Cities of Turkey

Mardin

Mardin
Mardin is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arab-style architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria. Mardin has a very mixed population, Turks, Assyrians, Aramean-Syriac people, Arabs and Kurds all represent large groups. Mardin is an Aramaic…
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Amasya

Amasya
Amasya  is the administrative district of Amasya Province in northern Turkey. It covers an area of 1730 km², and the population is 133,000, of which 74,000 live in the city and the remainder in surrounding villages. Altitude is 411 m. Amasya stands in the mountains above the Black Sea coast, the city was built in…
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Artvin

Artvin
Artvin is a city in north-eastern Turkey on the Çoruh River near the Georgian border. This article is about the city of Artvin. See Artvin Province for more information about the surrounding area. Geography The city of Artvin looks impressive, standing high on a rock above the Çoruh River, a 5km climb along a road…
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Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır  is a major city in the Southeast of the Republic of Turkey. Situated on the banks of the River Tigris, it is the seat of Diyarbakır Province, and has a population of 545,000. It is the second largest city in Turkey's South-eastern Anatolia region, after Gaziantep. Within Turkey, Diyarbakır is famed for its culture,…
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Van

Van
Van  is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van Province, and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city's population in 2005 was 284,464. According to the Encyclopedia of the Orient, Kurds form the majority though no census based on ethnicity was ever held in Turkey. History Urartu Under…
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Konya

Konya
Konya is a city in Turkey, on the central plateau of Anatolia. It has a population of 1,412,343 (in 2007). Ancient history Excavations have shown that the region was inhabited during the Late Copper Age, around 3000 BC. The city came under the influence of the Hittites around 1500 BC. These were overtaken by the…
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Rize

Rize
Rize  is the capital of Rize Province, in north-east Turkey, on the Black Sea coast. Geography The city is built around a small bay on the Black Sea coast, on a narrow strip of flat land between the sea and the mountains behind. The coastal strip is being expanded with landfill and the city is…
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Trabzon

Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the east, Russia and the Caucasus to the North. Venetian and Genoese…
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Çanakkale

Çanakkale
Çanakkale, is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point. Çanakkale Province, like Istanbul Province, has territory in both Europe and Asia. Ferries cross here to the northern (European) side of the strait. Çanakkale is the nearest major town to…
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Mersin (İçel)

Mersin (İçel)
This article is about the city of Mersin, see Mersin Province, (named İçel province until 2002), for information about the surrounding area. Mersin is a large city and a busy port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey and is the capital of the Mersin Province History This coast has been inhabited since the 9th…
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