE |
26 |
İassos Balık Pazarı Open air Museum |
FREE |
27 |
Marmaris museum |
3 TL |
28 |
Knidos Open air museum |
8 TL |
29 |
Bodrum Zeki Müren Art museum |
3 TL |
30 |
Cam Batığı Salonu |
5 TL |
31 |
Karyalı Prenses Salonu |
5 TL |
NEVŞEHİR |
1 |
Nevşehir museum |
FREE |
2 |
Derinkuyu Underground city |
15 TL |
3 |
Kaymaklı Underground city |
15 TL |
4 |
Zelve -Paşabağlar Open air museum |
8 TL |
5 |
Göreme Open air museum |
15 TL |
6 |
Dark Church |
8 TL |
7 |
Çavuşin Open air museum |
8 TL |
8 |
Özkonak Underground city |
8 TL |
9 |
Mazı Underground city |
8 TL |
10 |
Tatlarin Underground city |
FREE |
11 |
Gülşehir-St.jean Church |
8 TL |
12 |
El Nazar Church |
8 TL |
13 |
Hacıbektaş museum |
3 TL |
14 |
Hacıbektaş Archeological and Etnographic museum |
FREE |
15 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
16 |
Ürgüp museum |
FREE |
17 |
Aios Vasilios Church |
3 TL |
18 |
Nikholos Monastery |
3 TL |
19 |
Constantine-Eleni Church |
3 TL |
NİĞDE |
1 |
Niğde museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Gümüşler Monastery and Underground City |
3 TL |
ORDU |
1 |
Ordu museum |
3 TL |
RİZE |
1 |
Rize museum |
FREE |
2 |
Atatürk House museum |
FREE |
SAKARYA |
1 |
Sakarya museum |
FREE |
SAMSUN |
1 |
Samsun museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Gazi museum |
FREE |
SİNOP |
1 |
Sinop museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Sinop Arslantorunlar Etnographic museum |
3 TL |
SİVAS |
1 |
Atatürk Kongre and Etnographic museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Şarkışla Aşık Andysel museum |
FREE |
3 |
Sivas Archeological museum |
3 TL |
TEKİRDAĞ |
1 |
Tekirdağ museum |
FREE |
2 |
Rakoczi museum |
FREE |
TOKAT |
1 |
Tokat museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Atatürk House and Etnographic museum |
FREE |
3 |
Tokat Latifoğlu Mansion (closed) |
FREE |
TRABZON |
1 |
Trabzon museum (Kostaki Mansion) |
3 TL |
2 |
Ayasofya museum |
3 TL |
3 |
Sümela Monastery |
8 TL |
ŞANLIURFA |
1 |
Şanlıurfa museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Harran Open air museum |
3 TL |
3 |
Şanlıurfa Castle |
3 TL |
UŞAK |
1 |
Uşak museum |
FREE |
2 |
Blaumdus Open air museum |
FREE |
3 |
Selçikler Open air museum |
FREE |
4 |
Atatürk and Etnographic museum |
FREE |
VAN |
1 |
Van museum |
FREE |
2 |
Akdamar Anıt museum |
3 TL |
3 |
Van Castle |
3 TL |
4 |
Çavuştepe Castle |
FREE |
YOZGAT |
1 |
Yozgat museum |
FREE |
ZONGULDAK |
1 |
Karadeniz Ereğli museum |
FREE |
2 |
Cehennemağzı Cave |
3 TL |
AKSARAY |
1 |
AkPalace museum |
FREE |
2 |
Ihlara Vadisi |
5 TL |
3 |
Manastır Vadisi |
5 TL |
KARAMAN |
1 |
Karaman museum |
FREE |
BARTIN |
1 |
Amasra museum |
3 TL |
BATMAN |
1 |
Hasankeyf Open air museum |
3 TL |
OSMANİYE |
1 |
Karatepe Aslantaş Museume and Open air museum |
3 TL |
2 |
Kastabala Open air museum |
FREE |
DÜZCE |
1 |
Düzce Konuralp museum |
FREE |
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